Catena opts for a storage and back-up solution from Proact for its locations in the Netherlands and Sweden

Proact is providing a total solution, including a completely in-house, 24x7 support of the hardware and software for the locations in the Netherlands and Sweden. Catena has signed a three-year contract.

Frank van den Hout, head of IT Catena: “The proof of Catena’s success is the continuous growth of Catena, the increasing number of international clients and the long-term strategic cooperation with suppliers and partners. The choice of Proact as our partner for our data storage and back-up infrastructure dovetails seamlessly.”

The CAD and R&D software used by Catena for chip design, among other things, produces large amounts of data (> 130 million records at the moment) that form part of the core business of Catena. Catena was looking for a highly scalable storage and back-up environment, and thereby opted for a NetApp Clustered Data Ontap solution. The solution consists of the recently launched NetApp FAS 2500 and NetApp FAS 8000 systems. This total solution provides Catena with maximum scalability, and also ensures that there will no longer be any business downtime during future data storage migrations.

“With its choice of Proact, Catena has ensured international know-how and best-in-class, innovative products and services for itself”, says Sander Dekker, Commercial Director of Proact for Benelux & Spain. “The combination of NetApp and Proact has also been highly successful over the past year after Proact Netherlands became Partner of the Year. We look forward to a successful partnership with Catena, and hope to work together with NetApp to provide innovative solutions and services for many more new clients.”