A future-ready and fit-for-purpose architecture and solutions
The enterprise has 1,600+ employees and modern production locations in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. Technology is crucial to collaboration and innovation, and the chemical industry must adhere to strict safety and quality requirements.
Nobian needs a reliable, secure, future-proof digital infrastructure to support its manufacturing capabilities and engage with its customers, who expect dependable service.
An agile digital infrastructure for transformation
An agile digital infrastructure to support business objectives
Digitalization is pivotal to Nobian’s innovation, growth and sustainability plans. Nobian’s security team is also looking to mitigate potential risks alongside its network operations goal of simplifying processes and improving manageability.
Nobian and Orange Business have been collaborating for a considerable period of time and recently extended their partnership. Nobian was looking to further modernize its infrastructure with a commitment to next-generation connectivity, cloud and enhanced security.
The company also wanted to adopt a zero-trust policy, providing greater visibility into traffic, assets and risks. This approach would lend itself to a simpler network infrastructure, enhanced user experience and improved cyberdefense posture.
Modernized and future-proofed digital infrastructure to support growth and innovation
Nobian has a long-standing relationship with Orange Business and trusts us to leverage our existing investments while continuing to innovate to create future-proof infrastructure.
As its current provider of connectivity, IT security, OT security and voice services, Nobian is confident that Orange Business fits its organization's mindset and culture and has the solutions it needs to drive performance, improve efficiency and enhance security in multiple areas.
Orange Business is helping Nobian modernize its infrastructure, implementing the latest Cisco SD-WAN technology and providing security solutions to allow Nobian to provide users with fast, secure access to internal applications, services and OT devices, while enabling zero-trust connectivity for workloads and minimizing security risks.
Efficiency and reduced risk in multiple areas of the company
With an expanding regulatory scope and ambitious sustainability initiatives, Nobian faces growing digital infrastructure demands across the company. In addition, Nobian’s customers have come to rely on high-quality continuous service. Downtime is not acceptable, so issues must be identified and resolved quickly to avoid unavailability.
Following the contract renewal, Orange Business is working to further advance Nobian’s digital infrastructure and reinforce security. Regarding IT/OT security, Nobian has moved from an outsourced to a co-managed solution, including next-generation firewalls.
Nobian and Orange Business are assessing how to benefit from Orange Evolution Platform capabilities. The first possibility could be Cloud Connect, a new-generation technology that provides an agile, agnostic connection to the cloud anywhere in the world from the Orange network and replaces the current Galerie service. Cloud Connect on Evolution Platform provides cloud connectivity on demand, including dedicated cloud connections, flexibility and easy management.
Other areas of interest that we will explore are observability and AI capabilities to further enhance IT operations.
Delivering a secure, flexible infrastructure for the future
Nobian was confident that Orange Business understood its IT roadmap regarding digital infrastructure, cloud platform integration and sustainability and has delivered on its promise. Orange Business has thus proven to be the right partner for Nobian in terms of providing a reliable, stable, managed service and future-proofing the infrastructure in line with expectations.
Working with security partners has significantly enhanced end-user experience via improved performance through faster data transfer and a seamless and consistent access methodology.
Nobian appreciates the proactive, always-available service offered by Orange Business. It has enabled the company to further optimize its IT operations, ultimately enhancing support for its business users in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark and driving sustainable business growth.
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Nobian
Nobian is the European leader in salt, essential chemicals and energy storage. The company leverages its core competencies in salt production and electrochemistry to transform high purity salt into essential chemicals that contribute to society and a sustainable living environment.