UNCOVERING THE LAYERS
Walid Nasri, Project Manager of the
Corporate IT Infrastructure team
at Coficab, said: “After a 15 or 30
minute downtime, we start to receive
telephone calls in droves to the IT
team, demanding that we restore IT
service availability as soon as possible
for production to resume with minimal
impact. It is our daily life.
“When downtimes longer than 30 minutes
occur – and they do sometimes – they
partially affect our production process
and may even lead to a delivery stop in
the most extreme cases.
“They also affect the company’s
reputation and financial situation,
as customers may demand penalties
or reimbursement of transportation
costs, which represents considerable
sums of money.”
The main mission of the IT team is to
ensure data availability, integrity and
security, and the recovery after incidents
as soon as possible.
This situation was made even more
complex by the distributed nature of
data backup management on Coficab’s
various production sites. “Initially, each
of our sites operated with its own
backup solution and strategy, without
any resembling another. This was a huge
waste of time, money and efficiency for
us,” said Benzid.
As a result of its international expansion
and the growth of its business, Coficab has
decided to standardise its backup strategy
across all its 13 sites, in order to put an end
to this management complexity.
The Veeam solution
After a quick audit of the backup solutions
available on the market, Veeam was able
to make the difference by its ability to
provide the most appropriate technical
response to Coficab’s initial problems
thanks to the speed, reliability and
efficiency of its solution.
As Veeam was already used on 70% of
Coficab’s sites, the IT teams have had
the opportunity to test and approve its
benefits over time on many occasions
and to welcome the quality of the
support offered by Veeam, whether in
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