Case Studies

The Challenge Data is the essence of most organiza ons, including SPAL. Ensuring their cri cal data assets are backed up and retrievable is of upmost importance. As their exis ng hardware-based backup solu on neared the point of an upgrade/refresh, SPAL decided to look for a more flexible, cost-effec ve and secure method to ensure backups are created and viable. "The prac ce of maintaining and upda ng our hardware-based backup solu on became extremely cost-prohibi ve. We needed to evaluate alterna ve solu ons, including cloud-based, to replace this par cular capital expenditure with a fixed, predictable monthly opera onal cost solu on," said Steve Fontanini, IT Director at SPAL. SPAL had already been working with OneNeck® IT Solu ons for over 15 years for different types of IT support. When SPAL realized it was me to reevaluate their backup op ons, partnering with OneNeck was a no brainer. The OneNeck® IT Solutions Answer The OneNeck solu on consisted of a cloud-based backup and recovery service powered by Azure backup and a local repository for their diverse workloads. As a Microso Cloud Solu on Provider, OneNeck was well posi oned to help SPAL architect, deploy and test their backup solu on on Azure. The Company Founded in 1959 in Italy, SPAL has been designing, producing and marke ng high- performance axial fans and centrifugal blowers for over 30 years. They have sales and distribu on loca ons in seven countries along with sales offices in three others. Customer Case Study SPAL USA Digitizing Backup with Azure

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