Test Before You Invest
The GEN3i Data Protection Lab, located in the Carahsoft Better Together Center, is a purpose-built environment where public sector IT teams can evaluate, integrate and validate today’s leading backup and cyber resilience platforms.
Whether you're replacing legacy tape, protecting SaaS data or planning a multicloud strategy, the Lab offers a safe, fully provisioned space to simulate and refine your solution before procurement or deployment.
Key Advantages
- Make smarter purchasing decisions by testing backup and recovery platforms hands-on.
- Validate compliance alignment with NIST, FedRAMP and CMMC through real-world integrations.
- Speed up your vendor selection with focused lab sessions that replace lengthy demo cycles.
- Run real-world ransomware recovery scenarios, including M365 backup and tape restores.
- Build internal confidence by training your team in a safe, production-like environment.
What's in the Lab?
Explore, demo, and test technologies from:
- Industry-leading data protection and storage vendors
- Immutable backup and ransomware recovery environments
- SaaS data protection for Microsoft 365 and Salesforce
- Tape restore workflows, catalog conversions and LTO emulation
- Multicloud mobility scenarios (AWS, Azure, GCP)
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GEN3i Data Protection Lab
Check out the GEN3i lab hosted in the Carahsoft Better Together Center — a data protection and storage integration space for public sector agencies to explore and validate solutions in a real-world environment. The lab enables solution testing, vendor integration and hands-on demonstrations. See what solutions are currently available!
Want to see more?
Whether virtual or in person, we would love to provide a demo!