CloudKey

In this multi-day workshop, we want to illuminate your critical infrastructure with regard to the requirements of information and cybersecurity. In relation to end-user computing, we jointly want to develop strategies on how security in the company can be increased. Overall, we are talking about a zero trust strategy. It is very difficult to spot a problem when you understand the threat but not how each device and workload maps your critical infrastructure. In this workshop, we develop this picture in four pillars: devices, access, apps / cloud and security in the area of antivirus / EDR

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In this workshop we want to discuss the requirements for public sector organizations and the architecture and integration of VMware Cloud on AWS into the VMware infrastructure - regardless of whether you want to expand or replace your data center or VMware Cloud on AWS for disaster recovery.

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In many cases, traditional antivirus no longer protects against ransomware or other non-malware or in-memory attacks. Companies and organizations try to counteract this risk with new, docked solutions and run the risk of creating more and more silos due to overly complicated management instead of viewing them as connected areas. In this workshop, we discuss these areas that are involved in securing endpoints and workloads.

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Mobile devices are valuable tools for businesses. They give employees instant access to your internal content and resources. However, given the variety of mobile platforms, operating systems and versions organizations encounter difficulties managing a high number of devices. Then there’s purpose-built smartphone sleds and semi- and fully ruggedized devices. What you need is a centralized and simplified management infrastructure to increase visibility and – most importantly – security. In this workshop, our experts will help you with insights and best practices they have gained over the last 20 years. Benefit from our broad experience across multiple industries to learn what really works and what’s just talk

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Given the variety of platforms, operating systems and versions organizations encounter difficulties managing a high number of devices. For example Windows 10 and MacOS Desktops, as well as IoT endpoints (like peripherals, wearables, smart AV, and IoT gateways). What you need is a centralized and simplified management infrastructure to increase visibility and – most importantly – security. In this workshop, our experts will help you with insights and best practices they have gained over the last 20 years. Benefit from our broad experience across multiple industries to learn what really works and what’s just talk.

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VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) provides a virtualized and automated infrastructure based on the leading compute, network and storage solutions, VMware vSphere, NSX and vSAN. When using VCF on premises in concert with a Hybrid-Cloud Extension to VMware Cloud on AWS, certain settings and best practices apply. In this workshop our expert will analyze your environment and will provide best-practice advice and troubleshooting tips with the SDDC Manager, NSX configuration and more.

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Application migration is the process of moving software applications from one computing environment to another. This can include migrating applications from one data center to another, e.g. from your data center to VMware Cloud on AWS. Even if the migration process to VMware Cloud on AWS is very simple in itself, you should have a clear strategy at hand, especially for business-critical applications and a large number of migrations. We help with our experienced experts to ensure that your cloud project does not fail at the beginning.

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Desktops hosted in the cloud make it easier to implement a virtual desktop and app solution with a central control pane for the comprehensive provision and management of resources. With a desktop solution hosted in the cloud, your employees can flexibly and quickly access their desktops, no matter where in the world they are located. Most companies cannot switch everything from on-prem to cloud hosted desktops in one go, so in this workshop we will explore the hybrid cloud approach for your company.

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In this service offering, we will integrate Horizon Cloud on Azure into your infrastructure. With VMware Horizon Cloud on Azure, you connect Microsoft Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) with VMware Horizon Cloud to provision and manage virtual desktops and applications, ideal for companies with an Azure subscription.

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In this service offer, we will design your VMware Horizon Cloud installation on Horizon Azure. With Horizon Cloud on Azure, you connect Microsoft Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) with VMware Horizon Cloud to provision and manage virtual desktops and applications, ideal for companies with an Azure subscription

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Fortunately, there are reference architectures developed and tested by VMware for this case. In this workshop, we not only support your team in configuring and adapting the architecture to your environment and your needs, but we will also support you in building up knowledge of how theory can be put into practice in your company so that you are prepared for the future.

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A hybrid cloud is the combination of private and public cloud platforms that can work together locally and externally to provide a flexible mix of cloud computing services. The challenges of managing this more complex IT environment include poor visibility, slow troubleshooting, and wasted resources. With more diverse tasks for IT teams, the likelihood of errors increases. This workshop highlights your options for monitoring, optimizing, securing and proactive troubleshooting in VMware Cloud Foundation and (connected) VMware Cloud on AWS environments.

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Customers that run VMware Cloud on AWS expect a seamless hybrid cloud experience to move their workloads between their on-premises datacenter and any AWS datacenter worldwide. With the VMware Cloud Launchpad and support by VMware’s chat the setup is simple and within a short time, you should be able to run workloads in the cloud. But sometimes things don’t go smoothly and the on-premises vSphere architecture isn’t quite ready for the hybrid cloud. That’s where this Health Check comes into play.

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VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) provides built-in capabilities that you can use to effectively monitor operations, troubleshoot, manage performance, plan infrastructure capacity, and monitor and audit compliance. But how do you handle the data? How do you interpret the data and perhaps most importantly: are SDDC Manager VMware vRealize Operations and VMware vRealize LogInsight configured correctly so that you really don't miss anything? This workshop focuses on the integration of LogInsight with VCF and vRealize Operations.

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In this workshop we shed light on the different approaches of app modernization, what benefits VMware Cloud Foundation offers as a footing, as a base and how Tanzu simplifies and accelerates work processes. VMware has determined that while the majority of companies want to develop cloud native apps in the near future, few of the companies know what tools are needed and what preparations need to be made. We want to close this knowledge gap in this workshop. We will work out with your infrastructure team and developers what the optimal infrastructure architecture looks like and which constellation of tools is the right one for your organization.

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VMware vRealize Operations is an operations management platform with which you can control the operation of your SDDC efficiently and effectively – even across cloud boundaries through the integration with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)! vRealize Operations automatically offers continuous, self-learning and targeted performance and capacity optimization, as well as correction recommendations through predictive analytics. With vRealize Operations you reduce unplanned downtime as well as automatic placement and distribution of the workload to optimize performance. This and faster forecasting and analysis of utilization reduces costs. Integrated compliance and automated drift correction ensure that risks are reduced and IT and regulatory standards are enforced in every environment.

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With VMware Tanzu, your apps are freed from the infrastructure. Microservices, containers and Kubernetes help to run your apps cloud- native from anywhere and independently. With VMware Tanzu, you can automate the provisioning of container workloads and proactively manage apps in production. You give your developers the opportunity to concentrate on the essentials, namely to build great apps!

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Companies depend on their computer networks. In today's digital world, there would be almost no collaborative work and transactional processes if there were no reliable and secure networks. They keep businesses running by getting workloads and data where they are needed. They keep things going while employees and customers stay connected and exchange ideas. These networks are actually too critical to fail, but errors that lead to production downtime still occur too often - although everything has been done for stability on the application side, security management and performance in relation to networks are still too often manual and reactive.

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This expanded service offering includes the architecture and integration of VMware Cloud on AWS with VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Plus. This solution enables you to quickly and easily use your application development based on Kubernetes in the VMware Cloud on AWS and also to integrate it easily into other AWS services such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)

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VMware Cloud Foundation for Horizon provides a complete solution for large-scale VDI deployments – it simplifies planning and design with a standardized and tested solution that is fully optimized for VDI workloads. Your IT department will accelerate the delivery of Horizon virtual desktops and applications through Cloud Foundation using a consistent, automated infrastructure. Fast scaling with lower total cost of ownership guarantees organizations the flexibility they need – especially when users work from home.

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Deploying VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) everywhere – even in private cloud, public cloud and edge environments – delivers consistent infrastructure and consistent operations based on integrated security. This enables the unique integration of public cloud services into your own on-premises infrastructure, the private cloud – called hybrid cloud. The growing support of VCF by other leading cloud platforms on the market, such as Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure, makes the vision of interlocking operational processes in a virtualized and automated infrastructure a reality - not only operated locally and by a selected cloud service provider, but also delivered consistently across cloud operator borders

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With VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle Management automated updates in your on-premises and off-premises cloud can be carried out. This includes the Foundation Services such as SDDC Manager and related internal services, but also of course the VMware products vCenter Server, ESXi, NSX-T and vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. The updates can be done both manually and automatically as part of your maintenance window.

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The leading SD-WAN solution from VMware customized for home-office needs managed by comdivision for better service & application delivery, optimized bandwidth consumption and managed security. Today’s enterprises are consuming more WAN bandwidth as they collaborate online (e.g., Skype for Business, WebEx, Office 365), increase the use of software as a service (SaaS) and cloud services, access large rich-media files, and leverage other bandwidth-intensive applications. The vast majority of home-office and remote workers are currently not properly managed in terms of bandwidth usage, application access, and security. Also providing high availability is often a challenge but becomes, especially in the current situation, more important. VMware SD-WAN™ Home-Offce by VeloCloud® managed by comdivision enables enterprises to face these challenges without the need of additional resources for implementation and support.

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The worldwide Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) forces more and more companies to ask their workers to work from home – even though they may not even be equipped to do that. WE CAN HELP! In just 4 days you can have your basic infrastructure up and running for a fix price! With our Emergency Remote Deployment of the VMware Horizon View virtual desktop environment, we can enable your workers to start being productive again, securely, even on their own personal devices!

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Today’s enterprises are consuming more WAN bandwidth as they collaborate online (e.g., Skype for Business, WebEx, Office 365), increase the use of software as a service (SaaS) and cloud services, access large rich-media files, and leverage other bandwidth-intensive applications. The vast majority of branch-office WAN traffic is carried over expensive leased lines (private MPLS circuits) or unpredictable Internet connections (DSL, cable, LTE)—neither of which is ideal on its own. A software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) is the answer. VMware SD-WAN™ by VeloCloud® managed by comdivision enables enterprises to support application growth, network agility, and simplified branch implementations while delivering optimized access to cloud services, private data centers, and enterprise applications simultaneously over both ordinary broadband Internet and private links.

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Deployment of the Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) and Workspace ONE Access environment. This enables the customer to simply and securely deliver and manage any app on any device. Workspace ONE integrates access control, application management and multi-platform endpoint management into a single platform.

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Deployment of a VMware vRealize Operations Manager environment. The services include the installation, configuration and handover of one basic vRealize Operations Manager instance with dashboards and reports. vRealize Operations Manager will be deployed into one or more vCenter Server instances. After the initial setup, a first health-outcome will be presented to the customer and a proper action plan to mitigate the risks will be defined. A workshop-based handover will make sure operators will have a good overview of vRealize Operations Manager capabilities.

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Deployment of a VMware vRealize 8 Automation environment for the use in a private cloud service of a prescribed design to provide a highly available foundation for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

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VMware Cloud Foundation allows your enterprise to operate a true software defined cloud platform, ready for the hybrid and multi cloud world. It is built on VMware's software defined stack (HCI, network etc.) and allows a consistent use of infrastructure service whether they are on-premises or in the cloud, whether they are operated internally, or by a third party like VMware, Dell or others.

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Foundational VMware NSX-T Data Center deployment. This includes the preparation work, NSX Manager Cluster deployment, the hypervisor hosts (ESXi or KVM) configuration as transport nodes and the functional testing of deployed components.

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Deployment of a hyper-converged infrastructure based on VMware vSAN. The service includes a basic design review, the implementation based on the target requirements and operations enablement/knowledge transfer.

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VMware vSphere environments are the foundation for many IT infrastructures. With such a dynamic environment, it can be a challenge for the IT department to keep the system in an optimal state, with day-to-day operations taking up most of their time. We will analyze the customer’s vSphere environment and provide recommendations and best practice guides to ensure the infrastructure delivers the performance that the underlying hardware supports.

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Together, based on the collected data, we analyze which application consumes what amount of bandwidth. Also cost of the individual connections are important, especially if using leased lines or MPLS solutions for branch offices. Afterwards we are providing a concept to optimize traffic steering for individual application on the one hand, on the other hand lower the monthly fees for the used internet connections.

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This workshop will cover the architecture and integration of VMware Cloud on AWS in your VMware infrastructure. Whether you plan to extend or replace your datacenter or want to leverage VMC on AWS for disaster recovery. We will leverage a real VMware Cloud on AWS infrastructure during this workshop to ensure real hands-on experience.

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Running VMware Cloud Director as a service provider is a key success factor. comdivision's senior architects and consultants have a long-standing global experience with roll-out and operations of Cloud Director (see related case studies on the right). Based on this experience we have developed a health check which helps you to ensure that your infrastructure is in a healthy state and operated most efficiently.

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VMware NSX is the software defined networking platform allowing you not only to move standard network services into the software stack, but also build the necessary platform to be multi/hybrid-cloud ready. It is also the key building block to build a modern state-of-the-art secure network infrastructure. Granular protection for your apps via micro-segmentation down to the individual workload. Create context-aware security policies per workload to defend against lateral threats within your environment. comdivision will help you understand the platform, potential use cases and apply them to your needs.

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This engagement helps VMware customers currently running NSX-V to migrate to NSX-T. VMware has announced that NSX-V will be maintained for a while, but all development efforts go towards NSX-T, which requires customers of NSX-V to transition to NSX-T.

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This workshop will cover the architecture and integration of VMware Horizon into your existing VMware Cloud on AWS infrastructure to provide a desktop virtualization foundation for cloud hosted infrastructure.

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Deployment of the VMware Horizon View virtual desktop environment. Horizon View goes beyond VDI to provide end users with one place to securely access all their desktops, applications, and online services from any device, everywhere. With Horizon View, we can offer our customers greater simplicity, security, speed, and scale in delivering on-premises virtual desktops and applications while offering cloud-like economics and elasticity of scale.

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Deployment of the base VMware Cloud Director platform. This enables virtual infrastructure resources in multi-tenant cloud environments to be automatically deployed and managed. This service offering includes the configuration of the basic components required for the first tenant in Cloud Director.

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This engagement includes several on-site or remote (based on your requirements) workshops to cover assessment, implementation, knowledge transfer and activation of the required VMware Carbon Black resources for evaluation purposes. Additionally, this setup can be built production-ready allowing you to move from successful evaluation into production.

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This workshop will cover the architecture and integration of VMware Cloud on AWS in your VMware infrastructure. Whether you plan to extend or replace your datacenter or want to leverage VMC on AWS for disaster recovery. We will leverage a real VMware Cloud on AWS infrastructure during this workshop to ensure real hands-on experience.

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Our client, a leading provider of managed IT and cloud services, is dedicated to one mission: "Keeping your network working seamlessly." Leveraging advanced technology and a highly skilled team, our client offers a cloud service solution known as CloudKey to achieve their mission.

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A local service provider sought to leverage VMware software to offer managed services, but faced challenges within the new Broadcom model – particularly committing to the substantial requirements for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). The partnership with comdivision aimed to overcome these hurdles and establish a successful managed services business.

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Our client, a manufacturing company in the Outdoor Living sector, faced the challenge of making their in-house solutions more future-ready and efficient. The company produces a modular system that can be customized with distribution partners, with various components tailored to end customers. To maintain this flexibility, while simultaneously modernizing their technology infrastructure, the question arose: which platform is best suited for their applications, and how can interfaces be optimally configured? Additionally, the requirements for new software components and the expectations of potential new hires needed to be addressed. The Head of Development put it succinctly: "How do we attract young, dynamic developers to join us and stay?"

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Our client in the energy sector faced a challenging situation when a critical failure impacted their vSAN and thus their entire infrastructure. Given the urgency and complexity of the issue, they sought our assistance in locating and resolving the malfunction. Our expertise was requested to identify the source of the problem and implement effective solutions to restore the smooth operation of the infrastructure.

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comdivision, as part of the Broadcom Premier Partnership, recently assisted service providers in evaluating their IT infrastructure for readiness to transition to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). This comprehensive assessment aimed to analyze hardware, network, software, skillsets, and operational procedures – providing actionable insights and recommendations for a successful migration to VCF amidst changing license requirements.

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A leading German hospital faced the challenge of modernizing its IT infrastructure while adhering to the stringent ISO-27001 standards. The hospital sought a trustworthy partner to guide them through this complex process. With our comprehensive and experience-backed expertise and innovative solutions, we, at comdivision, were chosen as the ideal partner.

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A large travel agency utilizes virtual desktops (VDI) for internal services, such as operating their own travel agencies. These virtual desktops are distributed across servers in their own data center and in the cloud, specifically on VMware VMC on AWS.

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This German manufacturing company has a long-standing history of delivering construction supply products. Over its 50-year history, this family-operated business has grown to a workforce of more than 1000 employees, with numerous production sites and subsidiaries.

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As digital progress rapidly expands, companies, particularly those in the public sector, with their need for reliable and scalable systems, must modernize their IT infrastructure and integrate cloud technologies. A service provider in Germany, confronted with the limits of their fully utilized local system, wanted to leverage the benefits of the cloud. Our cooperation enabled the transition of their existing Horizon VDI system to Azure using the advanced Horizon Cloud Next Gen. This is where we came in. Together, we adapted their on-premises Horizon VDI framework to Azure with the innovative Horizon Cloud Next Gen.

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A healthcare services provider uses VMware Workspace ONE to manage its mobile devices, which are deployed by practicing physicians and medical personnel to improve patient well-being.

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Our client selected the VMware Workspace ONE solution to offer a state-of-the-art virtual desktop management system to their customers, who are primarily municipalities and cities. The deployment of VMware Workspace ONE manages virtual desktops, VMs, and laptops through its robust Unified Endpoint Management (UEM). To enhance security, a multifactor authentication solution was also included.

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A renowned Swiss shoe manufacturer faced a significant challenge in its IT infrastructure. Due to an expanding environment with large subnets and a growing urgency caused by repeated attacks in recent months, the need for NSX micro-segmentation became clear.

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The existing IT infrastructure of a company in the aviation technology sector needed to be optimized to enhance IT security without the addition of new hardware. The existing IT infrastructure was based on three vSphere environments.

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The existing infrastructure of a cloud provider needed restructuring to swiftly adapt to growth-related demands. The solution should flexibly respond to new customer workloads (CPU, Memory, and Storage) and enable a standardized deployment for the service provider. The hardware lifecycle is crucial – ensuring new vSphere clusters integrate into an existing environment and that old clusters can be automatedly decommissioned without manual intervention. The environment must offer central Day-2-operations capabilities, certificate management, password rotation, and patch management. The head of the Cloud Solutions & Managed Services department summarized the situation, "Our customers want to rapidly respond to new and altered requirements and bring new systems online."

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Our client in the publishing industry is a leader in their field, employing around 2,000 people across Europe. One of the main objectives was to ensure that necessary updates were carried out without significant downtime for the employees.

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A city administration with an already large cloud-native footpint needed a solution to seamlessly migrate virtual machines. The total number of their already 10,000+ VMs in their Datacenters is also contantly growing; therefore, to support all their internal usecases and processes, they needed their VMs/Data closer to their cloud native processing functions and systems. After a cloud assessment workshop with comdivision, the customer decided to go with a hybrid cloud solution with VMware Cloud on AWS. We then promptly provided them a PoC and a subsequent production solution.

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A renowned banking institution, specializing in leasing services faced significant challenges in its network and security infrastructure. To analyze the core issues and find tailored solutions, the comdivision team, led by Tobias Paschek, was brought in for support.

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This large engineering manufacturer, which was occupied with managing the on-premises variant of VMware Unified Endpoint Management (UEM), found it to be a time-consuming, complex, and high cost solution to upgrade and maintain. Furthermore, the organization encountered limitations, as the latest and greatest features were not readily available for their current on-premises deployment. Consequently, they wanted to focus on the management and security of its movbile devices to create better services and value for the business instead.

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A social services provider in Vienna faced the challenge of modernizing its IT infrastructure to enhance the efficiency and responsiveness of its staff in supporting Viennese citizens in difficult life situations.

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An established cloud provider's infrastructure needed to be transformed in order enable self-service for their existing customers. The current IaaS offering is based on hosting virtual machines and applications within a dedicated vSphere environment. Since more and more customers are demanding self-service capabilities, an extension of the current solution needed to be found. Capabilities like virtual machine console access, virtual hardware changes, or even the creation of virtual machines created a lot of operational overhead.

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For a US-based service provider, a modern and more granular approach to metering tenant workloads was essential. Pay-per-use, calculated at an hourly rate for CPU, memory, and network, is crucial for today's cloud offerings. Additionally, the integration of value-added and special services, such as bandwidth, third-party security services, and service levels, must be considered.

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A VMware Service Partner encountered performance issues in a vSAN deployment for a medium-sized machine-builder company. The root cause analysis revealed that the challenges stemmed from a combination of improper design and incorrect hardware configurations. Unfortunately, the hardware did not meet the requirements for the latest vSAN architecture – the Express Storage Architecture.

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Our client in the tourism industry needed their infrastructure protected against potential disasters, as part of their Business Continuity Management. To effectively support the specific needs and decisions of the client, VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery was configured. The diverse configuration options of VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery ensure comprehensive protection.

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In the rapidly evolving landscape of digital transformation, companies across industries are under pressure to enhance their IT infrastructures and integrate cloud capabilities. Particularly in the public services sector, where the demand for reliable, scalable, and accessible systems is paramount, there's a need for seamless and efficient digital solutions. Based in Belgium, one such public services entity confronted the challenges of a maxed-out on-premises system and sought to harness the advantages of the Cloud.

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This unit of the Dutch government, operates an extensive VMware landscape across two primary data centers and several subsidiary ones. Not only do they utilize diverse hardware, but they also deploy a range of tools, including the MS SQL Server, Oracle, and others.

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A natural resources trading company from Switzerland faced performance challenges with their existing Citrix XenDesktop environment. To address these issues, a head-to-head comparison with VMware Horizon was proposed, specifically to evaluate the capabilities of the Blast protocol.

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In the fast-paced world of digitalization, companies are not spared from cyberattacks that can interrupt their operational routines and jeopardize their valuable data. This was unfortunately demonstrated when a medium-sized company in Germany became the target of a crypto attack. The assault brought the entire IT infrastructure to a halt, including the Workspace ONE environment, and caused a complete production shutdown.

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This case study highlights our collaboration with a multinational logistics company. Over the years, the company developed a complex and decentralized IT infrastructure, with numerous data centers and branch offices. Managing and scaling this IT landscape became challenging, and was compounded by increasing data security and compliance concerns. To address these complexities, the company partnered with comdivision for a comprehensive assessment of their IT framework, and to devise a global IT architectural strategy.

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Recently, we had the pleasure of working with a university that prides itself as being one of the leading institutions worldwide, and boasts having over 6,000 academic staff members. It further regards itself on having a highly efficient IT department that supports both staff and students alike.

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As one of Germany’s leading providers, our customer offers hosting and fully-managed services from their own first-class datacenters. Especially their Enterprise Cloud offerings, built on VMware Cloud Director, play an important role within their managed service portfolio.

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At the start of 2023, comdivision was tasked with evaluating the existing global IT infrastructure of the company. Based on a survey conducted at 78 subsidiary locations, a conceptual design and an implementation strategy were developed, achievable by our client within three years.

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An international manufacturing company faced the challenge of managing a complex infrastructure spanning 78 sites worldwide and organized in silos. This infrastructure, designed to meet specific requirements at various locations, had become too complex for efficient global management.

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An international manufacturing company faced the challenge of managing a complex infrastructure spanning 78 global locations, organised in silos. This infrastructure, tailored to meet specific requirements at various sites, had become overly intricate for effective global management. Collaborating with comdivision, the company established an IT environment that is future-proof, secure, and more manageable.

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Stralsund Municipal Utilities not only commit to basic provision but also deliver their services in a market- and customer-oriented way. Thus, it was essential to make the internal IT, particularly in the area of end-user computing, more efficient, secure, and available.

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A prestigious manufacturing company employing over 7,500 staff at approximately 80 locations across six continents was grappling with an existing infrastructure, primarily built over the years in isolated silos. While this diversified infrastructure was able to tackle individual challenges at each location, it became increasingly complex to maintain. As a result, they engaged comdivision to design an IT environment that would be future-proof, secure, and easy to manage.

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Training is no longer confined to land, water, or air in the military sector, cyber defense is becoming increasingly important worldwide. Just as there are training grounds for soldiers, appropriate environments are also needed for cyber defense. Therefore, a specialized service provider requested the assistance of comdivision and VMware to build a massively scalable platform. This platform should be able to provide environments at short notice that include far more than just a few thousand machines.

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Like many providers, this Canadian provider faced the challenge of replacing NSX-v with NSX-T. Although VMware had announced the end of support early, the migration continues to pose challenges for many providers. As the migration is a one-time event, many providers turn to comdivision for support.

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This German manufacturing customer, with a long-standing history in delivering construction supply products, has relocated their secondary backup to the cloud. During their over 50-year history, the still family-operated business has expanded to a workforce of more than 1000 employees and includes numerous production sites and subsidiaries.

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As one of Germany’s leading providers, Medialine offers fully managed services in a multi-cloud world. In addition to offering services on Microsoft Azure, cloud offerings based on Cloud Director play an important role within their ISO-certified data center.

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"Our industrial client expressed the desire to undergo a comprehensive analysis of their infrastructure to ensure it aligns with their business requirements," explains Patrick Kawal, comdivision's Lead Architect for this client. "The focus was not only on taking stock of the current configuration, but also on making informed decisions for future design changes that would best support the business and further develop the infrastructure." To meet this demand, the client decided to commission a vSphere Health Check.

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A major telecommunications company operates a test laboratory where technology partners must test their solutions before, they are integrated into production. The lab runs a vSphere and Cloud Director infrastructure on a mix of hardware, mainly HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise).

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An existing cloud provider infrastructure needs to be transformed to enable self-service for their customers. The current solution uses virtual machine-based firewalls for network separation, and the virtual machines are managed by the Service Provider (SP) using a vCenter Server. Customers consumed all services as a managed offering.

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This German customer from the publishing industry is one of the pioneers in its sector. The company employs around 2000 people across Europe. So one of the main objectives was to ensure that the necessary updates were carried out without causing a lot of downtime for the employees.

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This American healthcare customer has a long-standing history of delivering services. During their over four decades history, the knowledge of reimbursement solutions and market requirements has made them the top choice for leading players, providers, and consumers across the United States.

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At TQ-Systems, there was a need for a Kubernetes environment. Their developers had already built a vanilla Kubernetes cluster in a test environment and recogniszed its complexity in deployment and day-2 management.

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This Swiss manufacturing customer has a long-standing history of delivering high precision metal products. During their 50-year history, the still family-operated business – which has started as a one-person company – has grown to a workforce of more than 150 employees on two production sites and subsidiaries.

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Our customer is a global player in the reinsurance industry. It is required that globally used services which are running on vSphere are being made ready for the future regarding security and carbon footprint.

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Learn how this natural resource trading company reduced their compliance efforts, upgraded infrastructure and right-sized their virtual machines all in one go.

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When VMWare discontinued NSX-v and NSX-T was set as it’s successor for network virtualization within the VMware software stack for the SDDC this affected also most cloud providers like this one

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The in-house IT subsidiary provides managed IT services to their parent organization with more than 30.000 employees and more than €7 billion revenue. During the last 20 years, they grew to become a major player in enterprise application hosting, such as SAP HANA or Oracle.

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Close to 15,000 students are spread across four cities and ten faculties. 1,000 employees and 200 professors from 20 departments have different needs for their desktops, but most importantly, the university needed ways to scale quickly for each class. Managing the infrastructure, rolling out and handling new desktops quickly became a big task.

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Digitization in healthcare offers numerous benefits, such as more efficient treatment, better resource and staff utilization, as well as increased convenience and improved information for patients. However, more data also attracts more crime, particularly in terms of protecting patient data and ransomware.

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The in-house IT subsidiary provides managed IT services to its parent company. This is made possible by a workforce of more than 30,000 employees and an annual turnover of over 7 billion euros. Over the last two decades, the company has become a significant player in the hosting of enterprise applications, such as SAP HANA or Oracle. The company operates its own data centres in Germany, which meet the highest compliance standards.

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This insurance company has a long-standing history of providing their customers with the best insurance solutions, even if it means collaborating with others under one umbrella. "We live by the motto, 'the power of unity brings good to many,'" says the CTO. They combine forces with many other insurance specialists and, therefore, have a diverse infrastructure, striving to use the best in the market.

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Our customer, a globally operating manufacturer of machines for process automation and the chemical industry, is expanding rapidly. This expansion is taking place through both organic growth and acquisitions.

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Our customer, a tax consultancy and auditing company, operates 15 branches across Germany and Austria. Due to a complex structure of their distributed data locations, both internally and in Microsoft 365, as well as in specialized data centers for financial applications, the administration, and protection of client data has become increasingly complicated and expensive.

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The city administration of this city with a population of 500,A city administration that governs a population of 500,000, was faced with the decision to renovate two outdated data centers or to replace the hardware. After a cloud assessment workshop with comdivision, they decided to opt for a hybrid cloud solution with VMware Cloud on AWS.

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Our Swiss customer provides support to businesses in monitoring specific compliance requirements. The employees are auditors with technical expertise in specialized industry areas. Currently, in addition to traditional laptops, Surface devices and MacBooks are also used.

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This large retailer aims to provide its employees with a modern and efficient digital workplace. The comdivision project team was called in to support the customer's developers due to the complexity of the undertaking as project support. During the first planning phase, 2500 employees were migrated to the new environment.

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This housing association has a long history that dates back to the early 1900s. The organization takes pride in maintaining its portfolio of over 20,000 housing units through the annual modernization of more than a thousand units. Just over a year ago, they updated their Horizon View environment with new Unified Access Gateways (UAGs) and a new Golden Image. The expansion of capacity became necessary due to corporate growth and new projects, as well as to enable the remaining employees, who were still using local hardware, to work from home during the COVID-19 lockdowns.

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In the past, this international research company was set up with many business units in different industries with separate cost centres. To manage their finances, they had created their own cost reporting tool. "We started using VMware technologies early on to partition our infrastructure and resource the different business units as needed," said the infrastructure manager. "Our custom cost reporting tool worked very well, but for a number of reasons we felt we were reinventing the wheel and needed to rethink our approach.”

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Our client is an international automotive supplier with 1750 employees. They currently operate their own central data center and, to provide higher availability, a rented co-location for critical infrastructure workloads. The goal was to find a solution that aligns with the company's new Cloud First strategy while maintaining and increasing availability. The main challenge was ensuring the availability of critical manufacturing systems without the need for application refactoring.

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An automotive parts manufacturer is grappling with a problem many traditional businesses can relate to. Unlike startups, they can't just rent an app or a cloud solution and scale it as they wish. Our client has developed their own bespoke Supply Chain Management (SCM) software. This software is invaluable to them and has generally functioned well ... until they encountered performance issues. To identify the cause, they enlisted comdivision to analyze their infrastructure.

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For over a hundred years, this insurance company has been known for stable management and long-term strategies that benefit their customers, employees, and business partners. "Our organization's commitment to our customers is long-term financial planning," said the project lead. "In addition, contract management is the cornerstone of our organization. Therefore, we had to ensure that the transition from the reliable mainframe system to the new Kubernetes Cluster approach is as rock-solid as the old system."

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"We are proud to be known as a market leader in a specialized industry that sets high standards for quality and security," says the IT head of the long-established medium-sized company, which manufactures parts for the automotive industry. "To protect our employees' devices and thereby ensure the security of our company data, we were looking for the best solution." They chose VMware Workspace ONE.

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A prominent automotive manufacturer aimed to offer its employees – in various departments globally – the ability to request a desktop at the push of a button. To navigate the complexity of this endeavor, the comdivision team was enlisted for support, and worked alongside the customer's developers throughout the project.

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This public healthcare organisation aids individuals in challenging situations. In order to manage the various services, the organisation maintained two local data centres. Here, purpose-built apps, for example for information centres, consultation centres, and home visits, were utilised. With the rise of digitalisation, there was increasing pressure on the data centres, making hardware upgrades imperative.

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Our client, an insurance company operating throughout Germany, relies on a network of their own insurance branches. In Germany, there's an option to renegotiate or change vehicle insurance providers at the turn of the year. The market encompasses about 60 million policies, with over 30% of policyholders switching providers multiple times. This results in a significant rush towards insurance companies and, consequently, their IT infrastructures. The client is in the process of transitioning their software to be Cloud-Native. However, the peak loads in December must be addressed differently this year, and probably the next.

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An internationally operating company with about 5,000 employees, present in over 60 countries and operating 10 production facilities in 4 countries, considers itself a market leader in high-tech machinery for furniture production. The CIO emphasizes, “Our infrastructure needs constant attention because there's continuous global operation. Due to a lack of IT personnel at many of our locations, we employ local service providers for infrastructure. However, we are dissatisfied with the service quality and are seeking alternatives.”

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Our client is an internationally operating machinery manufacturing company with 850 employees. Currently, their on-premises infrastructure is distributed across 13 locations worldwide. In the long term, the smaller sites are to be converted to cloud solutions. The objective is to find a solution that allows the entire infrastructure to be managed centrally from the main location. Networking the sites, especially in the areas of security and compliance, currently presents the greatest challenge.

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The online printing market is highly competitive. New processes expand the product range, but they must be kept as simple as possible for the customer. In the case of our client – a media company and online printer – this means that new apps are rolled out almost monthly. This affects the creation of traditional flyers, stickers, posters, trade show and advertising technology like roll-ups, screen printing, and promotional materials such as mugs or mouse pads. Every product should be easily designed online by the customer.

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A "traditional" retailer operates more than 50 branches in Germany and an additional 20 throughout Europe. Recently, they upgraded several of their data centers to accommodate the growing number of branches, which had to be integrated into the company's IT due to acquisitions. However, during the 2020 pandemic, when many stores had to close, the company's leadership was compelled to reconsider its IT infrastructure strategy. "The sudden closure of our stores highlighted to management the value of a flexible cloud strategy," reported the client's project manager. "comdivision assisted us in quickly implementing optimizations during the shutdown, ensuring business continuity once the stores reopened."

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This manufacturing company has been producing machine tools for over 60 years. Due to the sensitivity of many application areas to security, the general, and IT management place great importance on mature and standardized processes. In the past, patching and updating individual VMware components have taken up a significant amount of time. As the company already uses some VMware products, they approached comdivision to discuss standardization options.

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"I've always wanted to say this," Marcus Schoen, Cloud Solution Architect at comdivision, began, "due to national security reasons, we cannot disclose the name of our client." It might sound more dramatic than it is, but it's rare for such an agency to provide insights into its structure or infrastructure setup. However, they deal with financial management. Even without knowing the client's identity, Marcus has an interesting story to tell about maximizing standardization measures.

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The renowned German manufacturer of plastic and metal products for the construction industry has undergone remarkable growth over its 50-year history. Starting with a handful of employees, the still family-run business has developed into a global player. With over 5,000 employees across four continents, it generates an annual turnover of over one billion euros.

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"Continuous innovation is the driving force behind our business success," emphasizes the CIO. "For over 50 years, we've been at the forefront of PVC extrusion, and with new sustainability concepts and digital innovations, we look forward to a bright future in the window and door market." And for over 15 years, we at comdivision have been proud partners in virtualization and device management. Recently, we joined them in another field of innovation: app development and modernization.

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Tennis Point is Europe’s largest online tennis retail store and also operates 13 physical stores in the DACH region. The revenue is more than 70 Million Euros and growing.

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German car manufacturer relies heavily on Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Engineering (CAE) to give them a competitive edge, design and save money on better parts and even save fuel. Until now, the engineers were using traditional high-end workstations for their CAD software. Those workstations are costly to be kept up to date. “Security is a concern when subcontractors need access to these systems” said the program manager, “data can be stolen and access is never water-tight in case a contract is terminated.”

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In Part 1 of our project, we effectively virtualized CAD and CAE workstations for a leading German car manufacturer, leveraging VMware Horizon and a Nvidia GPU plugin. This initiative, led by comdivision, enhanced security, particularly for subcontractor access, and reduced maintenance costs of high-end workstations. Our solution included diverse virtual desktops with robust security features, achieving a blend of flexibility, security, and efficiency within the project's time and budget, earning high praise from the client.

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This housing association, with a history of community support dating back to the early 1900s, takes pride in maintaining its extensive portfolio of over 20,000 housing units, modernizing more than a thousand units annually. The need to upgrade their IT infrastructure became apparent, especially since over 200 employees depended on accessing their virtual desktops through zero clients.

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A central hospital with more than 5000 employees experienced problems with all newly deployed Unified Access Gateways (UAG). Comdivision was called in to conduct a health check on the system to identify the culprit and ensure reliable access and communication between sites. Additionally, during the on-premises deployment of Workspace ONE UEM, a number of tickets were raised with the software vendor that needed to be addressed by comdivision’s specialist because these tickets had been open for a while.

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This large software vendor and consulting company, which employs over 4,000 staff worldwide andmanages 25,000 devices, are expected by their clients to have 24/7 availability. This necessitates exceptionally brief maintenance windows.

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For generations, this pharmaceutical wholesale company has strived to blend tradition, competence, and the highest quality. Its service portfolio is impressively diverse: one branch distributes pharmaceuticals to pharmacies, another manufactures the drugs, while this particular division offers services including IT and sales support, packaging, and marketing.

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VEKA AG aimed to strengthen its device management. VMware Workspace ONE™ enables staff to access the productivity apps they need to work effectively while maintaining a consistent posture on device security. As a result, operational costs have decreased, and user satisfaction has improved.

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Founded in the late eighteen hundreds, this insurance association for transport and traffic merged with a smaller accident insurance fund for postal and telecommunication services. The new organization is responsible for large branches of the transport and traffic industry, including waste disposal, aviation, inland and maritime shipping, fishing, financial services, and telecommunications. The organization has over 1400 employees, caring for about 200,000 members and 1.7 million insured workers.

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Tennis Point, Europe’s largest online tennis retail store, also operates 13 physical stores in the DACH region. It boasts a revenue exceeding 70 million Euros and continues to grow

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A large government data center in Europe, boasting a workforce of 1300 employees, prides itself on utilizing cutting-edge technologies to enhance the IT services provided to their administration. The Government Cloud has now been transformed into a certified, fully-automated, fail-safe solution, thanks to the advanced cloud technology implemented by comdivision.

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This state-run government agency provides IT services to municipalities. For over 40 years, this agency has been offering platforms for finance, human resources, transport, social affairs, and real estate. Additionally, it provides municipalities with updates on mobile solutions and offers the Citizens Service Portal, the most advanced eGovernment platform in Germany.

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This government data center in Europe provides infrastructure at 1,200 locations throughout the country. More than 350 e-government solutions such as budget accounting, e-finance, and federal personnel management, e-customs, company, and land register depend in large parts on a smoothly running Oracle database. Because it was hard to guarantee better SLAs with the current physical hardware the database runs on, the customer turned to comdivision to help with the virtualization.

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A large government data center in Europe, supporting 28,000 users and maintaining confidentiality regarding its client and location, continuously optimizes its infrastructure of over 3,500 physical nodes. This optimization is crucial to reduce downtime and guarantee improved SLA for SAP HANA services.

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managedhosting.de GmbH is a German Cloud Service Provider offering innovative solutions in managed hosting, e-commerce, and IT outsourcing to businesses, banks, publishers, and SaaS providers. They pride themselves on exceptional flexibility and speed in addressing client needs, delivering high-quality, fast, cost-effective, value-added services.

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comdivision was tasked with enabling a fast-growing, full-service business hosting and data center in Ohio, USA, to resell service provider offerings to small and medium-sized IT companies. This would allow any local IT company to offer cloud hosting services directly to their customers as a one-stop shop.

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This organization operates one of the world's largest banking data centers, spanning multiple sites throughout Germany. It supports over 350 local banks, state banks, and public insurance organizations, managing service for more than 100 million bank accounts and handling over 120 billion transactions annually.

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A German manufacturing customer, known for its high-quality plastic and metal products for the building industry, has successfully migrated its entire data center to the cloud within two days. With a history spanning 50 years, this family-operated business has grown from a small team to a global workforce of over 5,000 employees across four continents, and has achieved sales that exceed €1 billion.

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A leading Alternative Investment Fund Management (AIFM) company maintains a robust policy for managing potential large-scale disasters – in the event that its headquarters faces a catastrophic event, potentially destroying the building or the entire city, it must resume operations within three days. Periodic SLA reviews and tests indicated the need for a hardware update at the existing disaster recovery site, since the colocation lease was expiring. Additionally, the existing tape backup solution was cumbersome and prone to errors.

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