Building new business in Proact cloud
New company InZafe is basing its business model on Proact’s cloud services. When a company aims to become Europe’s leading supplier of electronic storage for companies’ business documents and accounts data, it needs good partners, secure infrastructure and scalability.
The rules concerning the storage of documents, accounts data and enclosures are being amended. Electronic storage is now permitted where all documents, receipts and printouts used to have to be stored in physical archives for ten years. This change in the regulations is the foundation for the launch of InZafe. With their software, they will safeguard everything companies need for the storage and sharing of their company documentation. Their customers will include accounting firms, lawyers, auditors and others who need secure, reliable storage. The company has set itself some ambitious targets.
“We will become Europe’s top supplier of structured electronic storage of business documents and accounts data for the SMB segment by offering the best, most secure, most flexible solutions. We will be launching in the Nordic countries and the UK, and we are full of optimism. We do not need to build our own infrastructure, and this is one of the most vital reasons as to why we can grow quickly,” says Øivind Falch, general manager at InZafe.
Proact drew the longest straw after a round of tenders collated with a view to finding the right supplier. All data from InZafe’s customers will now be managed by Proact’s cloud services unit. Quality and the best procedures and processes tipped the balance in favour of Proact.
“Proact’s services are very scalable, they have secure procedures and the best structure. We take responsibility for some very sensitive material and need someone with the right certifications and standards to manage this. We hope to be able to place vast amounts of data with their cloud solutions,” says Falch.
InZafe’s basic service automatically gives each customer 15GB of data and a scaling option. As the solutions will primarily be sold via businesses which manage other people’s data, each contract could involve hundreds or thousands of new customers all coming on board at once. The best technology and good procedures are absolutely crucial to be able to handle this.
“The average small or medium-sized business has huge numbers of business documents and accounts-related data. This is why InZafe could quickly become one of our biggest cloud customers. When they are successful in the Norwegian SMB market, we will soon be talking vast data volumes,” says Eirik Pedersen, Managing Director of Proact.
Security in respect of accounts data is at its peak as the solution is supplied as a service from secure data centres. Proact guarantees the most up to date procedures and functions for storage, backup and disaster recovery. The data is stored in customers’ own countries. All communication to and from the data centres is encrypted.
“We are extremely enthusiastic about this contract. We are very pleased to be able to support InZafe now that they have Europe at their feet. We will give them whatever they need, whenever they need it, from the places they choose. And we will give them the best operating standards in the business,” says Pedersen.
To be able to supply services offering the highest possible uptime, NetApp have been selected to supply storage for this service.
“We are pleased that Proact has chosen us as one of the suppliers of infrastructure for their cloud solution. We are confident that our storage solutions meet Proact’s particularly stringent requirements in terms of security, performance and scalability,” says Geir Gramdal, Channel Development Manager for NetApp.
For further information, please contact:
Martin Ödman, CEO, Proact IT Group AB, tel 46 733 56 68 11, martin.odman@proact.eu
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 over the world 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 660 employees and conducts business in Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Sweden and the Czech Republic. Proact was founded in 1994. Proact IT Group AB (publ), its Parent Company, has been listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm since 1999 under the symbol PACT.
For further information about Proact’s activities please visit us at www.proact.eu
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