Tata Quality Management Services (TQMS), Part of Fortune-100 Tata Group
Abstract
"Would you like to buy an insurance policy which just protects (you) only in office premises? I wanted a data protection solution which protects my users anytime and anywhere."
Arif Khan
Head Systems (IT)
Tata Quality Management Services
Tata Quality Management Services (TQMS) is piloting the Group's business excellence initiative across the Tata Group - one of India's largest and most respected business conglomerates, with revenues in 2006-07 of $28.8 billion.
TQMS assists the CEOs and leadership teams of Tata companies with their business excellence initiatives. This comprehensive set of processes, with an intrinsic focus on comparison with best-in-class, as well as continuous evaluation and improvement, enables Tata companies to become world class in their respective arenas, on a firm footing of ethical business practices.
Business Case
TQMS has employees who are very senior members of the TATA group and often travel. Their laptops carry very confidential and critical corporate information. It is very important to ensure that their data is protected, i.e backed up when they are on the move, scheduled whenever connectivity is available. They also need an assurance that their data is never compromised.
TQMS did not have standard data protection policies for its employees as the traditional methods could not protect all the users. "Would you like to buy an insurance policy which just protects you only in office premises? I wanted a data protection solution which protects my users anytime and anywhere.", says Arif Khan, Head Systems (IT).
Druva inSync Deployment and Results
Druva inSync's client-triggered backup architecture does not require a public IP for the Laptop and enables WAN based backups. This safeguards critical corporate data while the user is on-the-move and makes the installation highly secure and scalable.
Druva inSync with its advanced deduplication feature saves only a single copy of duplicate content ensuring that the backups are non-intrusive and super fast. The enhanced network and storage encryption ensured data is never compromised while in transit or archived. WAN Optimization and opportunistic scheduling ensures data is backed up whenever connection is available.
Druva inSync uses Continuous Data Protection (CDP) to show a timeline view of data, allowing user to restore from any point in the past. With easy on-deman web restore user's could access the files anytime and anywhere.
Return of Investment (ROI) Benefits
Senior Tata personnel are very happy to see their laptop data is always protected. Druva inSync's fast, non-intrusive and secure backups ensures data safety and enables employees to think of company matters, instead of pondering about data safety.
"There is a significant gain in time and resources. The data deduplication technology usage saved both the end storage and the bandwidth usage for backing up data. Its nice to see the infinite restore points with no additional storage cost.", concludes Arif.
