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experience at an affordable price and the
VMware infrastructure allows us to do just
that,” Feyten commented.
“It has contributed to Proximus’ current
image as one of the main cloud providers
in the Benelux market. This has definitely
contributed to Proximus’ revenue growth,
but it has also generated some ‘soft
benefits’ as well,” added Feyten. “We have
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been able to demonstrate that we can serve
the customers and partners with every type
of cloud delivery model, as well as with a
combination of these delivery models.”
Looking ahead
In the coming years, Proximus expects to
leverage the new VMware technology to
expand its cloud offering. NSX, for example,
should lead to a virtualisation of the networks
and ultimately to an even greater agility
and integration. Proximus is also considering
offering vCloud Air in the future as an
extension of the vContainer offering. “We want
to make our cloud offering more application-
aware,” concluded Feyten. For that purpose,
Proximus has also created an application
matrix, which guides customers to the best
environment to host their applications. n
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