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All aboard! Greater Anglia embarks on cloud journey with iland, now 11:11 Systems, Secure Cloud Backup for Veeam.

Technology Category
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Applicable Industries
  • Transportation
Applicable Functions
  • Logistics & Transportation
Services
  • Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
  • Cybersecurity Services
The Challenge
Greater Anglia, a major train operating company in Great Britain, was facing several challenges. The company was looking to eliminate burdensome tape backups, reduce backup costs, enable secure and reliable access to data, and protect against an increase in cyber threats. The company had made two massive investments over the last five years. First, they decided to replace their entire fleet of trains. Second, they replaced their wide area network. The new state-of-the-art trains required state-of-the-art technology that was ill-suited for the aged, low-bandwidth network Greater Anglia had in place. The bandwidth became such an issue that in order to preserve service quality the company limited cross file sharing. With the new wide area network connecting stations across the region, the company was then able to utilize Microsoft 365, including OneDrive, Teams and SharePoint.
About The Customer
Greater Anglia is a major train operating company (TOC) in Great Britain offering commuter and intercity services at 133 stations across the region. Greater Anglia’s rail network ranges from its Central London terminus, Liverpool Street station, to Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, parts of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire and throughout the East of England. The company is deeply committed to a high level of environmental performance as well as quality train service that is safe, clean, punctual and reliable. In 2021, Greater Anglia was named “Train Operator of the Year” at the Rail Business Awards for the second consecutive time thanks to record levels of improvement in punctuality, new fleet of trains and improved customer experience, station upgrades and ticketing initiatives. The company has also been awarded a Gold Accreditation through the IdeasUK Innovation Assessment.
The Solution
Greater Anglia’s journey to the cloud began with a mandate to secure the company’s Microsoft 365 investment. The company knew that Microsoft offered little in terms of backup protection and malicious attacks, like malware, ransomware and phishing, were on the rise. To protect the company’s critical data from internal and external cybersecurity threats, reduce the total cost of data protection and retention and help move its overall backup strategy away from outdated technologies like physical tape, Himesh and his team selected 11:11 Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365 and 11:11 Cloud Backup for Veeam Cloud Connect. These solutions could protect the company’s critical data from internal and external cybersecurity threats, reduce the total cost of data protection and retention and help move its overall backup strategy away from outdated technologies like physical tape.
Operational Impact
  • Continuous data availability and business uptime
  • Seamless integration with Veeam
  • Innovative and comprehensive service in line with company objectives

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