Icade
Modernizes its backups and strengthens the digital resilience of its infrastructure with Scality ARTESCA
Icade, is a leading French real estate investment and development company specializing in commercial and residential projects with a strong focus on sustainable urban environments. As part of the Caisse des Dépôts group, Icade is committed to building the city of 2050: a strategic and environmental roadmap focused on transforming real estate activities to achieve low-carbon construction, preserve biodiversity, and develop sustainable, mixed-use urban neighborhoods.
Digitalization plays a central role in this mission, with hybrid cloud, automation, and collaborative tools supporting business performance.
Challenges
Securing and modernizing backups at the heart of urban transformation
Within its department of Information Systems and Digital (DISN), Icade infrastructure teams had a clear objective to improve the reliability and simplicity of critical data backups, while reducing manual interventions.
At the time, backups relied on magnetic tapes and a mix of tools, resulting in complex and time-consuming processes.
“We wanted to create a third backup copy that is centralized, high-performance, and immutable.”
Solution
A rigorous approach, controlled deployment, and seamless collaboration
After evaluating several options, Icade selected Scality ARTESCA for its robustness, data sovereignty, and compatibility with hybrid environments.
Alexandre FAURA
Architecte Infrastructure, ICADE
The implementation was carefully planned and executed. All prerequisites were defined and validated in advance with Scality’s teams, enabling a fast, smooth deployment with no disruption or incidents.
“For organizations still hesitating, I would highlight the simplicity of administration, reliability of support, and the significant reduction in on-site interventions that we experienced.”
Results
Sovereign, immutable, and hassle-free backup
Thanks to ARTESCA, Icade has now centralized its immutable backups on a modern, sovereign S3 platform.
What once required weekly tape handling, physical air-gapping, and ongoing manual intervention is now replaced by automated daily and monthly backups that are instantly accessible and protected against tampering.
The benefits are tangible:
- Greater operational confidence, with more efficient and streamlined workflows
- Simplified administration through an intuitive interface and minimal daily oversight
- Significant time savings by eliminating tape handling and manual processes
- Responsive, high-quality local support trusted by the Icade team
“ARTESCA is a modern, sovereign, and reassuring solution: it frees up time and strengthens confidence in our infrastructure.”
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