As part of its cloud-first IT strategy, a UK building society partnered with Advania to modernise its backup infrastructure and ensure it could meet future security and compliance requirements.
🔎At a glance
- UK building society and mortgage adviser
- 4 offices in the UK and 1 in Ireland
- 1,200 users
- Over 30 years supporting homeowners
🚨The challenge
The organisation’s legacy backup platform had reached end of life and could not support the institution’s cloud ambitions.
Key challenges included:
- Backup Exec 2010 platform no longer supported
- Limited compatibility with virtualised environments
- Weak alignment with cloud-first strategy
- Compliance concerns around backup security
- Difficulty scaling storage capacity
💡The approach
Advania assessed alternative solutions and recommended Arcserve UDP.
The implementation included:
- Deployment of a new backup architecture
- Initial 2TB backup capacity provisioned
- Support from Arcserve engineers during deployment
- Integration with cloud backup capabilities
Following the successful rollout, the organisation expanded storage capacity to 4TB.
☑️The outcome
- Automated, reliable backup system
- Integrated security with Sophos Intercept X
- Faster deployment of modern backup platform
- Scalable infrastructure supporting cloud-first strategy
- Stronger compliance and security posture
⚡️Why this matters
Financial institutions operate under strict regulatory requirements. A modern backup platform ensures organisations can protect sensitive financial data while supporting cloud transformation initiatives.
