The Ocean Race monitors their global races in real time and protects 271 TB of data with Acronis.
The Ocean Race is the ultimate test of a team and a human adventure like no other. In over 50 years of round-the-world racing, the Race has kept an almost mystical hold over some of the world’s greatest sailors and been the proving ground for the legends of sailing.
With a large team that travels internationally to monitor, track and report on race events, The Ocean Race utilizes high volumes of dissimilar data. This data is also critical to ensuring the safety of race participants who may need coordinated assistance in an onboard emergency.
Establishing a continuous connection and coordination with the organization’s headquarters in Alicante, Spain made protection challenging. From remote areas of the globe, participants connected to unsecure networks and relied on satellite connections to maintain constant communication with the control team.
After evaluating several industry-leading solutions, The Ocean Race determined that Acronis Cyber Protect was the ideal fit. Acronis Cyber Protect covers all the security areas that The Ocean Race depends on, including backup, antivirus, malware detection and continuous data protection. With the solution, The Ocean Race can validate that their IT environment and data is secure.
Read the full story to learn how Acronis saved the Race and returned a critical machine back to normal operations in less than one hour.