Holland Colours opts for hybrid cloud solution from Proact

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The current infrastructure of Holland Colours was outdated and could not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.

Wilfred Van Essen, IT Manager of Holland Colours comments "Thanks to the success
of our business and the fact that we are operating internationally in different
time zones, it became increasingly difficult to provide our business with
flexible, cost-effective and highly available IT services. By choosing Proact,
we are unburdened 24x7, and can focus primarily on what is important for our
business."

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.

"Companies nowadays want IT to operate increasingly in the service of the
business and to organise its key processes. The cloud is an important enabler
here, but a customer-focused approach in terms of service from the service
provider and the design of the environment is crucial for success. In addition
to the SLA agreements, HCA also benefits from a distinctive approach to ensure
user and customer satisfaction (eXperience level agreement), rather than just an
SLA. Proact works in a partnership as an extension of customers such as Holland
Colours, thereby allowing the IT department to focus on innovation and the
development of new, business-related IT services." says Lucas den Os, Managing
Director of Proact Netherlands.
For further information, please contact:

Jason Clark, CEO and President, Proact IT Group AB, tel +44 1246 266300
Peter Javestad, Vice President / IR, Proact IT Group AB, tel +46 733 56 67 22,
peter.javestad@proact.eu
About Proact

Proact is Europe’s leading independent integrator in the fields of data storage
and cloud solutions. Proact supplies business benefits by helping companies and
authorities the world over to reduce risk and costs, and above all, to supply
flexible, accessible and secure IT services.

Proact solutions cover all elements of data storage, including virtualisation,
network functions and security, and the company has more than 3 500 successful
projects behind it, along with vast information volumes which are managed at the
Proact data centre.

The Proact Group has more than 720 employees and conducts business in Belgium,
the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the
Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the USA.
Proact was founded in 1994. Proact IT Group AB (publ), its Parent Company, has
been listed on Nasdaq Stockholm since 1999 under the ticker symbol PACT.

For further information about Proact’s activities please visit us at
www.proact.se