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Witteveen , noting how , before that , the organisation ran its very own data centre . “ We were spending almost 60-70 % of our IT capacity just keeping the lights and it wasn ’ t bringing real added value to our customers ,” echoes Hurkmans , adding that the company ultimately selected Cegeka to manage its IT infrastructure and act as the company ’ s cloud integrator . This involved thorough risk assessments and approvals , but now GarantiBank is reaping the rewards of its investment .
With a hybrid cloud strategy now in place , GarantiBank set about its next
challenge : reimagining the way its employees are working and teams are collaborating . With Cegeka ’ s help , it set up a new digital workplace for more than 250 bank employees based on Microsoft Office 365 . This has proven to be a hit and has helped the bank meet the demands of its digitally-savvy and remote workers . “ When we started , our workspace was still running on our old data centre and people had fixed desks ,” remembers Hurkmans . “ We asked ourselves : what if we embraced the fast-emerging concept of ‘ working anywhere , anytime ’?” The Dutch bank
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