Proact to build virtual IT infrastructure for SMÅA

Proact has been commissioned to supply and install a complete IT infrastructure for Småföretagarnas A-kassa, SMÅA. The new IT infrastructure will be commissioned in early 2015.

This initiative in a completely new technical infrastructure will give SMÅA – which numbers around 120 000 small businesses among its members – a strong platform for further development of its IT-based business support. SMÅA has already been working with Proact as its advisors and consultants in respect of IT strategy. The partnership is being extended now that Proact has been asked to supply their new IT infrastructure including support.

“We realised that Proact offers the best solution for our new IT infrastructure, which will provide more effective support to our business and users. We also set great store by Proact’s support services, and we are really pleased that we will have access to top experts working with the technology and products that we have chosen,” says Hans Öström, IT manager at SMÅA.

SMÅA already has a virtualised servers and desktops (VDI) for all its users, and is now adding virtualisation for data storage. This will make it possible for SMÅA to execute system changes without interference in uptime.

“Of course, we are very pleased that SMÅA has increased the trust placed in us as their supplier and partner. Their ambitious initiative, which aims to create a state-of-the-art IT infrastructure, can certainly act as an inspiration to many other businesses with similar needs,” says Lena Eskilsson, regional manager at Proact.

The new infrastructure is based on the so called Flexpod concept. This is a reference architecture for servers, storage and networks, with components from different suppliers which have been pretested to make sure they all work together in an integrated IT infrastructure. The well-defined concept will make planning, installation and commissioning considerably simpler and more cost-effecitve.

Proact’s solution for SMÅA includes a storage cluster and backup system from NetApp, Cisco UCS blade servers, network switches and wireless access points from Cisco. 

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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