Case Study: Softcat achieves agile, pay-per-use enterprise storage and faster customer response with Zadara Storage

Softcat Delivers Innovative Storage Services to Customers

Softcat, a FTSE 250 IT infrastructure provider serving 13,000 customers, needed to move storage from a CapEx model to a flexible OpEx consumption service that offered secure multi‑tenancy, on‑demand scaling and support for block, file and object protocols. After evaluating options, Softcat chose Zadara Storage’s enterprise storage-as-a-service, deploying Zadara’s on‑premises virtual private storage array (VPSA) to meet those requirements.

Zadara Storage provided an on‑prem VPSA with block, file and object services, free local burst capacity and built‑in chargeback, eliminating procurement delays and enabling precise consumption billing. The solution let Softcat provision and scale more quickly, free staff to focus on revenue-generating projects, and deliver consistently faster performance for customer databases, applications and VMs—improving Softcat’s operational agility and its ability to respond to changing customer demand.

Softcat

Paul Hyde

Platform Manager