Vinos América Achieves Absolute Immutability and a 2-Hour RPO with Object First

Introduction

Vinos América is one of Mexico’s leading wine and spirits distributors, with more than 600 employees spread across its headquarters in Guadalajara and its offices in Puerto Vallarta and San Luis Potosí.

Challenges

• Lack of immutability: Weak access controls allowed a malicious actor—or even an internal error—to alter or delete data.
• Ransomware risk: Recent attacks in the region made the lack of immutable storage an increasingly urgent concern.
• Slow database recovery: Restoring SQL Server databases was very slow—in some cases, taking up to three hours—which prevented the company from meeting its recovery time objectives (RTOs).

Solution

Vinos América, together with its partner Capital IT, evaluated tape, hardened servers, and cloud services before choosing the Object First appliance for its absolute immutability, seamless integration with Veeam, and rapid deployment.

Results

• A two-hour RPO achieved for the first time, ensuring that more business-critical data can be recovered in the event of an incident.
• Backups protected by absolute immutability, safe from ransomware, internal errors, or malicious deletions.
• Improved recovery performance, reducing the risk of supply chain disruptions and protecting customer relationships.
• Simplified backup management, reducing the administrative burden and freeing up IT staff for more strategic tasks.