Commvault, a global enterprise software leader in the management of data for cloud and on-premises environments, has announced that Emirates Steel has implemented Commvault HyperScale to support its digitalisation ambitions and safeguard its manufacturing operations.
Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Emirates Steel is wholly government owned. At full capacity, its 11 plants produce 3.5 million tons of steel products, such as sheets, beams, and reinforced bars, every year for the construction industry. The company’s digitalisation efforts include moving its SAP modules to the cloud through Microsoft public cloud solutions.
“Backup was a challenge with underlying technology scattered across different environments and running on ageing hardware,” said Mohammed Azam, IT Infrastructure Head at Emirates Steel.
He said he realised that Commvault HyperScale proved an effective solution with an interface that was user-friendly but which was also installed easily and worked perfectly across the firm’s complex environment.
Commvault HyperScale and Commvault Complete Backup and Recovery protect 400 terabytes of data hosted across SAP systems and including SQL databases, email archives and 20 virtual machines.
“Commvault HyperScale is easy to install and use,” said Azam. “Interoperability with both public cloud and on-premises environments means we can make IT investment decisions that boost our competitive advantage without having to worry about backup.”
Two Commvault HyperScale clusters replicate data between the company’s data centre and disaster recovery site to provide robust business continuity capabilities.
“Commvault gives us confidence that we can recover rapidly from any scenario, including potential ransomware attacks,” said Azam. “We can now restore a critical database in less than 90 minutes compared with three hours previously.”
Commvault also helps accelerate Emirates Steel’s digital roadmap by making it simple to add new services and data sets.
“Any disruption to our operational systems and the production of steel would have a national impact. By maximising data availability, we can boost efficiency and safeguard the manufacturing supply chain,” said Azam.
Wael Mustafa, Area Vice President Middle East, South Africa and Turkey at Commvault, said: “We are proud to expand our longstanding relationship with Emirates Steel by adding our latest HyperScale functionality and flexibility.
“Our HyperScale solutions are offering increased data availability and business continuation assurance to many of the largest organisations across the region.”
