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QQI REPLACES VEEAM WITH
STORAGECRAFT TO BACK
UP ITS OFFICE 365 DATA
AND TICKS REGULATORS’
COMPLIANCE BOXES
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Introduction
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
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the board and upholding a positive,
high-quality education and training
experience to native and international
learners.
The challenge
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,
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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. u
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