How a New York university improved backup reliability while drastically reducing costs
St. Johns University replaced slow, failure-prone tape backups with N2W and achieved instant implementation, much faster recoveries, and significant cost savings. Thanks to support for file-level, volume, and EC2 backups, along with built-in cost visibility, the IT team was able to avoid data loss and meet strict RTO and RPO objectives, while simplifying cloud operations.
The main challenge was reducing the recovery window and eliminating the operational complexity of physical tapes. Tape backups require logistics, physical storage, and long restoration times. By adopting a cloud-based solution with N2W, the university achieved: immediate deployment without additional hardware, high-speed restorations by file or instance, and centralized management that provides traceability and cost control.
Key benefits observed by the IT team: accelerated recovery that ensures academic continuity, reduced operational and storage costs, granular visibility of cloud spending that facilitates financial decisions, and compliance with internal and regulatory policies. EC2-level backups made it possible to restore complete environments in minutes, while file-level copies made it easy to recover specific documents and data without affecting the entire system.
Q2BSTUDIO as a technology partner optimized the transition and expanded the project's value. We are a custom software and application development company, specialists in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and much more. We offer AWS and Azure cloud services, integration with backup tools such as N2W, and custom solutions that include custom software, custom applications, and business intelligence services. Our teams design recovery workflows, retention policies, and dashboards with Power BI for operational and cost visibility.
Additionally, Q2BSTUDIO powers transformation with artificial intelligence and AI for businesses: we develop AI agents to automate recovery tasks, predictive models to prevent data loss, and solutions that integrate advanced analytics with proactive security. Our cybersecurity expertise ensures that backups and restorations comply with protection, encryption, and controlled access standards.
Typical use cases we implement: migrating backups from tape to public cloud, configuring backup processes at the volume and EC2 level, cost dashboards with Power BI, and deploying AI agents for monitoring and proactive alerts. Our offering combines custom software, business intelligence services, and cybersecurity practices to provide a resilient and efficient posture.
If your organization seeks to reduce recovery times, optimize cloud costs, and modernize its backup operations, Q2BSTUDIO can help design and implement a complete strategy. Contact us for a personalized diagnosis and discover how custom applications, artificial intelligence, AI agents, and AWS and Azure cloud solutions can transform your data management and incident recovery.
