Customer Case Studies
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AV Science - United States Barracuda Load Balancer, Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall Administrators for this popular A/V online forum needed to ensure that its servers could accomodate the growing user base. With nearly two million unique visitors to its site each month, AVSForum.com significantly improved the user experience and decreased spam with the Barracuda Load Balancer and Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall. Read complete case study |
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ViaWest - United States Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall As the volume of spam increased, ViaWest was forced to find a manageable solution that would effectively service more than 20,000 mailboxes. With the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall 600, this leading ISP and Web hosting provider was able to drastically reduce the amount of spam without crashing its network servers. Read complete case study |
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Europa House - United States Barracuda Link Balancer The IT team at Europa House, a student housing facility at the University of Illinois, needed a solution that would help it to maintain continuous connectivity to important online resources - such as online coursework, tests, databases and more - for its residents. With the Barracuda Link Balancer 430, the team was able to prioritize Internet access using Quality of Service rules as well as scale its bandwidth over two cable lines, saving the facility nearly 40 percent each month. Read complete case study |
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Liberty Tax Service - United States Barracuda Load Balancer Each year, Liberty Tax Service sees the number of online filings increase nearly 20 percent as more individuals opt to file their tax returns online. Traffic during tax season, January 1 to April 15, to each of the eight Web sites operated by Liberty Tax Service ranges from one million to three million connections per day. As such, Liberty Tax Service turned to Barracuda Networks for a reliable and affordable load balancing solution to ensure that its Web sites did not experience any downtime during high traffic periods. Read complete case study |
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Fundação CĂĄsper LĂbero - United States Barracuda Web Application Firewall As a major media organization with over 30 different Web sites, it is virtually impossible for CĂĄsper LĂbero to secure its Web sites through code reviews or best coding practices alone. CĂĄsper LĂbero needed a solution that was secure, scalable and easy to manage. It had to be able to be quickly configured and applied without having to spend long implementation cycles tuning the security policy for each individual Web site. Read complete case study |
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Oklahoma City - United States Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall The City of Oklahoma City needed a strong solution to eliminate spam and viruses from its network that would not break the bank. Featuring no per user licensing fees, the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall 400 was the ideal fit. Read complete case study |
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HostMySite.com - United States Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall, Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall-Outbound When HostMySite.comâs reputation and the reputation of its customers were threatened by zombie machines and other rogue spam operations, the Web hosting provider went on a search for a powerful outbound email protection solution to protect its 50 email servers. Its comprehensive feature set, ease of use and price point made the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall-Outbound 600 an easy choice for HostMySite.com. The Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall-Outbound 600 provided immediate relief, blocking more than 50 million pieces of spam from being sent from HostMySiteâs email servers in just the first nine months in use. Read complete case study |
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Tech Smith Corporation - United States Barracuda Load Balancer Nearly all TechSmithâs product trials are delivered through its Web site, therefore, it is critical for TechSmith to have the capacity to process and fulfill online software orders around the clock. The company relies on four Barracuda Load Balancer 440s to protect its servers against system failures and to guarantee its Web presence has the capacity to handle high and/or unusual traffic volume. Read complete case study |
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Fenwal - United States Barracuda Load Balancer Illinois-based Fenwal Blood Technologies, Inc had to support 6,000-plus global users which required them to scale their Exchange, SharePoint and Office Communication Server (OCS) infrastructure as well as provide around the clock uptime. In order to do this, they deployed three Barracuda Load Balancer 340s to support the organizationâs needs. With this setup, Fenwal easily handles more than 10,000 SharePoint and Exchange request per hour. It also handles more than 1,000 OCS requests Read complete case study |
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Upper Dauphin Area School District - United States Barracuda Backup Service 390 The Upper Dauphin Area (UDA) School District in Northern Dauphin County, Pennsylvania needed a reliable data backup solution for its 21 servers and 600 workstations to support. Since deploying the Barracuda Backup Service, the district has saved thousands of dollars and countless hours that had previously been spent on complex, expensive and unreliable backup tape solutions. Read complete case study |
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Todd County School District - United States Barracuda Link Balancer Having success with Barracuda Networks solutions for email and Web filtering, Todd County School District in South Dakota turned to the Barracuda Link Balancer 430 to ensure students and staff have access to important Web applications. Since deploying the solutuion, the district has realized nearly 50 percent increase in available bandwidth as well as additional productivity gains. Read complete case study |
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Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District - United States Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall Educational organizations, from the K-12 level through the University level, often operate on strict IT budgets, however the need for a strong spam and virus solution remains. For the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District the problem of spam and viruses was an increasing challenge for the district staff and school administrators that relied on email. The Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall 300 was the right solution, at the right price at the right time. Read complete case study |
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Geneseo Communications - United States Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall Geneseo Communications provides full ISP services to more than 1,500 customers in Geneseo, Illinois. Spam botnets and increasing virus attacks were jeopardizing this telecommunication company's ability to provide swift and effective email communication to its customers. The Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall 400 provided an immediate decrease in both spam and viruses and restored the confidence of Geneseo customers in their email service provider. Read complete case study |
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Synovis Life Technologies Inc. - United States Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall Synovis Life Technologies Inc., is a diversified medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets specialty medical products for use in various types of surgery. Synovis selected the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall 300 to eliminate spam and viruses for its more than 400 employees. Read complete case study |
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Franklin Synergy Bank - United States Barracuda Backup Service, Barracuda Message Archiver Franklin Synergy Bank in Tennessee relies on the Barracuda Message Archiver and Barracuda Backup Service for efficient email storage and data backup. Read complete case study |
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Spokane Public School District - United States Barracuda Message Archiver Using the Barracuda Message Archiver 850, the IT staff at Spokane Public School District in Spokane, Wash., can now easily fulfill public records requests involving old email. As a result, the staff is able to use fewer resources to complete what was once a time-consuming task. Read complete case study |
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Mythbusters - Beyond International Limited - United States Barracuda Message Archiver Beyond International, a leading international producer and distributor of popular series such as “Mythbusters” needed a solution that could easily store, search, and retrieve company emails for compliance purposes. With the Barracuda Message Archiver 350, the company successfully archived nearly two million emails within the first 18 months after deployment. Read complete case study |
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Display Products - United States Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall The 40 employees at Display Products Inc., rely on email communication on a daily basis. With the overwhelming deluge of spam hitting the network, this communication channel was hampered and employee productivity was suffering. With the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall 200, the amount of spam was virtually eliminated overnight. Read complete case study |
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St. Thomas Energy Services Inc. - United States Barracuda Backup Service 390 Ontario, Canada-based energy services provider St. Thomas Energy Services Inc. has an IT staff of only three people yet they are responsible for managing massive amounts of data and networking needs for the company. In one instance, they needed to restore a drawing for project engineers, a process which ended up taking two full days to complete because it involved finding a tape that had actually completed a successful backup. After evaluating the available solutions, St. Thomas Energy Services Inc. purchased the Barracuda Backup Service for its reliability, manageability and price. Read complete case study |
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South Carolina Heart Center - United States Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall Physicians, nurses and administrators at the South Carolina Heart Center, the largest private cardiovascular practice in the Southeastern U.S. since 1989, rely on email for communication with staff as well as patients. The growing spam deluge was threatening the effectiveness of email and was a considerable financial drain on the organization. With the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall 300, the IT staff estimates it will save nearly $500,000 in productivity costs annually. Read complete case study |
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Howden Joinery Group - United States Barracuda Web Application Firewall Read complete case study |
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ODLO Sports Group - United States Barracuda NG Firewall Read complete case study |
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Billings Public Schools - United States Barracuda Web Filter The IT staff at Billings Public Schools was responsible for ensuring that it had a solution in place that would ensure compliance with student and safety guidelines mandated by the Childrenâs Internet Protection Act (CIPA) by seamlessly managing Web usage policies. As the largest public school district in Billings, Montana - encompassing 18,000 Web users at 33 locations - this was, at first, a daunting task. However, Billings Public Schools has successfully met this challenge with the easy-to-deploy and affordable Barracuda Web Filter 910. Read complete case study |
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North Central Kansas Technical College - United States Barracuda Web Filter After successfully turning the tide against spam with the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall 300 North Central Kansas Technical College turned its attention to fighting a new threat â spyware. With the Barracuda Web Filter 410, this leading technical college was able to easily block and remove spyware and control Web site content saving the organization time and money. Read complete case study |
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Micromet - United States Barracuda NG Firewall Micromet Inc.a biotechnology company focused on the research and development of novel biological products for the treatment and control of cancer, inflammation and autoimmune diseases. Micromet has office locations on both sides of the Atlantic relying on permanent connectivity, and numerous mobile workers relying on easy and secure remote access connections to the various offices. To ensure a maximum of connectivity and security and a minimum of administrative overhead to manage the local Internet connectivity, site-site WAN links and VPN remote access for about 50 users, Micromet turned to the Barracuda Next Generation Firewall to protect their network. Read complete case study |
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General Agency Services - United States Barracuda Message Archiver, Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall, Barracuda Web Filter General Agency Services in Mount Pleasant, Mich., made significant improvements to employee productivity with the help of the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall and Barracuda Web Filter. In less than one year, the 50-person company successfully blocked more than one million spam messages from getting through to email users and curbed non-work-related Web surfing by employees. In addition, the company deployed the Barracuda Message Archiver, helping it to ensure compliance with insurance industry regulations for saving emails. Read complete case study |
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Bookt - United States Barracuda Load Balancer The Barracuda Load Balancer helps Miami-based Bookt, a growing Web services provider for the travel industry, to offer online marketing services, search engine optimization and CRM strategies, to a wide range of domestic and international clients. Read complete case study |
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Citizen & Farmers Financial - United States Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall, Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall-Outbound, Barracuda Web Filter The C&F Financial Corporation IT department consists of six team members and supports 600 users across its 18 branch locations and five subsideraries. With unrestricted access to the Internet, keeping the organization’s computing systems free of viruses and spyware was a huge problem, so the team turned to Barracuda Networks for a powerful Web filtering solution that could help manage bandwidth and save money. After their success with the Barracuda Web Filter 610 the company also purchased the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall 300 and Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall – Outbound 300 to help eliminate spam and other unwanted email from the corporate network. Read complete case study |
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Mississippi Emergengy Management Agency (MEMA) - United States Barracuda Backup Service, Barracuda Message Archiver Mississippi Emergency Management Agencyâs (MEMA) purpose is to ensure that Mississippi is prepared for emergencies and to assist with recovery and impact mitigation postemergency. In order to fulfill this mission, MEMA must have a highly functional network with reliable access to data and emails. After investigating a number of available solutions MEMA selected the Barracuda Message Archiver 350 for its value, ease of installation and low maintenance. Later, based upon its success with the Barracuda Message Archiver, it decided to evaluate the Barracuda Backup Service. Right out of the box, the team was impressed with how easy the solution was to set up and use. Read complete case study |
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Delta Dental of Michigan - United States Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall Delta Dental of Michigan includes more than 600 employees in six locations, the majority of whom rely on email as a vital communication tool. As spammersâ attacks became more sophisticated and unrelenting the dental benefits company turned to the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall 400 to provide complete email security protection against spam, viruses, spoofing, and phishing and spyware attacks. Read complete case study |
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Kingsville Independent School District - United States Barracuda Web Filter With 97 percent of Kingsville ISD employees having Internet access and the majority of students spending time on computers for classroom-related tasks, the school district needed a powerful and complete anti-spyware and content filtering solution. After implementing the Barracuda Web Filter, Kingsville ISD saw immediate benefits, including the elimination of nearly 20,000 spyware infections and the ability to easily block access to inappropriate Web site content. Read complete case study |
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EMS Group - United Kingdom Barracuda Web Filter Large security alarm system manufacturer based in Herne Bay eradicates spyware using the Barracuda Web Filter 310. Read complete case study |
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CSMA Club - United Kingdom Barracuda Load Balancer CSMA Club, the UK's largest private home, motoring and leisure association turned to the Barracuda Load Balancer 340 to ensure that traffic to its five Web sites remains balanced. Since implementing the Barracuda Load Balancer 340 has proven to be a cost effective and easy to use solution for CSMA Club. Read complete case study |
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Dudley College - United Kingdom Barracuda Web Filter Spyware infections were overwhelming the network at this established educational institution based in Birmingham. The easy to use Barracuda Web Filter 310 enabled the small Dudley College IT staff to quickly regain control and rid the network of spyware, malware and other threats. Read complete case study |
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DEK - United Kingdom Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall This leading imaging and screen printing technology provider turned to Barracuda Networks to help rid the company's email servers from spam. In addition, DEK found that the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall 400 was also useful in helping to ensure compliance. Read complete case study |
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Purple Passport - United Kingdom Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall When the IT department at PurplePassport, a popular Web-based CV service, began receiving numerous complaints about the increasing amount of spam hitting their email inboxes they knew it was necessary to find a powerful email security product. As a small organization dealing with major companies, it was imperative that email stay a viable communication tool. With the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall 200 email users have gone from receiving 500 or more spam emails per week, to just two or three, saving hours of productivity. Read complete case study |
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Rutland County Council - United Kingdom Barracuda Web Filter The Rutland County Council needed a strong spyware solution to protect its over 450 network users from the spyware that had been plaguing the organization. With the Barracuda Web Filter, which provides complete spyware protection along with comprehensive content filtering, the Rutland County Council successfully stopped all incidents of spyware. Read complete case study |
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Compass Communications - New Zealand Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall Compass Communications Ltd., a leading telecommunications service provider, has relied on the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall 600 for complete email security since early 2005. When the company acquired an application service provider it became clear that the newly acquired business unitâs email security solution was not as effective in blocking spam as the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall. Migrating the new business unit to the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall immediately resulted in a dramatic reduction in spam as well as time, resources, and support. Read complete case study |
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Infront Sports & Media - Germany Barracuda NG Firewall ââ Von der neuen Lösung wĂŒnschten wir uns zentrale Konfiguration im Hauptquartier und die Möglichkeit, Appliances auch durch nicht-technisches Personal in den Standorten ans Netz zu bringen.â Roger Limacher, IT-Verantwortlicher bei Infront Read complete case study |
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IZB Informatik-Zentrum - Germany Barracuda NG Firewall Read complete case study |
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Landratsamt GĂŒnzburg - Germany Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall In der heutigen Zeit sind selbst unantastbar scheinende Ămter nicht mehr gefeit vor Virusattacken oder Fluten von Spam-Mail. LĂ€ngst ĂŒberholt dagegen sind die Vorurteile in den Amtsstuben wĂŒrde es altbacken zugehen. Das Landratsamt GĂŒnzburg schĂŒtzt sich mit moderner Informationstechnologie von Barracuda Netwoks vor unliebsamen digitalen Eindringlingen im Amt. Read complete case study |
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Klenk Holz AG - Germany Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall For Klenk Holz AG, one of the largest companies in the European timber and sawmill industry, the amount of spam flooding the companyâs inboxes was detrimental to staff resources and time. The Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall 300 had everything Klenk Holz AG required â scalability, an extensive feature set and blocks 98 percent of spam bombarding the companies email server â all at a fraction of the competitorsâ price. Read complete case study |
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Schenker Deutschland AG - Germany Barracuda NG Firewall Read complete case study |
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Antenne Bayern - Germany Barracuda NG Firewall Read complete case study |
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Vinnolit GmbH & Co KG - Germany Barracuda NG Firewall Read complete case study |
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European School Frankfurt - Germany Barracuda SSL-VPN Mit einer integrierten Hardware-Software-Lösung von Barracuda Networks stellt die EuropĂ€ische Schule Frankfurt (ESF) ihren SchĂŒlern und Lehrern seit kurzem einen abhör- und manipulationssicheren Online-Zugang zum Schul-Server zur VerfĂŒgung. Read complete case study |
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Infront Sports & Media - Germany Barracuda NG Firewall âThe GUI appealed to us from the outset, especially the drill-down functions down to the lowest level that guarantee very fast and effective troubleshooting,â said Limacher. âWe also think that the definition of files for a new firewall is simpler than with other manufacturers. Files are created and exported, the firewall is then booted from a stick and can be incorporated into the centralized management straightaway. We were initially skeptical about whether or not this really does work so smoothly. And from our own experience today we can say it really does work like Barracuda Networks says.â Read complete case study |
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux - France Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall, Barracuda Web Filter Etablissement public de santĂ©, le Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux est lâun des sites de rĂ©fĂ©rence en matiĂšre de prises en charge spĂ©cialisĂ©es de haute technicitĂ© : transplantations dâorganes, traitement des grands brĂ»lĂ©s, ou encore chirurgie cardiaque. Il se situe au troisiĂšme rang des CHU français en termes dâactivitĂ© et constitue le premier employeur de la rĂ©gion. DotĂ© dâune capacitĂ© totale de 3 300 lits et places, il sâagit du principal complexe hospitalier de lâagglomĂ©ration bordelaise. Read complete case study |
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Ikoula - France Barracuda Web Application Firewall Read complete case study |
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Schoellerbank - Austria Barracuda NG Firewall Read complete case study |
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Berglandmilch - Austria Barracuda NG Firewall Read complete case study |
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ARZ Allgemeines Rechenzentrum - Austria Barracuda NG Firewall Read complete case study |
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CBCX Betting Technologies - Austria Barracuda NG Firewall Read complete case study |
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National Hire - Australia Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall With more than 750 employees spread over 70 sites in Australia and Indonesia, email is a vital form of communication between National Hire and its customers. With the increase in spam, National Hireâs senior management and IT team witnessed a noticeable impact on employee productivity and an increase in internal resources spent dealing with email security. National Hire was impressed by Barracuda Networks 30-day trial period, but even more impressed by the immediate results it saw after plugging in the Barracuda Spam Firewall 400. Read complete case study |