GEC NEWS WIREThe Internet Services Unit (ISU) of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), a government entity that coordinates and promotes scientific and technological research in Saudi Arabia, has deployed Veeam Availability Suite from Veeam Software in order to provide the science community in Saudi Arabia with 24.7.365 access to critical data for research that fosters innovation and promotes a knowledge-based society.
The two most important components of science and innovation are people and data. Therefore, KACST created the ISU to provide people in the science community with 24.7.365 access to data. Without 24.7.365 access, they can’t carry out their collaborative research and develop solutions that improve society. ISU provides hosted services and cloud computing to approximately 30 organizations in the science community, including universities, research centers, laboratories and government agencies.
“Our job is to provide high availability to the organizations that conduct scientific research and foster technological innovation,” said Mr. Abdulmajeed R. Al-Osaimi, Manager of the System & Development Department at ISU “Veeam helps us deliver 24.7.365 Availability of the data that becomes the catalyst for discovery, economic development and social prosperity.”
“It was becoming difficult to deliver data 24.7.365,” said Mr. Ayham Rizeq, Senior Cloud Consultant at ISU. “We became concerned about business continuity for the organizations we serve, so we took preventative action.” Veeam also helps ISU with monitoring and reporting to avoid downtime, as well as capacity planning to forecast resource and utilization trends. Veeam provides complete visibility into the virtual environment so ISU can detect and resolve issues before they become problems and impact the organizations.
