Randstad Opting for Commvault and Tata Consultancy Services

Commvault Systems, Inc. will be providing cloud backup and recovery solutions for Randstad Holding NV across its infrastructure.

Randstad is using AWS cloud infrastructure as the basis for its central Shared Service Centre (SSC) to deliver IT services, and will be utilizing Commvault to maximize this offering.

The Randstad Group, in the HR services industry,  is specialized in solutions in the field of flexible work and human resources services. The company’s IT infrastructure is currently being consolidated and centralized across 30 IT departments providing services to 40 operating companies in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East and AsiaPac. This transformation will increase efficiency, reduce risk and provide better service from an IT infrastructure perspective in alignment with Randstad’s digital vision.

“Given the scale and business criticality of this AWS deployment, we needed a trusted provider to support this transformation with a robust and compatible solution,” said Bernardo Payet, GM, Randstad global IT solutions. “Commvault was chosen based on their ability to deliver the scalability and flexibility of service necessary to complete the task in exact accordance with our requirements.“

In addition, the Commvault platform delivered deduplication and compression functionality, which will reduce storage consumption and save costs. Another critical reason for the selection was the integration between Randstad’s AWS based public cloud strategy, managed by Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) and Commvault’s solutions.

TCS, in IT services, digital and business solutions, is working with Randstad on its migration to AWS. Due to the nature and scale of the deployment, TCS recommended Commvault based on its capabilities and technology.

“Commvault software will enable high performance and simplified data management as Randstad migrates to a global AWS-based cloud approach,” said Rob Van Lubek, area VP EMEA Northwest, Commvault. “Randstad needed to ensure its data would be protected, compliant and accessible while taking advantage of cloud storage benefits and Commvault is pleased to be enabling this journey.“

Commvault enables automated, policy-based data movement between on-premises storage and server infrastructure with the flexibility to store data in Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) or Amazon Glacier, or the ability to move entire workloads directly into EC2 instances. Cross-platform integration with over 25 cloud providers also enables management processes in EC2 along with other cloud platforms, including VMware, Microsoft Azure and Hyper-V.