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	B&I Contractors, Inc. Case Study 11:11 Systems

B&I Contractors, Inc. Case Study

11:11 Systems

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Applicable Industries	Construction & Infrastructure
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Data Science Services
Challenge	B&I Contractors, Inc., a company that provides commercial mechanical contracting services, was facing several challenges due to its growth. The company needed to build and formalize its IT department, adhere to strict compliance and regulation requirements, ensure reliable and easy-to-use disaster recovery, and ensure IT scalability. With shrinking IT budgets and less desire for capital expenditures, Bill Lamon, IT Manager for B&I Contractors, knew that it was time to look for cloud options for his growing business. His desire to not be locked in with a channel partner and eliminate hardware expenditures for a local solution was one of the many reasons that cloud object storage was considered. Read More
About Customer	B&I Contractors, Inc. is a company that provides commercial mechanical contracting services. The company offers services such as plumbing, electrical, heating, air-conditioning, refrigeration, and other contracting services. The B&I team strives to provide the best quality and value through progressive and innovative solutions combined with state-of-the-art fabrication capabilities. As a growing business, B&I was facing challenges in building and formalizing its IT department, adhering to strict compliance and regulation requirements, ensuring reliable and easy-to-use disaster recovery, and ensuring IT scalability. Read More
Solution	B&I Contractors, Inc. chose to implement 11:11 Systems' cloud object storage and cloud backup for Veeam Cloud Connect. Cloud object storage is a solution that makes it possible to store limitless amounts of data, simply and cost effectively. It is elastic, flexible and it can easily scale into multiple petabytes to support unlimited data growth. In addition, with 11:11 Secure Cloud Object Storage, B&I was able to meet the strict contracting regulations that require that information on projects be maintained up to 10 years. This data includes designs, plans, communications, etc. and takes up a lot of expensive storage space. The 11:11 solution was so easy and allows the B&I IT staff to take a snapshot yearly rather than use costly and cumbersome tape solutions. In addition, the 11:11 Cloud Object Storage solution is designed to support exponential data growth and allows any organization to securely leverage any type of data. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services

Applicable Industries

Construction & Infrastructure

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

B&I Contractors, Inc., a company that provides commercial mechanical contracting services, was facing several challenges due to its growth. The company needed to build and formalize its IT department, adhere to strict compliance and regulation requirements, ensure reliable and easy-to-use disaster recovery, and ensure IT scalability. With shrinking IT budgets and less desire for capital expenditures, Bill Lamon, IT Manager for B&I Contractors, knew that it was time to look for cloud options for his growing business. His desire to not be locked in with a channel partner and eliminate hardware expenditures for a local solution was one of the many reasons that cloud object storage was considered.

About Customer

B&I Contractors, Inc. is a company that provides commercial mechanical contracting services. The company offers services such as plumbing, electrical, heating, air-conditioning, refrigeration, and other contracting services. The B&I team strives to provide the best quality and value through progressive and innovative solutions combined with state-of-the-art fabrication capabilities. As a growing business, B&I was facing challenges in building and formalizing its IT department, adhering to strict compliance and regulation requirements, ensuring reliable and easy-to-use disaster recovery, and ensuring IT scalability.

Solution

B&I Contractors, Inc. chose to implement 11:11 Systems' cloud object storage and cloud backup for Veeam Cloud Connect. Cloud object storage is a solution that makes it possible to store limitless amounts of data, simply and cost effectively. It is elastic, flexible and it can easily scale into multiple petabytes to support unlimited data growth. In addition, with 11:11 Secure Cloud Object Storage, B&I was able to meet the strict contracting regulations that require that information on projects be maintained up to 10 years. This data includes designs, plans, communications, etc. and takes up a lot of expensive storage space. The 11:11 solution was so easy and allows the B&I IT staff to take a snapshot yearly rather than use costly and cumbersome tape solutions. In addition, the 11:11 Cloud Object Storage solution is designed to support exponential data growth and allows any organization to securely leverage any type of data.

Impact #1	Built-in security and compliance
Impact #2	In-house compliance team with on-demand reporting
Impact #3	Ease of implementation

Impact #1

Built-in security and compliance

Impact #2

In-house compliance team with on-demand reporting

Impact #3

Ease of implementation

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B&I Contractors, Inc. Case Study

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