A modern, cloud-first solution for financial services
Snapshot
- Industry: Financial services (accountancy and insurance)
- Environment: On-premise servers, Microsoft 365
- Location: UK
Key details
- Scrutton Bland moved from costly Veeam backups to Redstor’s cloud platform, cutting hardware costs by £2,500 per year.
- Backup management time was reduced by 100 hours annually, and backups could run during office hours without slowing systems.
- Redstor’s solution delivered compliance with automated retention policies and cloud-based data recovery.
The challenge
Scrutton Bland, a leading provider of financial services across tax, accountancy, and insurance, faced increasing challenges with their legacy backup system. Their setup relied heavily on Veeam and on-premise hardware, which created multiple issues:
1. Growing hardware costs
Maintaining and upgrading physical backup infrastructure was becoming unsustainable, costing the firm £2,500 per year. They also had to invest regularly in larger hard drives to keep up with growing data volumes.
“We were using 6TB hard drives and backing up every day of the week, as well as having another hard drive for each month of the year. The costs just kept adding up.” – Ian Doe, ICT Director
2. Time-consuming processes
Managing backups manually consumed significant time. Swapping drives, troubleshooting failures, and running out-of-hours backups took up to 100 man-hours annually.
“We’ve saved 100 man-hours per year now that we no longer have to swap over hard drives.”
3. Impact on daily operations
Backups often caused system slowdowns during working hours, forcing the IT team to schedule them outside office hours. Any failures created delays, impacting staff productivity.
“Previously, backups caused system slowness. We had to wait until the evenings to avoid disrupting users.”
The solution: Moving to Redstor’s cloud-first platform
Scrutton Bland implemented Redstor’s cloud-first backup and recovery platform, transforming their backup strategy. Redstor delivered:
Cost savings by removing hardware
Redstor eliminated the need for physical backup servers, hard drives, and offsite storage. This instantly saved the firm £2,500 annually.
“We no longer worry about hardware costs or maintenance. With Redstor, we just sign the order to protect more data—it’s that simple.”
Time savings with automated backups
Redstor’s cloud-based platform runs fully automated backups to a schedule, ensuring reliable protection without manual intervention.
“Redstor’s backups are a lot less intrusive. We can back up during office hours without anyone noticing.”
The intuitive platform also reduced time spent monitoring backups. The IT team receives daily alerts on any issues, which can be resolved quickly.
“Redstor sends us an alert every day if there’s a problem. We just sort it out and rerun the backup—it’s so much easier.”
Fast, reliable recovery
Redstor’s cloud-first solution enabled Scrutton Bland to recover data instantly without delays. Staff no longer needed to fetch hard drives or wait for lengthy restores.
“Having a backup in the cloud means we can recover at any point in time. It literally takes only minutes.”
The benefits: Time and cost savings with reliable protection
Eliminated hardware costs
Scrutton Bland saved £2,500 per year by removing on-premise servers and physical drives.
100 hours of IT time reclaimed
Automated backups and simplified management freed the IT team to focus on more strategic initiatives.
Reliable, efficient backups
Backups run smoothly during office hours without slowing systems, and recovery times have been reduced to minutes.
The bottom line
By moving to Redstor, Scrutton Bland eliminated hardware costs, reclaimed IT time, and ensured reliable, cloud-based backup and recovery for their on-premise and Microsoft 365 data.
“Redstor is cost-effective, easy to manage, and gives us confidence that our data is protected and recoverable.”
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