Save the Children UK signs Databarracks to help save its data.
2nd September 2009
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In 2009, Save the Children UK celebrated its 90th birthday and
although the organisation has changed in the last ninety years, the
principles upon which the organisation was founded by Eglantyne
Jebb back in 1919 have not. Save the Children UK was founded after
Eglantyne became moved to action by the plight of children left in
misery on the losing side in the First World War. Nearly a century
later, Save the Children UK raises almost £200 million per year to
help children all over the world lead better and safer lives. The
organisation conducts charitable activities helping the most
marginalised children from Afghanistan to the UK, and everywhere in
between. Education, nourishment, healthcare, protection, and
recovery from poverty are the major areas of focus for Save the
Children UK's efforts.
While the organisations' focus has not changed in almost a
century, the way in which it manages the raising of money,
administration of aid and work all over the world certainly has.
Technology plays a large part in any modern charity and Save the
Children UK is no different. The organisation relies on its
technology and IT infrastructure to run in the same way as any
modern global corporation.
Databarracks, the UK's leading online backup and data recovery
provider, has been selected by Save the Children UK to help them
manage their data and protect it in the event of disaster.
Currently, Databarracks is protecting almost 20TB of data for Save
the Children UK, spanning finance systems, communication, numerous
databases, and applications.
"To manage our IT systems and to ensure they are up and running
for all our staff is a time consuming job, so to find a service
provider that completely managed our data lifecycle, from backup to
recovery and from live data to archival, was imperative.
Databarracks has done a great job providing us with a service that
is tailored to our needs" said Save the Children UK's Server
Manager, Duncan Wood.
James Watts, Save the Children UK's account manager, says:
"By keeping data safe for Save the Children UK, Databarracks has
been provided an opportunity to help ensure this great and worthy
organisation stays in operation no matter what disaster may befall
their own IT systems. Everyone at Databarracks feels immensely
proud to have been selected by Save the Children UK and to be
playing a part in protecting such a prestigious organisation"
Save the Children is the world's independent children's charity.
We're outraged that millions of children are still denied proper
healthcare, food, education and protection. We're working flat out
to get every child their rights and we're determined to make
further, faster changes. How many? How fast? It's up to you. For
further information about our work please visitwww.savethechildren.org.uk