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Banking · Completed

Strengthening protection and recovery for critical institutional data

Backup and recovery infrastructure providing a more reliable and manageable platform for protecting critical institutional information.

Client
National Bank of Ethiopia
Sector
Central Banking and Financial Services
Location
National Bank of Ethiopia Headquarters
Completion
2025/2026
Status
Completed
Technology
HPE
Illustration: National Bank of Ethiopia Backup Infrastructure sample image

Client context

The need

Critical institutional data must be protected against equipment failure, operational error, corruption, and other disruptive events. A backup platform is valuable only when data is captured according to policy, monitored, retained appropriately, and recoverable through tested procedures.

Project scope

What Edge Comm-Tech delivered

  • 01Assessment of backup workloads, retention needs, recovery priorities, dependencies, and capacity.
  • 02Backup and recovery architecture using HPE infrastructure.
  • 03Supply, installation, configuration, integration, and policy alignment within the approved scope.
  • 04Backup-job configuration, monitoring, alerting, retention, and administrative controls.
  • 05Recovery workflow preparation and validation based on approved test scenarios.
  • 06Documentation, training, handover, warranty, and support readiness.

Delivered solution

An integrated operational solution

Reliable backup foundation

The implemented platform provides dedicated infrastructure for protecting approved workloads and retaining backup data according to defined operational requirements.

Centralized visibility

Administrators can monitor backup jobs, identify failures or exceptions, review capacity, and manage routine protection tasks from a coordinated environment.

Recovery readiness

Documented procedures and validation activities strengthen the institution's ability to restore protected information when an authorized recovery is required.

Operational efficiency

A structured backup environment makes policies, schedules, alerts, administration, and support more consistent than fragmented protection processes.

Implementation

From assessment to operational handover

Edge Comm-Tech coordinated the project across requirements validation, detailed design, sourcing, logistics, site preparation, installation, configuration, integration, testing, issue resolution, client acceptance, documentation, training, and handover.

Outcomes

The result

  • A more secure, reliable, and efficient platform for backup operations.
  • Improved visibility into backup status, capacity, exceptions, and administration.
  • Stronger recovery preparedness for protected critical information.
  • Clearer operational ownership through documentation, training, and handover.
  • A scalable foundation for future data-protection requirements.

Technology

HPE backup and infrastructure technologies.

  • HPE

Exact product families are published only after the National Bank of Ethiopia approves the wording and the final bill of materials is verified.

Training and handover

Local training and knowledge transfer were provided to designated personnel, with training-completion certificates issued as applicable.

Backup alone does not guarantee data security, business continuity or recovery. Backup, disaster recovery and wider cyber resilience are distinct disciplines.

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