Waternet Signed With Proact

Waternet has recently signed a
5-year contract with Proact Group for the
supply, implementation and maintenance of a new storage infrastructure.

This environment will serve as a basis for increasing availability and related
IT infrastructure services.

In 2011, Waternet launched a project called ‘Vital’ which centres on
the renewal of the company’s IT infrastructure and increasing its availability.
As part of this project, Proact has advised Waternet on modifying the existing
storage infrastructure and placing a new platform in a second data centre. Both
environments are based on NetApp technology and will guarantee required
availability and scalability, now and in the future.

The platform will also provide the required performance for a virtual desktop
environment, set to be deployed in the future, through the use of NetApp Flash
Cache technology.

Availability will be ensured by using DR and Backup replication
for a second refurbished, data centre. The NetApp Snapmanager software will be
used for a SAN-based backup, whereas SnapVault and SnapMirror will be used for
backup and DR.

"Availability and
performance are inextricably linked. In order to meet Waternet’s expectations,
Proact has increased performance and availability levels by deploying NetApp.
We expect ‘Vital’ to work optimally and we are all working together to make
this a reality. Our users require capacity and availability and, by ensuring
the system’s reliability, we are again living up to our promises by increasing
our users’ competence and efficiency levels ", says Craig Taylor,
Waternet’s programme manager.

Lucas den Os, MD of Proact Benelux is pleased with this agreement:
"Steering ‘data deluge’ generated by
our customers in the right direction is in our genes. So it’s very nice to see
that we are giving a personal stamp to an important part of Waternet’s ‘Vital’
project. We look forward to a successful partnership with Waternet."

Proact
will supply the total solution, including 24/7 support for the
hardware and software.