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Portage Township School District Turns to Unitrends for One-Stop Solution for All Backup and Archival Needs Customer Profile Portage Township School District (Portage) is located in Indiana and is a State of Indiana Exemplary District. The motto of the district is "Together, We Succeed!" The district believes in a strong commitment to education, and that dedication is very evident in the programs and opportunities available to our children. Portage's reputation for excellence in academics, the fine arts, and extracurricular programs is well known. Portage's focus on the whole child means students are educated to become successful, productive citizens who are critical thinkers and who exhibit strong moral character. The goal of everyone on the Portage Township School District team is to help each child reach his or her fullest potential. ChallengesPortage needed a data protection solution that would address their need for heterogeneous protection for both Microsoft Windows and Novell Netware environments. Whole system protection was particularly important for the district; Portage felt that they could not risk the decreased availability associated with only performing simple file- and application-level backup. The district needed BareMetal support for both its Microsoft Windows and Novell Netware platforms. Portage was originally using the Symantec Backup Exec product; however, the district felt the need for a solution that was more cost-effective and could grow with the school district. BenefitsOriginally the district's plan was to purchase a system that could be used together with their legacy system; however, once Unitrends' solution was installed the decision was made to switch all data protection to Unitrends. The ability to use a single solution for different operating systems and applications has reduced operational costs. BareMetal protection for both Microsoft Windows and Novell Netware has been put in place as well as file-level data protection. Portages notes that daily backup and archive jobs are now done with no human intervention and that file and system restoration is simple and powerful. Portage is particularly impressed with the ability of multiple data protection appliances being able to be monitored and managed via a single pane of glass; the district will be using that functionality as their data needs grow. |
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