Case Study: Ripley Entertainment, Inc. saves over $50K in data recovery costs with TechValidate (CrashPlan)

Ripley Entertainment, Inc. deploys CrashPlan, saves $50K in data recovery costs

Ripley Entertainment, Inc., a medium‑sized company in the hospitality industry, faced recurring endpoint data loss from lost or stolen laptops and hard‑drive crashes. Those incidents drained IT resources, reduced employee productivity, impacted revenue and eroded confidence in the IT department, prompting the search for a more reliable backup approach.

Ripley deployed CrashPlan as an on‑premises private cloud to replace manual USB/external‑drive backups after documenting the costs of a data‑loss event and end‑user demand. The implementation reduced endpoint recovery costs (reported savings of $50,000–$500,000), saved about 1–10 IT hours per week on backup/restores, and supported PCI compliance.

Ripley Entertainment, Inc.

Josh Martin

System Administrator