Considering that charity: water sends
workers with laptop computers to rural
communities in 24 countries around the
world, it’s not surprising that computer
backup is needed on every computer
they have. It’s so essential, in fact, that
Matt Ward, System Administrator for
charity: water, says it’s a standard part of
employee on-boarding.
charity: water, 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, a situation that affects
not only health, but education and income. The organization was founded in 2006 and has funded
24,537 projects in 24 countries, benefiting over 7.3 million people.
Matt Ward, System Administrator for charity: water
“We 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, such as
Ethiopia, Rwanda, Cambodia, and Nepal,”