Proact IT Group: NAK Selects NetApp Storage from Proact
17 January 2012 - 7:07PM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Proact IT Group (STO:PACT):
NAK is an abbreviation of Nederlandse Algemene Keuringsdienst,
the Dutch General Inspection Service for Agricultural Seed and Seed
Potatoes. Agricultural seed and seed potatoes are subject to
mandatory testing. This testing is carried out on the order and
under the supervision of the Minister of Economic Affairs,
Agriculture and Innovation (Economische Zaken, Landbouw en
Innovatie, or ELI).
Given increasing digitalisation and the corresponding growth in
data, the accessibility and flexibility of the NAK IT
infrastructure provide a crucial foundation; an easily managed,
scalable and extensible environment at an efficient cost. The
direction and solution selected must be appropriate for the current
circumstances and yet also allow for possible future developments;
and reliable service from a dependable partner is also vital.
“We regularly heard the expression ‘worry-free implementation'
in the discussions we have held here at Proact with the NAK,”
explains Lucas den Os, Managing Director at Proact Benelux. “The
NAK is an organisation with such enormous social responsibility
that we wanted to provide the NAK with a storage solution that will
be ‘worry-free’, and that we are also extremely happy with. This
indicates how we are becoming more established in the public
sector.”
A NetApp cluster forms the foundation for the solution proposed
by Proact. Multipathing is used for redundant installation and
connection of all components, including disk shelves. The system is
implemented with the CIFS protocol directly on the NetApp system,
via FC protocols for VMware use, and using FC and iSCSI as SAN
protocols. In addition, all snap managers are also provided for
making consistent snapshots with respect to local backups, and the
NetApp software is used for both replication and vaulting. This
provides the system with the tools needed for backup and recovery
using a second, separate NetApp system.
Proact Premium Support is used to supplement the solution.
Proact’s own engineers guarantee that this service is on hand round
the clock, seven days a week. All NetApp system software updates
required take place within this service level. This ensures that
the system is always up to date and able to benefit from the very
latest technologies.
About Proact
Proact is a specialist in storage, archiving and securing large
volumes of mission-critical information. As an independent
integrator, Proact provides systems, support and consulting
services within its focus area of data storage and archiving.
The Proact Group has more than 625 employees and conducts
business in Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
Great Britain, Latvia, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway,
Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. Proact was founded in 1994 and its
parent company, Proact IT Group AB (publ) has been listed on Nasdaq
OMX Stockholm since 1999 under the symbol PACT.
Additional information about Proact is available at
www.proact.eu (http://media.ne.cision.com/l/efydvjji/www.proact.eu/)
About NAK (www.nak.nl)
NAK is an abbreviation of Nederlandse Algemene Keuringsdienst,
the Dutch General Inspection Service for Agricultural Seed and Seed
Potatoes. Agricultural seed and seed potatoes are subject to
mandatory testing. This testing is carried out on the order and
under the supervision of the Minister of Economic Affairs,
Agriculture and Innovation (Economische Zaken, Landbouw en
Innovatie, or ELI).
The NAK also carries out inspections of phytosanitary exports
and imports and authenticates phytosanitary certification. This
involves parties destined for or originating from third countries;
that is to say, all non-EU countries.
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