TechValidate Research on Commvault® Software

Introduction

This case study of a small business computer software company is based on a January 2012 survey of Commvault® Simpana® software customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

• Data under management has grown by 11 to 25% since the initial deployment of CommVault® Simpana® software.
• Addressed the following operational/business challenges by deploying their CommVault® software solution:
  • Improved the efficiency of a business processes
  • Reduced IT infrastructure costs
  • Reduced storage costs
  • Improved uptime / access to data
  • Achieved better performance
  • Improved protection for critical data
  • Met scalability needs

Use Case

• Uses the following CommVault® Simpana® features:
  • Deduplication
  • Replication (CDR, DDR or DASH Copy)
  • SRM/Reporting
• Protects the following with CommVault® Simpana® software:
  • Terabytes of data (TBs): 51-100
  • Number of Physical Servers: 101-500
  • Number of Virtual Servers: 51-100

Results

• Saw a 26% to 50% ROI for hardware, software, support and personnel costs over a 3 year period.
• Recouped their investment in CommVault software in 19-24 months.
• Recovers data 35% faster since deploying CommVault® Simpana® software.
• Reduced data management costs since deploying CommVault® Simpana® software:
  • Server and network costs: 20 to 39%
  • Storage hardware & tape media costs: 40 to 59%
  • Headcount / Personnel costs: 20 to 39%
  • Software maintenance costs: 20 to 39%
  • Total data management costs: 20 to 39%

Introduction

This case study of Horizon Beverage is based on a June 2015 survey of Commvault® Professional Services customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

• Solved the following challenges with Commvault Professional Services:
  • Improved overall data management architecture design
  • Upgrade
• Considered the following professional services alternatives before selecting Commvault:
  • In-house resources
  • VAR/solution resellers

Use Case

• Recently engaged Commvault Professional Services in the Americas (North/ South America).
• Manages 26- 50 TB in their Commvault environment.
• Addressed the following CommVault solution areas during their CommVault Professional Services engagement:
  • Disaster Recovery
  • VM Protection
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Archive
• Addressed the following applications, databases, and file systems during their Commvault Professional Services engagement:
  • File systems
  • Microsoft apps and email apps (Active Directory, SharePoint, Exchange, Notes)
  • Virtualization apps (VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer)
  • NAS
  • Databases (Oracle, SAP, DB2, SQL, etc.)

Results

• Rated the following Commvault Professional Services attributes in terms of how they met expectations:
  • Value of Outcome- exceeded expectations
  • Quality of Delivery- exceeded expectations
  • Consultant Capabilities- exceeded expectations
  • Managing to Schedule- exceeded expectations
  • Cost of Delivery- exceeded expectations
• Strongly agrees that Commvault Professional Services was a valuable investment of company resources.
• Strongly agrees that Commvault Professional Services helped their organization succeed.