Ctac Snaps up fresh market opportunities Business benefits: Reduced Computer Services Business challenge To grow market share, Ctac aims to entice customers with a range of cutting-edge hosting services, including the next- generation SAP S/4HANA suite and best-of-breed industry solutions. Transformation Ctac launched its new offerings on IBM Power Systems servers and IBM Storwize storage, harnessing advanced virtualization features to enable secure sharing of physical servers between clients. “We believe that IBM Power Systems servers and IBM Storwize storage provide key competitive advantages for us as a hosting provider.” —Hans Gootjes, Enterprise Architect and Cloud Business Developer, Ctac Ctac Snaps up fresh market opportunities Solution components SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence, SAP Cloud for Customer, SAP Cloud Platform Integration, SAP Customer Activity Repository, SAP Customer Experience solutions (formerly SAP Hybris), SAP Enable Now, SAP ERP, SAP Extended Warehouse Management, SAP Forecasting and Replenishment, SAP HANA®, SAP Real Estate, SAP S/4HANA® IBM® PowerVC Virtualization Center, IBM PowerVM®, IBM Spectrum Virtualize™, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications IBM Power System E850, IBM Power System E870, IBM Storwize® V5030, IBM Storwize V7000 Business benefits: Reduced footprint with 96 logical partitions across 10 physical servers 8 hours per month to manage each compute block 2.6 kilowatts consumed by each server Client Name Ctac Company Background Ctac is an ICT solution provider headquartered in Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, with offices in Belgium and France. Offering business consultancy, cloud services and software development, Ctac employs 454 people and generates annual revenues of EUR 81.6 million. Business challenge To grow market share, Ctac aims to entice customers with a range of cutting- edge hosting services, including the next-generation SAP S/4HANA platform and best-of-breed industry solutions. The benefit Ctac achieves superb infrastructure utilization and stellar cost-efficiency, enabling the company to offer outstanding services at very attractive price points, helping it to win new business. Pull Quote “We believe that IBM Power Systems servers and IBM Storwize storage provide key competitive advantages for us as a hosting provider.” —Hans Gootjes, Enterprise Architect and Cloud Business Developer, Ctac Solution components SAP® BusinessObjects™ powered by SAP HANA SAP Cloud Platform Integration SAP Customer Activity Repository SAP Customer Experience solutions (formerly SAP Hybris) SAP Enable Now SAP ERP SAP Extended Warehouse Management SAP Forecasting and Replenishment SAP HANA® SAP Hybris® Cloud for Customer SAP Real Estate powered by SAP HANA SAP S/4HANA® Enterprise Management IBM® PowerVC Virtualization Center IBM PowerVM® IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ IBM Power System E850 IBM Power System E870 IBM Storwize® V5030 IBM Storwize V7000 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications Case study Link https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/ctac-sap-s4hana-cloud-hosting-power-storwize Ctac is an ICT solution provider headquartered in Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, with offices in Belgium and France. Offering business consultancy, cloud services and software development, Ctac employs 454 people and generates annual revenues of EUR 81.6 million. Share this Link