Case Study: University of Illinois achieves $500K–$1M in endpoint data recovery savings with TechValidate

University of Illinois replaces CommVault, saves $500K with CrashPlan

University of Illinois was losing endpoint data from stolen or failed laptops and wanted to strengthen its disaster recovery/business continuity posture. Data losses had hurt productivity, eroded confidence in IT, and created security and compliance risks, so the university sought a more reliable, user-friendly endpoint backup solution.

The university replaced CommVault with Code42 CrashPlan, deploying a public-cloud service while keeping encryption keys onsite, and secured buy-in by documenting end-user demand. The switch saved an estimated $500K–$1M in endpoint recovery costs, reduced IT restore effort by 1–10 hours per week, improved backup reliability and end-user productivity (self-service restores, mobile access), and helped maintain HIPAA and FERPA compliance.

University of Illinois

Dean Dang

IT Assistant Director