Case Study: Barloworld Logistics achieves 80% faster VM recovery with Veeam Backup & Replication

Logistics Company Slashes Recovery Time by 80% with Veeam

Barloworld Logistics, a major South African supply‑chain company with 95% of its IT virtualized on VMware (about 370 VMs), faced slow, complex VM recovery that required rebuilding machines and restoring data because their CA ARCserve solution only backed up data, not whole VMs. With downtime intolerable for their clients, the IT team needed a better way to protect and rapidly restore their virtual environment.

Working with iSquared, Barloworld implemented Veeam Backup & Replication to combine backup and replication for VMware. The new solution simplified recovery and cut VM restore times by 80%, freed an IT staff member to spend only ~20% of their time on backups, provided reliable, cost‑effective protection, and prompted other group companies to adopt Veeam as well.

Barloworld Logistics

James Symons

IT Executive