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Holland Colours opts for hybrid cloud solution from Proact
June 2016 by Marc Jacob
Holland Colours, a global Dutch company specialising in the production of colour concentrates and additives for the coloring of plastics and paints, has opted for a hybrid cloud solution from Proact. The organisation has concluded a three-year contract.
The current infrastructure of Holland Colours was outdated and could not sufficiently meet the demands and requirements of the business. Instead of carrying out a traditional renovation with new hardware and software, the company looked for a partner that could provide a more flexible (hybrid) cloud solution, with the goal of improved services to the business 24x7.
Within the cloud solution, Holland Colours has opted for a converged data centre infrastructure solution from Proact, implemented in the Holland Colours data centre, supplemented with Back-Up and Disaster Recovery services from Proact’s data centre. All this is completely under the management of Proact, so that HCA can primarily focus on the (business) applications.
The solution can be easily scaled up or down, and the IT infrastructure can thereby be easily adapted to the specific needs of the organisation. Not only is the cost flexible and scaled to their current needs, but a reduction of the IT costs over the entire contract period will also be achieved through the consolidation and rationalisation of various data centre components.
The architecture is based on FlexPod, which consists of the well-known market leaders Cisco, NetApp and VMware. More specifically, this involves the delivery of a complete pre-validated solution, consisting of network, storage, compute and security, which are pre-matched to each other and are already used by more than 2,500 Proact customers. Holland Colours are safe in the knowledge that they are obtaining a proven solution and, in case of an emergency, can also fall back on the supplementary backup and disaster recovery services for maximum business continuity.
