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Bondi Blue Vodka looks to the cloud
Local spirits maker Bondi Blue Vodka has rolled out a new a cloud-based system that allows the company’s sales team and senior executives to work more efficiently while on the road.
SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT
BONDI Blue Vodka is an Australian spirits maker with a difference: its product is distilled five times from the finest Aussie grains and blended Australian water sourced from ancient catchments.
The company's roving executives found they were struggling to access the systems while on the road, so the distiller worked with Australian-based cloud solutions provider Consultel Cloud to implement the new solution – a Citrix environment running on a NetApp Hyper Converged Infrastructure.
Now the Bondi Blue Vodka team can access everything they need and also work more efficiently.
“We were struggling to keep up. I needed more on-the-go reporting and access to files and invoicing etc,” Bondi Blue Vodka founder Jess Rugolo said.
“Now I can invoice when I am out and about on the go which saves me a lot of time, and I can see it essentially like I see a desktop with the Citrix integration.”
“It’s easier to use and is so much less time consuming so I can focus on my business. We are really glad we partnered with Consultel Cloud, their 24/7 local call centre is a fantastic help and they were best on price too.”
Consultel Cloud recently expanded its data centre locations to Singapore to service clients such as multinational food companies seeking secure cloud-based solutions in Asia.
Consultel Cloud’s cloud solutions lead Benjamin Molloy said, “Ultimately, the new data centre will allow Consultel Cloud to provide direct and secure cloud storage and service to clients doing global business. We know businesses in the food industry conducting business internationally will greatly benefit from this.” ✷
ABOVE: White Rabbit’s production area is included in the brewery tour.
Making a splash
FLOORS need to not only withstand the challenges of brewing beer, but also provide attractive, on-brand surfaces, especially now as breweries increasingly double as production sites and also tourist attractions.
According to flooring specialist Flowcrete Australia, colourful PU (polyurethane) coatings are a great way to meet these dual demands.
“Brewers may want to reflect branding, dazzle with bold tones or inject a specific atmosphere, such as using urban greys and browns to create an industrial aesthetic,” Flowcrete says.
However, to survive the movement of barrels, spillages of beer and ingredients, steam cleaning, point loading, UV exposure, impacts, foot traffic and heavy pallets, a very hard-wearing material, such as PU is required.
Bright Brewery in Victoria recently chose a vivid yellow finish for the main floor area with a complementary red used for walkways, offering an eye- catching choice, and a clever way to make the site safer.
The White Rabbit Brewery, located in the Little Creatures Brewery Village in Victoria, chose a coral red colour for the production room’s floor that
tied into the subdued traditional tones of the old-brick building as well as the iconic vintage style of the White Rabbit brand. ✷
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