Case Study: Washington University in St. Louis saves 26–50 IT hours per week and reduces endpoint recovery costs with TechValidate

Washington University in St. Louis saves over 25 IT hours a week with CrashPlan

Washington University in St. Louis, an educational institution, faced repeated endpoint data loss from lost/stolen laptops and hard drive failures that drained IT resources, reduced employee productivity and confidence, and put data security and compliance at risk. Prior to a formal backup solution, staff relied on manual USB/external-drive backups and documented the operational and financial impact of data-loss incidents to get buy-in for change.

The university deployed CrashPlan as a hybrid cloud endpoint backup, replacing manual backups and enabling more consistent, secure recovery across devices. As a result they saved an estimated $50,000–$500,000 in endpoint recovery costs, reclaimed 26–50 IT hours per week, improved backup reliability and data security, reduced time spent on migrations and OS refreshes, and maintained HIPAA compliance.

Washington University in St. Louis

Kyle Kniepkamp

Systems Manager