Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 12 | Page 59

CASE STUDY MOBILE BANKING AND THE NEED FOR REAL TIME DATA ANALYTICS HAVE GROWN DRAMATICALLY IN POPULARITY, WHICH ARE SOME OF THE MAIN REASONS BEHIND OUR DATA GROWTH. constantly innovates and invests in modern technologies to ensure that the dependability and robustness of the South African National Payment System continues seamlessly. Veeam helps by delivering 24.7.365 availability of data. • Meets customer SLAs easily. Veeam is 60% faster compared to legacy backup. Recovery is 98% faster. Improved backup and recovery speeds assist BankservAfrica to continuously meet stringent SLAs with customers. • Saves 50% in backup costs. In addition to being 50% more cost-effective than competing solutions, Veeam provides BankservAfrica with scalability for the future. Data is growing by 30% each www.intelligentcio.com year, and Veeam will continue to deliver data 24.7.365. “Veeam stood out as the product of choice for me; it’s fast, it’s simple and I saved about $1.8 million. It’s 24.7, 365, it never stops. All of a sudden I can go and sell on to my clients a much better RTO and RPO because I know information will be accessible,” said Ferreria. Ferreira says the efficiencies the solution provides allows them to spend time focusing on other critical processes, “With a reduction of backups taking up maintenance slots, I can now assign this time to other maintenance tasks, like making sure all of the housekeeping is in place, making sure that all the servers and software are properly patched. That’s got added security advantages for me, protecting me against ransomware, malware and other vulnerabilities, giving me peace of mind that my environment is properly managed.” “This has been a wonderful project to be a part of and it showcases the cost- effectiveness and scalability of our solution. With BankservAfrica’s data growing by 30% each year, our solution enables it to meet stringent customer service requirements, and provides the business with scalability for future needs,” concluded Schuck. n INTELLIGENTCIO 59