The OneSpan IT team, including Gertjan Matton, Sr. IT Systems Engineer, runs operations using VMware, SQL Server, and various other file servers. They also support employees' use of Microsoft 365. They were unhappy with their previous solutions because they were sprawling, expensive, and time intensive.
Because OneSpan had tape backups and multiple tape drives, juggling these solutions was complicated and not secure. According to Matton, “With Veeam, we used to run around like disk jockeys with the tapes, inserting them, moving them from one place to another." On top of the time required by the IT team to manage the tapes, they were incurring extra expenses. They needed extra licenses, hardware, and storage — not to mention paying for offsite storage. They wanted to simplify that solution.
With their previous solutions, the team had to restore individual files that were deleted, even restoring servers to improve performance. Matton said, "The time needed to find the correct backup/snapshot would be tremendous if we could find them at all. With Druva, the search goes a lot faster."
Because of the nature of their business, any product or service the IT team uses must be verified by OneSpan’s internal security team. Some of the basic requirements are compliance with ISO standards, security standards, and certifications.