LATEST INTELLIGENCE
QQI REPLACES VEEAM
WITH STORAGECRAFT
TO BACK UP ITS
OFFICE 365 DATA AND
TICKS REGULATORS’
COMPLIANCE BOXES
PRESENTED BY
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Introduction
Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) is an
independent State agency responsible for the
promotion of quality, integrity and accountability in
education and training services in Ireland. Established
in 2012, resulting from the amalgamation of four state
agencies, QQI regulates the quality of programmes
offered by schools, colleges, further and higher
education and training institutions. Its role is to
promote, maintain and develop the National Framework
of Qualifications (NFQ) in Ireland, ensuring excellence
across the board and upholding a positive, high-quality
education and training experience to native and
international learners.
The challenge
QQI has an intranet for its internal data, accessed by
around 90 members of staff. It also hosts a separate
production site for its line of business services,
connecting to over 4,000 remote customers. QQI’s
legacy datacentre and terrestrial equipment reached
the end of their lifespan. Given the urgency of the
requirements of amalgamation, QQI decided it was
appropriate and expedient to move to Microsoft’s Azure
(Infrastructure As A Service), and also to the Office
365 platform as part of a business plan to move data
management where needed to a Software as a Service
(SaaS) model. ◊
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