network shares. Employees in the Other Languages Department also work on Saturdays.

Problems with the current solution

The current backup solution is not able to keep pace with the growth rate of XYZ. The actual backup process is very labor intensive. The current backup process makes it impossible to consolidate backup management or create an enterprise-wide backup architecture. Each of the backup servers is managed individually. There is no capability for a central backup management. The problems of the current backup solution include the following:

•The backup solution is not automated.

•People must copy their work regularly, which creates a high potential for errors.

•The backup utilities that are used are not the same, resulting in higher training costs.

•The solutions used in the Other Languages and the Admin Departments are less primitive but do have their problems. Network usage has a high impact on backup performance. Moreover, not all data gets backed up. Only Network File System shared files and network shared files are backed up in the Other Languages and Admin Departments, respectively.

•Because there are three independent backup servers for the three departments, there is no central control or administration of the following key areas:

•Device configuration

•Media management

•Backup configuration

•Scheduling

•Monitoring

•Restore operations

•Because each of the backup servers is managed individually, there is no central reporting.

•The current solution does not offer disaster recovery capabilities. This is an increasingly important setback. A disaster may result in the company losing a significant part of its business.

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