Shannon Lynch
Industry Marketing Manager,
Wasabi Technologies LLC
Getting Back to Basics: How Berry College Built a Resilient, Governed Data Foundation
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 | 9:30AM–10:30AM MT
Session Type:
Poster Session
Delivery Format:
Poster Session
Colleges and universities are asked to support AI, analytics, and digital transformation. But fragmented systems are hard to protect, expensive to manage, and not ready to support the growing data created by students, faculty, and new technologies. As the Berry College data footprint continued to grow, the college took a step back and focused on the basics. Starting with backup and disaster recovery, the team strengthened cyber resiliency with secure, immutable storage and more reliable recovery, reducing their storage costs by 50%. From there, they expanded into new use cases such as surveillance and long-term archives without adding complexity or losing control. By simplifying storage and centralizing visibility across departments, Berry reduced risk, improved governance, and made costs predictable. Gain insights from one of the leading institutions and largest campuses on how to build a stronger data management foundation for day-to-day operations and future innovations.
