Case Study: Suffolk University achieves near-zero downtime and 24/7 online availability with Vision Solutions' Double-Take Availability

Suffolk University - Customer Case Study

Suffolk University, a Boston-based private university with a large online MBA and graduate program delivered via Blackboard, needed round-the-clock availability for its online learning environment. With thousands of students relying on continuous access and a small IT team, tape backups were no longer adequate—any server failure threatened to shut down online courses and disrupt global students and faculty.

Suffolk implemented Vision Solutions’ Double-Take Availability across its mission-critical physical and virtual servers in just two weeks, providing continuous replication, centralized management, and native support for Blackboard and VMware. The solution minimized outages to seconds, kept interruptions transparent to users, reduced manual intervention and cost for the lean IT staff, and positioned the university to expand into a broader disaster recovery program.

Suffolk University