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    CUSTOMER STORIES

    Transforming State Treasurer’s Office with a Security-First Mindset

    • CustomerIllinois State Treasurer’s Office

      IndustryState & Local Government

      LocationUnited States

    • Vision

      The Illinois State Treasurer’s office is committed to improving the lives of citizens with transparency and accountability. They wanted to transform their approach to data security to safeguard citizens.

    • Solution

      By partnering with Dell Technologies, the Treasurer’s office identified solutions and services that would help protect against cyber incidents, back up data onsite as well as to the cloud, and improve resilience.

    • Impact

      Adopting a security-first, technology-driven strategy has been key to enabling the Treasurer’s office to safeguard the $50 billion of assets and large volumes of sensitive data that it’s responsible for.

    • Michael W. Frerichs, Illinois State Treasurer

      “At the end of the day, our goal is to help people in the state, but to help them more efficiently and to protect their safety, we rely on technology.”

      Michael W. Frerichs, Illinois State Treasurer wearing a suit with an orange tie

    • Business Results

    • Safeguarded $50 billion worth of assets and sensitive data. 

    • Achieved 80% reduction in backup management hours.

    • Streamlined previously time-consuming auditing processes.

    • Acquired enterprise-grade resiliency and disaster recovery.

    • Secured all applications and data on-premise and in the cloud.

    • Achieved key milestones in digital transformation journey.

    • How the Illinois State Treasurer’s Office Leveraged Dell Technologies

    • Dell APEX Backup Services

      Mitigating the risk of data loss, ensuring regulatory compliance, and improving data visibility.

    • Dell ProDeploy Plus for Enterprise

      Speeding up and improving planning and deployment versus in-house admin for Dell products.