Icade

Icade modernizes its backups and strengthens the digital resilience of its infrastructure with Scality ARTESCA.

Challenges

Securing and Modernizing Backups at a Company at the Heart of Urban Transformation

Icade, a major real estate player part of the Caisse des Dépôts group, is dedicated to building the city of 2050: sustainable, inclusive, and resilient. Digitalization plays a central role in this mission, featuring hybrid cloud, automation, collaborative tools, and data serving business performance.

Within the DISN (Department of Information Systems and Digital), the infrastructure teams had a clear objective: to improve the reliability and simplicity of critical data backups while reducing manual interventions.

Until then, backups had relied on magnetic tapes and heterogeneous tools, involving complex and time-consuming procedures.

“Nous souhaitions créer une troisième copie de sauvegarde, centralisée, performante et immuable” Alexandre FAURA, Architecte Infrastructure, ICADE

HIGHLIGHTS

Challenges

Centralize backups and eliminate the constraints associated with magnetic tapes..
Ensure the durability and immutability of critical data.
Simplify operations and reduce on-site maintenance tasks..

Solution

Scality ARTESCA: Sovereign and immutable S3 object storage.
Seamless integration into Icade’s existing infrastructure.
Rapid deployment achieved through rigorous preparation and support from Scality.

Results

Immutable daily and monthly backups are now centralized on ARTESCA.
Elimination of tape management constraints and manual air-gaps.
Simplified administration, responsive support, and reduced team workload.
A reliable technology building block supporting a sustainable digital transformation.

Solution

A rigorous approach, a controlled deployment, and a smooth relationship.

After evaluating several options, the choice naturally turned to Scality ARTESCA, recognized for its robustness, sovereignty, and compatibility with hybrid environments.

“Scality’s reputation in the world of object storage, as well as its ability to offer a scalable and easy-to-manage solution, were decisive factors,” Alexandre FAURA, Architecte Infrastructure, ICADE

The implementation was exemplary: all prerequisites had been defined and validated in advance with the Scality teams. The deployment was executed quickly, without incident.

“Once the prerequisite files were in place, everything proceeded in a smooth and controlled manner. We didn’t encounter any difficulties.”

Alexandre Faura

Infrastructure Architect, ICADE

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“What would I mention to a company that is hesitating? The simplicity of administration, the reliability of support, and the major reduction in on-site interventions.”

Alexandre Faura

Infrastructure Architect, ICADE

Results

Sovereign, Immutable, and Hassle-Free Backup

Thanks to ARTESCA, Icade has now centralized all its immutable backups on a modern, sovereign S3 platform.

While weekly tape operations required a physical air-gap and regular interventions, the Scality solution now enables immutable daily and monthly backups that are instantly accessible and protected against tampering.

The benefits are tangible:

Operational peace of mind: Infrastructure teams gain efficiency and ease of work.
Simplicity of administration: The console is intuitive, and daily operations are reduced to just a few checks.
Time savings: An end to tape handling and physical replacement tasks.
Responsive local support: The responsiveness and attentiveness of the Scality teams, praised by Icade.