Founded in 1974, Scandia Gear is a leading family-owned company specializing in high-quality protective clothing for the maritime and industrial sectors. With nearly 50 years of experience, the company has developed from Spijkenisse into a global player in safety clothing, with offices in Singapore, Dubai and Houston. With a strong commitment to quality and innovation, Scandia Gear has built up an impressive range of products, ranging from fire-resistant clothing and lifejackets to other safety equipment. By constantly responding to market developments and innovating, Scandia Gear has become a fixture in the world of safety clothing.
Customer perspective
First step in digital transition
“To keep developing and innovating, an IT environment must move with the organization. Otherwise, you can’t operate successfully for 50 years. The difference between staying successful or falling behind is whether you innovate thanks to IT or in spite of IT. Because IT developments are accelerating, we were looking for a strategic knowledge partner who could complement our team and guide us through the first steps in our digital transition to the cloud.”
Flexibility in all time zones
“With offices in different time zones and Spijkenisse as the central hub, the pressure on the availability of local systems was becoming more and more intense.
Moving to Databalance’s VCD and backup platform allowed us to take two important steps: First, we can now guarantee high availability (high availability) for all our offices worldwide. Second, we can now scale up and connect new offices much more flexibly and easily. This gives us the agility we need.”
Open and transparent collaboration
“A successful collaboration starts with openness, transparency and an honest way of working together. Everyone has a specialty and by sharing knowledge and working together, you get further. Instead of trying to do everything ourselves, we believe in smart cooperation and bundling expertise. This is not only more efficient, but also the only way to keep up in a world where IT is developing at lightning speed.”
The power of a VCD cloud environment is that organizations can truly collaborate within a managed IT environment. Databalance has set up a controlled VCD environment for Scandia Gear, fully aligned with business requirements, compliance and security requirements. Within this environment, Scandia Gear’s management team can scale up and down resources as they see fit. After all, they have the best view of the daily business and capacity requirements. This provides freedom and flexibility, both functionally and financially. The pay-as-you-go model provides the ability to optimally align IT resources with operational needs.
A clear project approach
