Case Study: SmartBank achieves 24/7 always-on availability and 25% lower TCO with Veeam

SmartBank provides customers with ultra-reliable, secure banking services supported by Veeam

SmartBank, a full‑service commercial bank with 40 branches across Tennessee, Alabama and Florida, faced rapidly growing digital banking demand that increased data volumes and the need for always‑on services. Dependence on a costly MSP for backups gave limited visibility into backup integrity and created potential FDIC compliance risks, so preventing downtime and proving data retention became top priorities.

SmartBank implemented an in‑house data protection environment using Veeam Availability Suite and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, with primary and secondary on‑prem backups on HPE StoreOnce and a third copy in Azure Blob Storage—deployed with Veeam and partner SHI. The new solution simplified operations, provided granular compliance reporting, ensured 24/7 availability, and cut total cost of ownership by 25% while meeting the migration deadline.

SmartBank

Daniel Hereford

Chief Information Officer