Fluidra recovers data faster and increases cyber- resiliency with Veeam

Private and commercial pool owners around the world benefit from Fluidra’s advanced product catalog. From making pools more connected to making them more environmentally friendly, Fluidra is leading the way in delivering the experience in pools and wellness in a responsible way. To continue pushing the boundaries, the company harnesses data around-the-clock.

“We live by the motto ‘if you don’t measure it, you can’t improve it’,” said Marc Torredemer Almirall, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Specialist at Fluidra. “So, we’re constantly monitoring data points that we capture through our smart pool applications such as iAqualink and Fluidra Pool, plus our production facilities and commercial department, and we use all this information in our decision-making.”

As a multinational company, even small interruptions to Fluidra’s operations could have a significant impact on the bottom line. As a result, data protection is a high priority.

“If we couldn’t access data, the losses could rapidly add up to millions depending on what parts of our operations were affected,” said David Bultà Caldés, CIO Office Director at Fluidra. “Our factories could come to a stand still and deliveries to customers could be delayed. We seek to avoid this scenario at all costs, and so we decided to invest in a single, global data protection solution for Fluidra and began looking for the right technology to fit the bill.”

Fluidra selected Veeam to protect data across its global operations, ensuring key decision-makers can access the information they need to guide the multinational organization to further success. By consolidating with Veeam, the company can leverage economies of scale.

“Veeam is the right choice because it is a market- leading solution, it was already in use at a few of our businesses, and it offers an excellent price-performance ratio,” said Alexander van der Kolk, Global Technology Director at Fluidra. “Harmonizing data backups and recovery Fluidra using Veeam allows us to elevate our capabilities while increasing efficiency, a win-win outcome.”

Using Veeam, Fluidra can recover data much faster than before, helping the company achieve higher levels of service continuity. By taking advantage of the immutable backups from Veeam, Fluidra is also increasing its cyber-resiliency.

“We can now recover data much faster thanks to Veeam,” said David Bultà Caldés. “By allowing us to respond faster and avoid downtime, Veeam helps us improve customer service. We also use immutable backups to guard against ransomware or any other modification of backed up data, giving us another level of protection against interruptions to the business.”

Fluidra is also making use of data compression and deduplication features to optimize utilization of storage resources. The company is making savings even though it keeps triple copies of all data.

“One of the best things about Veeam is its efficiency,” said Alexander van der Kolk. “Choosing Veeam means we avoid having to buy lots of storage capacity, yet we can still back up and restore data very quickly. On average, we’ve cut down the storage required for data backups by more than 50% with Veeam, which translates into cost savings.”

Looking to the future, Fluidra is finalizing the assessment of protecting Microsoft 365 data with Veeam. As the multinational organization considers the next steps in its cloud and containerization strategies, Veeam plays a key role in its ongoing roadmap.

“Veeam is Fluidra’s global data protection solution, so it will be a part of any technological evolution we undertake,” said David Bultà Caldés. “Whether it’s moving workloads into the cloud or using containers, Veeam is our first choice when it comes to making Fluidra as resilient as possible for the challenges and opportunities to come.”

• Enabled centralized control of global data protection, allowing Fluidra to take advantage of economies of scale 
  With Veeam, we can have a centralized global vision for data protection, but delegate administration by region or by country,” said said David Bultà Caldés. “We’ve raised data protection standards across the board while unlocking greater efficiency.”
•  Exponential increase of 100x in data recovery speeds helps Fluidra avoid interruptions to its operations. 
  Fluidra can now empower decision-makers with non-stop access to information, helping to keep its business processes flowing smoothly.
•  Reduced storage utilization by more than 50% on average thanks to data compression and deduplication features. 
  One of the best things about Veeam is its efficiency,” said Alexander van der Kolk. “Choosing Veeam means we avoid having to buy more storage capacity, yet we can still back up and restore data very quickly.”