Case Study: Strategic Telecom Supply & Solutions

Strategic Telecom Supply & Solutions provides a wide variety of equipment and services. Their products and services are built for the largest data centers, internet service providers, cable TV operators, and wireless operators in North America. With facilities on the east and west coast Strategic Telecom can easily and efficiently provide these services to operators with nationwide footprints.

Business Need

Strategic Telecom Supply & Solutions approached BitRaser with the following needs:

Increase Throughput & Achieve Scalability: Strategic Solutions wanted a scalable and fast data wiping solution that could wipe 256 drives at a time and match their high volume data erasure requirement of wiping 100K devices annually. Moreover, they wanted to wipe diverse servers efficiently with the same solution unlike their previous solution – WipeOS that could not wipe many servers.
Data Erasure Software Integration with Razor ERP: Strategic was using Razor ERP for managing their inventory. They needed a data erasure software that could integrate with their ERP and push the erasure report into the system.
Tamper Proof Data Erasure Report & Certificates: The company needed a solution that could generate a tamper-proof certificates of data erasure for each wipe. The solution should save reports and certificates on cloud server.
Achieve ISO 27001 Compliance: Strategic Telecom wanted to stay complaint with ISO 27001. They needed a data wiping solution to wipe securely leaving no data behind.

Solution: Strategic Telecom decided to adopt BitRaser Drive Eraser Software as an alternative solution to WipeOS. They chose the Network Cloud variant to deploy at their facilities for performing automated wiping of drives and servers alongside integration with their present ERP setup. Ongoing development and deployment of requested changes enabled Strategic to improve their overall data wiping experience.

Benefits

Enhanced Wipe Speeds: BitRaser delivered wiping speeds three times faster than the previous software, allowing for more efficient data erasure processes.
Automated Wiping: Through the customisation provided to Strategic, BitRaser significantly increased the operational efficiency by automating the wiping process.
Multiple Device Compatibility: BitRaser worked seamlessly with all servers and hard drives, including the high-end servers for resale that posed challenges for the previous solution.
Cost-Effective Licensing: The price per license for BitRaser was deemed excellent, providing a cost-effective solution for wiping drives.
Customised Development: BitRaser team tailored the software specific to company needs. The support was prompt and communication was excellent.

FEB, 2024

“Bitraser's wipe speeds were 3 times faster than our previous wiping software. The price per license to wipe drives is excellent, BitRaser is in the process of taking our ITAD Services to the next level. They have been working hard to tailor the software specific to our needs. Support is prompt and communication is excellent. Overall, we have had a great experience working with BitRaser team.”

Steven James , Director of ITAD Services

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Client

Strategic Telecom Supply & Solutions

Business Need

Fast, Scalable data wiping software compliant with ISO 27001 standard.
Data Erasure Report Integration with Razor ERP
Automatically pull hardware profile for each drive wiped
Generate Tamper Proof Certificate

Challenges

Strategic was dealing with slow data wiping times with old solution that impacted their work efficiency. Many devices and servers were not supported by their previous solution – WipeOS.

Solution

BitRaser Drive Eraser Network Cloud

Benefits

Strategic Telecom achieved 3x efficiency with BitRaser Drive Eraser Network cloud variant. The software matched their high-volume data erasure requirements across locations with diverse IT assets including high end servers for resale. Faster wiping speaeds allowed them to wipe more drives efficiently.