Amusement Park Liseberg Chooses Proact

Liseberg AB, an amusement park and Sweden’s largest tourist destination, has assigned Proact IT Group AB to help modernise its IT infrastructure.

Its data centre solution, designed and delivered by Proact, comprises a hyperconverged system which integrates servers and storage, and a backup solution which also provides enhanced protection vs. cyberthreats.

Following procurement, Liseberg has signed Proact as their partner for a major initiative to update its IT infrastructure. The key objectives for the investment are to simplify operations and administration of the data centre environment and to get a scalable solution to add storage and server capacity. Liseberg manages about 60TB of data, and the volume is estimated to grow by 10% annually.

“We were positively impressed by Proact’s solution, which received the highest score in each part of our evaluation. We value that Proact offers local support services, providing certified expertise on the products included, and that they maintain close relationships with the vendors involved,” says Martin Olesen, IT operations manager, Liseberg. 

The end user also called for a more efficient backup procedure and faster restore capabilities for virtual servers and data, which the backup solution achieves. In addition, it provides an extra line of defense vs. ransomware cyber-attacks where the attacker tries to lock all data by means of encryption. This mode of attack is hindered by keeping an “air gap” backup copy, logically and physically separated from the primary IT environment.

“We are very pleased about the assignment to help Liseberg update their infrastructure for business-critical IT. This project shows how Proact, as a partner, creates value for our customers through modern solutions that help boost productivity while meeting strict requirements on availability and security,” says Roland Fällbesales manager, Proact IT Sweden.

The Proact solution will replace several key data centre devices at Liseberg – including servers, storage systems and networking devices – with a hyperconverged system. This is an all-in-one solution where all components are integrated into a single, compact unit and can be managed together. To maximise availability, this system is mirrored, installed in 2 interconnected data centre sites.