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COUNTRY FOCUS: BELGIUM 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 www.intelligentcio.com 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 INTELLIGENTCIO 57