Isuzu Motors South Africa Protects Revenue Streams with Veeam

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Veeam Plug-in for SAP HANA supports business growth

BAAR, Switzerland – January 31, 2020 — /BackupReview.info/ — Veeam® Software, the leader in Backup solutions that deliver Cloud Data Management™, today announced that Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSAF) replaced legacy backup with Veeam Backup & Replication™ to protect revenue streams. Veeam accomplishes this by recovering SAP® 99% faster than legacy backup (in minutes, not hours or days), strengthening the company’s business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) strategy with first-ever replication, failover and failback, and supporting compliance with the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act.

“Veeam protects our revenue streams by radically reducing the risk of downtime,” said Loren Meyer, CIO, IMSAF. “That means we always have access to the critical SAP data that is integral to our production facilities, enabling bakkies (small pick-up trucks) and trucks to be sold to dealers and customers — without delay or interruption. Vehicle sales grew by nearly 9% between 2018 and 2019, and Veeam supported that growth.”

Protecting enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems such as SAP is a concern for many businesses. According to the Forbes Technology Council[DPY1], 89% of companies surveyed worry about ERP downtime, and they estimate the damage could cost $5 million.

Veeam is an SAP-certified backup and recovery solution. The Veeam Plug-in for SAP HANA®lets IMSAF manage backup and restore natively through backint integration. The plug-in functions as an intermediary between SAP HANA and the Veeam backup repository; therefore, all backup and recovery operations are performed with native SAP HANA tools to simplify management and assure transaction consistency.

“One of the biggest benefits of using Veeam is being able to recover SAP data instantly,” Meyer said. “Almost every business decision is driven by SAP, and Veeam helps us make sure it’s always available.”

Another benefit is protecting customers’ personal information from loss or damage. Veeam supports compliance with the POPI Act by providing built-in, AES 256-bit end-to-end encryption. Every backup is protected against unauthorized access. Veeam backs up 4 TB across 50 virtual machines on-premises for local recovery and replicates them off-premises for BC and DR. Replication, failover and failback weren’t an option before Veeam.

“Veeam makes BC and DR amazingly efficient and effective,” Meyer said. “It’s easy to see why Veeam is a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions. That’s one of the reasons we knew Veeam would be right for us.”

To learn more, visit https://www.veeam.com/success-stories.html

[DPY1] Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2017/07/07/erp-security-deserves-our-attention-now-more-than-ever/#4d44bedaa010

About Isuzu
Isuzu is focused on commercial vehicles, light commercial vehicles and diesel engines. Isuzu has emerged, following the global financial crisis, as a consistently profitable business. This is as a result of rigorous streamlining and boosting the efficiencies of its operations. Isuzu is the world largest producer of diesel engines, having sold more than 85 million diesel engines year to date. Isuzu sells vehicles in over 120 markets and has manufacturing facilities in 30 countries. In 2018 Isuzu sold 430 000 vehicles and has the highest market share in 39 countries. For more information, visit: www.isuzu.co.za

About Veeam Software
Veeam is the leader in Backup solutions that deliver Cloud Data Management. Veeam Availability Platform™ is the most complete backup solution for helping customers on the journey to achieving success in the 5 Stages of Cloud Data Management. Veeam has 365,000+ customers worldwide, including 81% of the Fortune 500 and 66% of the Global 2,000, with customer satisfaction scores at 3.5x the industry average, the highest in the industry. Veeam’s global ecosystem includes 68,000+ channel partners; Cisco, HPE, NetApp and Lenovo as exclusive resellers; and 24,500+ cloud and service providers. Headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, Veeam has offices in more than 30 countries. To learn more, visit https://www.veeam.com or follow Veeam on Twitter @veeam.

Contact:
Veeam Software Director, Global Public Relations
Heidi Monroe Kroft
614-339-8200 x8309

Source: Veeam

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