Glencore Agriculture
Proact lays down IT base for innovation at Glencore Agriculture
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Scalable solution
Able to handle growing amounts of data
High availability
Little to no downtime guaranteed
Simple management
Reduced complexity decreases administration time
The challenge
Glencore Agriculture wanted to find a partner that could introduce a platform which was designed around the basis that downtime should be avoided. Any new technologies had to be able to support worldwide operations while also providing the a strong foundation for innovation work.
The solution
Proact designed, implemented and optimised a bespoke FlexPod solution built on a NetApp AFF8080 MetroCluster, Cisco UCS Blade Servers and Cisco Nexus. Combined with 24/7 support from Proact's specialists, this architecture had the ability to accelerate performance, improve agility while also simplifying management.
It soon became clear that it was a great advantage that Proact knew our company well, thanks to our long-term relationship.
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