Case Study
KEM ONE Migrates its IT Infrastructure to the Public Cloud
1 KEM ONE, the second largest PVC manufacturer in Europe, wanted to renew its aging IT infrastructure which was divided between two data centers in the Lyon region. Jean-Yves Pottier, head of IT infrastructure at KEM ONE, led the project to modernize the chemicals company’s information system with the help of VMware and VMware partner, TeamWork. “Our IT infrastructure comprised two aging data centers in the Lyon region, five kilometers apart and made up of Unix and HP systems. The cost of renewing and maintaining this on-premises equipment was becoming prohibitive and the infrastructure team, made up of three people including myself, was clearly insufficient to tackle all the challenges. Our IT environment urgently needed modernizing,” says Pottier. After in-depth consideration,