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LATEST INTELLIGENCE QQI REPLACES VEEAM WITH STORAGECRAFT TO BACK UP ITS OFFICE 365 DATA AND TICKS REGULATORS’ COMPLIANCE BOXES. I PRESENTED BY Introduction The challenge Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) is an independent State agency responsible for the promotion of quality, integrity and accountability in education and training services in Ireland. Established in 2012, resulting from the amalgamation of four state agencies, QQI regulates the quality of programmes offered by schools, colleges, further and higher education and training institutions. Its role is to promote, maintain and develop the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) in Ireland, ensuring excellence across the board and upholding a positive, high-quality education and training experience to native and international learners. QQI has an intranet for its internal data, accessed by around 90 members of staff. It also hosts a separate production site for its line of business services, connecting to over 4,000 remote customers. QQI’s legacy datacentre and terrestrial equipment reached the end of their lifespan. Given the urgency of the requirements of amalgamation, QQI decided it was appropriate and expedient to move to Microsoft’s Azure (Infrastructure As A Service), and also to the Office 365 platform as part of a business plan to move data management where needed to a Software as a Service (SaaS) model. n Download whitepapers free from www.intelligentcio.com/me/whitepapers/ www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 17