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Hoogvliet’s steps towards a sustainable IT infrastructure

Hoogvliet, a Dutch supermarket chain, replaced outdated security systems with modern appliances. This resulted in improved performance, advanced security, operational continuity and support, and a solid foundation for future digital growth.

Hoogvliet Supermarkten

About Hoogvliet

Hoogvliet is a Dutch supermarket chain with dozens of stores across the country. The company is known for quality, customer focus and reliability. Behind the scenes, an extensive IT infrastructure runs, processing thousands of transactions and customer data every day. The digital backbone of the organisation.

The challenge

Hoogvliet faced a significant challenge: the now obsolete security appliances in use within the data centre could no longer handle the increasing network load. This situation was exacerbated by the fact that technical support for these systems was coming to an end. The risk of security and performance issues was increasing, and an upgrade to a new solution was urgently needed to ensure continuity and security.

The solution

After a thorough analysis of the existing IT infrastructure at Hoogvliet, a customised solution was designed based on these insights. This included replacing the existing network equipment with the latest generation of state-of-the-art security appliances, ensuring advanced functionality and future-proofing.

The migration included an upgrade to state-of-the-art security solutions, ensuring maximum protection. The process was completely seamless, without any downtime, and is backed by a 24×7 Advanced Support contract to ensure optimal reliability.

Result

Thanks to the new IT infrastructure, Hoogvliet has realised the following benefits:

  • Improved performance: 50% capacity growth, ensuring smooth business processes even during peak hours.
  • Advanced security: Includes protection against zero-day attacks and extensive network monitoring functionalities.
  • Operational continuity: Redundancy and guaranteed response time via 24×7 Advanced Support.
  • Future-proofing: flexible expandability and scalability.

The Impact

With this modernisation, Hoogvliet has not only strengthened its security but also laid the foundation for further digital growth. By investing in technology and reliability, Hoogvliet continues to meet the high expectations of customers and employees, today and tomorrow.