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Migrating to the Cloud
SSB decided to move to the cloud after the attack
and began working closely with the Trimble Viewpoint
team to make the transition. "It took the attack for us
to realize that the cloud offers more robust security
and protective measures that make it safer than on-
premise software," Byers says. This was evidenced by
the backup files of SSB's records from 2016 through
2018 that Trimble Viewpoint had created during a
ProContractor update. "So we really only lost 2019
and my team and I could reconstruct 2020 to that
point from other files." Their application settings had
also been backed up, which made getting back on their
feet even faster.
Fortunately, the loss of data didn't result in project
delays. "We were in the midst of COVID, so other
than maintenance, almost everything was shut down
anyway," Byers says. "Our biggest hurdle was payroll.
We had to manually calculate and cut payroll checks
for a few months."
Solution
