Summary
This customer testimonial features the City of Phoenix IT leadership discussing their deployment of Veeam for data protection and disaster recovery. Jerry Simpson, Deputy CIO, along with Disaster Recovery Manager Godefred Wononuah and Backup & Recovery Engineer Eric Forman, explain how the city selected Veeam for its leadership in data resilience and integration with their Pure Storage virtualized environment. The team highlights a critical recovery scenario involving the Dial-a-Ride program for disabled residents, where Veeam enabled server restoration in under five minutes with no service interruption. The city emphasizes the importance of mature cybersecurity frameworks like CyberSecure for establishing credibility and meeting information security office requirements. Looking forward, Phoenix plans to expand their Veeam implementation with Vault and Recovery Orchestrator to strengthen their overall data protection posture across all municipal services, from airport operations to water services and waste collection.
