
As an IT manager with hi5 Networks, Todd Poletiek comes into the office each day with too much to do and too little time to do it. With over 100 end user systems, server backups, email, and a host of other IT functions to support, Poletiek must carefully schedule his time. So after a sales rep lost his laptop—and he lost an entire day configuring a new machine and restoring data—Poletiek knew he needed a better way to manage backup and recovery.
Long known for its secure records management and storage facilities, CUBE was tasked with the challenge of meeting clients’ evolving needs for protecting their digital assets. When you’re known as the “Fort Knox of the North,” digital files need to be treated like gold—just like all the paper documents and priceless works of art CUBE is entrusted with. That is why the company turned to Atempo to deliver its online backup and archive services.
Unprotected laptop data put a sizable amount of revenue at risk. At any given time, an Intuitive sales manager can be working on multiple deals and the hundreds of details about these accounts are all stored on laptops. Intuitive Surgical's sales force depends on user-specific data custom tailored to each account with detailed pre and post-sales information used to market their robotic surgical devices. The video demonstrations and PowerPoint presentations are highly customized for each account and represent unique, irreplaceable data. Failed hard drives were occasionally sent out for repair, but at $2k per average recovery, Intuitive set a policy of not sending hard drives out for repair.
UM students carry their laptops with them just about everywhere they go - to classes, dorms, field trips, and on vacations. Data loss of homework, reports and research can set students back days, weeks or even months, yet students do not want to be burdened with performing their own backups. The challenge was finding a backup solution that students never had to touch and that could protect data both on and off-campus. UM is a large commuter school and being able to provide networking and backup to students off campus is a high priority. "We don't want our students to feel restricted because they are not physically on campus," added Robinson.
DAU provides certification training, performance consulting, and continuous learning courses for military and civilian acquisition personnel within the Department of Defense. In less than one year, 45 out of 85 new laptops suffered hard drive failures. Confronted with a potential six-figure data recovery bill, general interest in client backup emerged at DAU as a result of financial pressure created by ineffective backup practices at headquarters.
7-Eleven® Stores is a recognized pioneer and leader in convenient extended-hour retail stores. It ranks as one of the nation's leading merchandising and retailing organizations. Under an area license agreement with 7-Eleven, Inc. (formally known as The Southland Corporation) since 1968, Garb-Ko operates or franchises 7-Eleven stores in Michigan. In November 1982, Garb-Ko acquired the right to franchise additional areas in Michigan and specified areas of Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) is a $2.3 billion global developer of medical technology and services that focus on putting more control into the hands of those who treat cardiac, neurological and chronic pain patients. With headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota USA, the company sells products in more than 130 countries and has over 20 operations and manufacturing facilities worldwide. St. Jude Medical's Cardiac Rhythm Management office in Sunnyvale, CA is a center for important research and development for the company.
Trimble is a leading innovator of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. In addition to providing advanced GPS components, Trimble augments GPS with other positioning technologies as well as wireless communications and software to create complete customer solutions. Trimble's worldwide presence and unique capabilities position the Company for growth in emerging applications including surveying, automobile navigation, machine guidance, asset tracking, wireless platforms, and telecommunications infrastructure.
Today, in addition to their more traditional roles in flood control and navigation, the US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, is involved in a broad spectrum of engineering and engineer support activities. The Huntington district covers a 45,000 square-mile area including most of West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and Ohio. The organization supports activities which include acquisition, construction, and contract management; relocating business districts; designing and constructing sewage treatment plants; planning, designing and constructing river-front parks; designing erosion-control treatments for Ohio River islands and for stream banks adjacent to public lands and facilities throughout the region.