Sustainable IT infrastructure for the province of Antwerp

The province of Antwerp is a dynamic and multifaceted organization. The province's complex IT infrastructure plays a key role in its day-to-day operations and services. The province was looking for a partner to renew its infrastructure, from servers to storage, back-up, and managed services.

The province of Antwerp faced several challenges:

• An outdated IT infrastructure ranging from servers to storage and back-up systems.

• The need to find a sustainable solution in line with its core values.

• Finding a partner that could offer flexibility, manageability, and ease of use.

One of the province's key values is sustainability, a factor that weighed heavily in the choice of its new infrastructure.

Bart Brandsen, Infrastructure & Operations Manager at the province, and his team drew up a detailed specification covering the province's technical requirements and sustainability goals. Xylos took part in the tender and submitted a thoroughly developed proposal. After a careful evaluation of all submissions, Xylos was selected from among four candidates. The choice was based on its ability to deliver a complete solution that was not only technologically advanced, but also aligned with the province's sustainability goals.

Together with the customer, we opted for an approach that combines the technological expertise of both HPE and VMware to create a hyperconverged infrastructure. This infrastructure is specifically tailored to the needs and sustainability goals of the province of Antwerp. The HPE servers and VMware vSAN provide a flexible, manageable, and user-friendly environment. Cohesity was integrated for back-up, disaster recovery, and data management. Everything is offered on a pay-per-use model, which delivers cost savings and efficiency.

The province of Antwerp once again has a modern, flexible, and sustainable IT infrastructure. The collaboration with Xylos has resulted in a solution that is not only technologically advanced but also aligned with the province's sustainability goals (e.g. recycling old IT equipment).