Case Study: Boston Architectural College achieves ransomware protection and streamlined, tape-friendly backups with Unitrends Recovery

The Boston Architectural College Designs a Winning Backup Solution

The Boston Architectural College, a long-established accredited design school, faced a data protection challenge: a small IT team and tight budget had to manage large design datasets while retaining tape-based offsite archives. Their Veritas Backup Exec solution suffered frequent failures, poor retention and inefficient deduplication, leaving the college exposed and in need of a more reliable, easy-to-manage backup strategy.

BAC deployed two Unitrends Recovery 823S appliances through the Unitrends Pledge program, adding inline deduplication while preserving tape backups for offsite archival. The appliances delivered simple administration, hourly backups with 100+ days of onsite retention, and fast restores — enabling the college to recover quickly from a recent ransomware incident with minimal data loss and providing the IT team with documented procedures and greater peace of mind.

Boston Architectural College

Carl Jaspersohn

Associate Director of Infrastructure