Local Government Employs OpEx Model and Easy Cloud Storage to Harvest Savings

Situation

With a looming bill to replace aging tapes and an out-of-warranty tape drive, Kings County decided to adopt an OpEx approach to IT spending by moving to the cloud for backups. They implemented Veeam software in 2019 but still needed cloud storage to complete a 3-2-1 backup philosophy.

Solution

They anticipated using Microsoft Azure, but Backblaze’s launch of S3 Compatible APIs allowed them to leverage a better solution. With help from Backblaze, Kings County natively tiered backups from Veeam to Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, enabling them to implement Veeam’s forever forward incremental and reduce their overall IT footprint and costs.