French Tennis Federation chooses Keepit to backup Microsoft data
Eve Goode
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Keepit has announced that it has been selected by the French Tennis Federation (FFT) to independently back up its Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra ID and Power BI data.
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Keen to strengthen the resilience of its digital environments, the French Tennis Federation chose a sovereign backup solution, independent of major global cloud providers.
FFT states that it chose Keepit, a Danish company that controls its entire hosting chain by operating its own cloud and data centres, across Europe, UK, Canada, Australia and the US.
Keepit highlights that its architecture guarantees uninterrupted access to data even in the event of third-party provider failure, which meets FFT’s requirements of security, independence and business continuity.
“Guaranteeing maximum independence”
Franck Labat, Technical Director, FFT stated: “Until three years ago, we had no backup solution for our cloud environments.
“My objective was clear: to identify a European service provider guaranteeing maximum independence.”
Labat continued: “Beyond this initial requirement, Keepit was able to meet additional needs that we hadn’t anticipated: centralised, traceable archiving of PST files, unified management of all our data via a single platform and more recently, seamless integration of our directory as part of our complete migration to Entra ID.”
French Tennis Federation
The French Tennis Federation, headquartered at Roland-Garros stadium, organises, coordinates and promotes tennis for over 8,000 clubs throughout France.
The FFT’s operations also involve the management of a large number of seasonal employees as part of its event-driven activities, generating significant data flows to be processed and restored.
To ensure consistent monitoring, it is essential to be able to recover data from people who have left, sometimes after short assignments, in order to pass it on to their managers.
FFT notes that this also led it to choose Keepit, as beyond backup, the solution enables targeted copying and restoration according to the needs of the teams.
Keepit facilitates the management of these processes, while guaranteeing data security.
The collaboration
The collaboration began in 2022, alongside SCC France, a trusted partner of the FFT for over 15 years with the initial aim of safeguarding Microsoft 365 environments.
The company notes that the partnership has gradually expanded to include:
- Power BI
- Microsoft Entra ID
FFT now plans to systematically integrate any new Microsoft solution it adopts into the Keepit ecosystem, ensuring continuity and consistency in the protection of its digital assets.
“The next steps in the evolution”
Cyril VanAgt, Vice President Channel EMEA, Keepit commented: “We are particularly proud to have led this project alongside our partner SCC, to offer the FFT an independent cloud backup and recovery platform that is simple to deploy and administer.
“We remain fully committed to supporting the next steps in the evolution of its cloud and Microsoft environments,” he concluded.
