Tippecanoe School Corporation Boosted Cybersecurity & Data Protection with OTAVA

• Industry: K-12 Schools, Education
• Employees: 200 – 500
• HQ Location: Lafayette, Indiana

About the Client

The Tippecanoe School Corporation (TSC) is located in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, and oversees a total of 18 schools, including nine elementary schools, six middle schools, and three high schools.

The Challenge  

Tippecanoe School Corporation (TSC) needed a way to strengthen cybersecurity, improve backup reliability, and reduce the stress of maintaining on-prem infrastructure. Despite having sufficient local storage, the IT team was concerned about data loss in the event of system failure.

Early exploration into major cloud providers, such as AWS, revealed pricing and complexity that nearly discouraged the district from pursuing cloud adoption altogether. TSC required a secure, affordable, and easy-to-manage solution that would protect student and staff data while minimizing downtime.

The Solution  

TSC partnered with OTAVA to build a resilient cloud environment that offered protection, recovery, and peace of mind. The implementation included:

• Cloud Replication Repository: A secure off-site backup to ensure data availability and protection from on-prem failures.

“For anyone out there in the market for cloud storage or a cloud provider, I’d look at OTAVA first. The others won’t come close—and they definitely won’t leave you smiling like OTAVA will.” – JD Peters, Network Specialist

• Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS): Seamless failover capabilities that kept systems running even during outages.
• Backup Management: Automated and monitored backups to reduce manual oversight and ensure continuous data protection.
• Affordability & Partnership: OTAVA provided a right-sized, budget-friendly solution with hands-on support, unlike hyperscale providers.

When a host server unexpectedly failed, TSC’s systems automatically transitioned to the cloud, maintaining full functionality for over a week without any user disruption; a true test of reliability and performance.

The partnership with OTAVA transformed TSC’s approach to IT and data security.

The Results 

• Zero Downtime: Operations continued seamlessly during a hardware failure.
• Improved Confidence: The IT team gained peace of mind knowing data and applications are protected and recoverable.
• Simplified Management: Automated backup and DR processes reduced manual workload.
• Trusted Partnership: OTAVA turned a skeptical IT leader into a firm believer in the power of managed cloud services.