Case Study: Statistics Netherlands (CBS) achieves faster, secure app development and scalable multi‑cloud infrastructure with VMware Tanzu

Large Scale IT Transformation Increases Power to Innovate at CBS

Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the Dutch national statistics agency, faced a strained and fragmented IT landscape that could not keep up with rapidly growing and diverse data demands. Slow capacity provisioning, limited developer resources, and the need to securely handle privacy-sensitive information—while supporting a distributed workforce—threatened CBS’s ability to deliver timely, reliable statistical insights.

Working with VMware and partner ITQ, CBS modernized its full stack with VMware Cloud Foundation, Tanzu, NSX, Workspace ONE and Horizon, creating a software‑defined data center in under eight months. The transformation enabled minute‑scale dev/test provisioning, consistent multi‑cloud operations, integrated security, faster workplace updates, reduced management overhead and energy savings, and greater agility to adopt ML/AI—preserving CBS’s ability to innovate and deliver trusted data.

CBS

Bas van Essen

IT Director