VolkerWessels is active in the fields of infrastructure, energy, telecom, construction and real estate. The company strives to carry out projects in a sustainable, innovative and future-oriented manner. Digitization is an important driver for this. In order to support all operating companies with applications and systems, the company set up a flexible, secure and future-proof IT infrastructure. VolkerWessels’ IT activities were divided over various divisions. The end of the life cycle of the existing hardware and software was the reason to standardize and bundle all basic IT activities in one central data center. Frank de Jong, Manager Projects and Architecture at VolkerWessels ITBV, explains: “Digitalization is very important for our company in order to remain distinctive in our market areas. We want to be able to quickly provide our people with the right applications to improve their effectiveness and efficiency. We do this by working together on a secure, flexible and modern IT infrastructure for the whole of VolkerWessels. This was the reason to modernize and centralize the IT foundation.” In close collaboration with Dell Technologies, VolkerWessels decided to base the new data center on an Azure Stack HCI.