Global leadership advisory and executive search firm strengthens, simplifies business continuity with hybrid cloud Russell Reynolds Associates is a global leadership advisory and executive search firm that uses the Microsoft hybrid cloud to better meet the needs of customers in a fast-changing digital world. Russell Reynolds moved backup to the cloud using Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager to safeguard VMware workloads and transfer them to Microsoft Azure Backup. It then created a business continuity/disaster recovery solution in Azure using Azure Site Recovery, which enabled it to cut its secondary datacenter footprint in half. With its hybrid cloud solution, Russell Reynolds better protects its business and reduces costs, enabling it to increase innovation investments. Also, the IT staff is relieved of the boredom of mundane backup work and freed to work on strategic projects. https://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/russell-reynolds-and-attunix https://aka.ms/ulrpk8 Microsoft Azure Azure Backup Azure ExpressRoute Azure Site Recovery Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager 1,500 employees Professional services United States Attunix Business continuity, operational efficiency