1. 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
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.
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