Case Study: West Covina Unified School District achieves secure, reliable backup and recovery with Unitrends

West Covina USD Leverages Unitrends, Protecting 100+ TB and 10,000+ Students as District Pivots Quickly Amidst Pandemic

West Covina Unified School District needed a more reliable way to protect and restore more than 100TB of sensitive data while supporting 10,000 students in a fast-shifting remote learning environment. As the district moved to secure digital education during COVID-19, CTO Tony Ramirez and his team needed a backup solution that could simplify management, support compliance requirements such as FERPA, COPPA, CIPA, and HIPAA, and protect data across 15 schools and multiple sites. Unitrends provided a strong fit with its backup and recovery platform.

Unitrends implemented a Unitrends 8100 Recovery Series purpose-built backup appliance for West Covina Unified School District, combining hardware, software, and support into one solution. The district reported improved ease of use, greater confidence in backup reliability, and faster recovery for user files, virtual machines, and applications. According to the customer, Unitrends helped reduce operational headaches and has been used successfully multiple times to support business continuity and disaster recovery goals across the district’s environment.

West Covina Unified School District

Tony Ramirez

Chief Technology Officer