Case Study: Harvard Medical School achieves >$50K in savings and frees 50+ IT hours/week with TechValidate

Harvard Medical School replaces Retrospect, saves $50K with CrashPlan

Harvard Medical School faced repeated endpoint data loss from stolen or lost laptops and hard drive failures, relying on manual USB backups and Retrospect/Time Machine. These gaps strained IT resources, reduced employee productivity, risked revenue loss and compliance violations, and drove the school to find a more reliable, scalable endpoint protection approach.

HMS deployed CrashPlan as a private cloud with on‑prem Code42 appliances, replacing manual backups and legacy tools. The move cut endpoint data recovery costs (reported savings >$50K), reclaimed more than 50 IT hours per week, improved backup reliability and security, reduced costs and recovery time, and boosted end‑user productivity via self‑service restores and mobile access.

Harvard Medical School

Philip Benware

IT Manager- Desktop Solutions