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Sky plc Deploys Bacula Enterprise

Updated 29th April 2020, Rob Morrison

Leading Entertainment Company Benefits From All-in-One Virtual and Physical Environment Backup Solution

July 9, 2015, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland – Continuing to lead in high value backup and restore for large enterprises, Bacula Systems today announced that Sky plc, a leading broadcaster and entertainment company, has chosen Bacula Enterprise as its backup and restore solution. “We found that Bacula Enterprise had the sheer breadth of features we needed. Overall, we were especially attracted to all the things Bacula Systems could bring to us”, said Jonathan Kernan, DevOps System Engineer at Sky.

Bacula System had earlier this year announced its VM Performance Backup Suite, coinciding with the general availability of version 8.2 of Bacula Enterprise.

“With Bacula Enterprise, I get a great virtual and physical backup solution in one, plus fast restore ability in an environment where uptime is paramount. The modularity of this solution is highly appreciated for the flexibility it brings us”, said Mr. Kernan.

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Rob Morrison is the marketing director at Bacula Systems. He started his IT marketing career with Silicon Graphics in Switzerland, performing strongly in various marketing management roles for almost 10 years. In the next 10 years Rob also held various marketing management positions in JBoss, Red Hat and Pentaho ensuring market share growth for these well-known companies. He is a graduate of Plymouth University and holds an Honours Digital Media and Communications degree, and completed an Overseas Studies Program.