{"id":77891,"date":"2017-10-10T10:25:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T17:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=77891"},"modified":"2021-08-09T11:31:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T18:31:16","slug":"keeping-charity-water-data-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/keeping-charity-water-data-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Clean and Safe Drinking Water to Developing Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you’d like to read more about charity: water<\/em>‘s use of Backblaze for Business, visit backblaze.com\/charitywater\/<\/a><\/div>\n

charity: water<\/em>\u00a0 + Backblaze for Business<\/em><\/h3>\n

Considering that charity: water<\/em><\/a> sends workers with laptop computers to rural communities in 24 countries around the world, it\u2019s not surprising that computer backup<\/a> is needed on every computer they have. It\u2019s so essential that Matt Ward, System Administrator for charity: water<\/em>, says it\u2019s a standard part of employee on-boarding.<\/p>\n

charity: water<\/em>, based in New York City, is a non-profit organization that is working to bring clean water to the nearly one in ten people around the world who live without it \u2014 a situation that affects not only health, but education and income.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have people constantly traveling all over the world, so a cloud-based service makes sense whether the user is in New York or Malawi. Most of our projects and beneficiaries are in Sub Saharan Africa and Southern\/Southeast Asia,\u201d explains Matt. \u201cWater scarcity and poor water quality are a problem here, and in so many countries around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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To achieve their mission, charity: water<\/em> works through implementing organizations on the ground within the targeted communities. The people in these communities must spend hours every day walking to collect water for their families. It\u2019s a losing proposition, as the time they spend walking takes away from education, earning money, and generally limits the opportunities for improving their lives.<\/p>\n

charity: water<\/em> began using Backblaze for Business<\/a> before Matt came on a year ago. They started with a few licenses, but quickly decided to deploy Backblaze to every computer in the organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve lost computers plenty of times,\u201d he says, \u201cbut, because of Backblaze, there\u2019s never been a case where we lost the computer\u2019s data.\u201d<\/p>\n

charity: water<\/em> has about 80 staff computer users, and adds ten to twenty interns each season. Each staff member or intern has at least one computer. \u201cOur IT department is two people, me and my director,\u201d explains Matt, \u201cand we have to support everyone, so being super simple to deploy is valuable to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a new person joins us, we just send them an invitation to join the Group on Backblaze, and they\u2019re all set. Their data is automatically backed up whenever they\u2019re connected to the internet, and I can see their current status on the management console. [Backblaze] really nailed the user interface. You can show anyone the interface, even on their first day, and they get it because it\u2019s simple and easy to understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One of the frequent uses for Backblaze for Business is when Matt off-boards users, such as all the interns at the end of the season. He starts a restore through the Backblaze admin console even before he has the actual computer. \u201cI know I have a reliable archive in the restore from Backblaze, and it\u2019s easier than doing it directly from the laptop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matt is an enthusiastic user of the features designed for business users, especially Backblaze\u2019s Groups feature, which has enabled charity: water<\/em> to centralize billing and computer management for their worldwide team. Businesses can create groups to cluster job functions, employee locations, or any other criteria.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt saves me time to be able to see the status of any user\u2019s backups, such as the last time the data was backed up\u201d explains Matt. Before Backblaze, charity: water<\/em> was writing documentation for workers, hoping they would follow backup protocols. Now, Matt knows what\u2019s going on in real time \u2014 a valuable feature when the laptops are dispersed around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cBackblaze for Business is an essential element in any organization\u2019s IT continuity plan,\u201d says Matt. \u201cYou need to be sure that there is a backup solution for your data should anything go wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about how charity: water<\/em> uses Backblaze for Business, visit backblaze.com\/charitywater\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Matt<\/a><\/p>\n

Matt Ward, System Administrator for charity: water<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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