The client's existing backup environment lacked ransomware protection and recovery capabilities, while critical applications and workloads were not adequately protected.

At the same time, the legacy backup solution presented scalability limitations and had become increasingly difficult to manage. Multiple vendors supporting different application configurations added further complexity, resulting in operational delays and making backup management more challenging.

The client wanted to transform its backup environment by improving protection for critical applications, simplifying backup management and addressing the limitations of its existing backup solution. The objective was to establish a more efficient backup architecture across on-prem and cloud environments while improving protection and recovery capabilities. 

HCLTech modernized the client's backup environment by categorizing applications based on their business criticality, ensuring that critical and non-critical workloads received the appropriate level of protection.

To support the new architecture, HCLTech established a modern backup environment across on-prem and cloud infrastructure. Existing environments were reconfigured and new cloud backup clusters were deployed to support growing workloads.

Backup replication was configured across cloud and on-prem environments to improve backup availability and recovery readiness. The solution also enabled consistent backup protection for cloud workloads, creating a more streamlined, scalable and easier-to-manage backup environment.

The transformed backup environment strengthened protection for critical applications, simplified backup operations across hybrid environments and reduced the effort required to manage cloud workloads.

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