Jan Dekker International

Their server environment being quite out of date, Jan Dekker found itself on the threshold of a big replacement investment. By continuing its partnership with Qurius and especially by making use of the Qurius hosting services, Jan Dekker now can boast of a state of the art infrastructure at a fixed price per user per month. This proves to be a genuine win-win situation, in which Qurius is also partner for all Microsoft problems including Dynamics NAV.

Automation essential
With offices all over Europe and about 100 employees, Jan Dekker International is realising a continuous growth of its business by tailor-made productions, attuned to its client’s wishes and actual trends in the market of cosmetics and food products. Jan Dekker International and its dedicated team of beauty and food specialists supply the cosmetics and food market, a truly professional partnership. Automation is a business enabler for Jan Dekker International and an essential part of the working process of the organisation. Besides its head office in Wormerveer, Jan Dekker International has a warehouse in Westknollendam and six establishments abroad.

Operational management
Since 2004, Jan Dekker International’s had outsourced the operational management of the central Citrix-based office automation environment, including Microsoft Dynamics NAV, to Qurius. Initially the operational management had been mainly carried out by Qurius at Jan Dekker International’s office, while the subsidiaries abroad were managed on distance. In April 2008 Jan Dekker International ‘moved’ their entire central ICT environment to the hosting center of Qurius Managed Services, the main reason being their outdated server. As a result of outsourcing the operational management to Qurius Hosting Center, a fixed price per month is paid for service as well as hardware.

Excellent performance
Han Botterhuis, Jan Dekker International’s Supply Chain Manager, is very satisfied about the cooperation with Qurius: “Qurius is a one-stop-shop ICT partner for all our Microsoft problems and turns in an excellent performance when it comes to outsourcing to the hosting center as well as to managing the Microsoft Dynamics NAV environment. For the future we consider applications like CRM and possibly SharePoint, as Qurius is also the right partner for these applications.”

Challenge
• Outdated server environment
• Automation organisation
• Continuing growth

Solution
• Outsourcement / migration to Qurius Hosting Center
• Management Microsoft Dynamics NAV environment by Qurius

Advantages
• Scale advantages and cost reduction
• Technical advance
• Availability
• Concentration on the key activities