Case Study: Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH achieves 50% faster backups and ransomware protection with Veeam Backup & Replication

Veeam enables Bayer 04 Leverkusen to improve backup performance by 50% and protect against ransomware attacks

Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a top-tier German football club, depends on data-intensive IT for scouting, video analysis, player medicals and mission‑critical match‑day systems that serve 30,000+ fans. Faced with rapidly growing multimedia archives and an increased risk of cyberattacks, the club needed a simple, reliable way to protect data and ensure near‑instant recovery of stadium services.

Working with Bechtle, Bayer 04 deployed Veeam Backup & Replication integrated with HPE storage, Nutanix immutable object storage and Microsoft Azure Archive Tier. The multilevel strategy lets the club restore critical match‑day systems in under two minutes, reduces backup storage needs by about 50% through deduplication, and provides immutable backups and cloud archiving to guard against ransomware while enabling scalable disaster recovery.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH

Stefan Aufderbeck

Team Leader IT Infrastructure and Platforms