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Microsoft and SAP offer a technological backbone and expand the opportunities for innovation.
Microsoft will provide backbone cloud technologies for Woolworths' SAP solutions when the retailer migrates their current SAP footprint to Azure, paving the way for the upgrade path to SAP S / 4HANA®.
Woolworth CIO John Hunt.
John Hunt, CEO of Woolworths, said: “At Woolworths, we use the cloud to provide evergreen infrastructures that drive innovation and accelerate time to market.
“Our cloud transformation simplifies the work for our teams, streamlines our supply chains and improves the customer experience in our large network of branches and online channels.
"Azure is a trustworthy, resilient, and powerful cloud platform that supports our ongoing digital transformation. We are confident that it will provide us with the performance and flexibility needed to meet our ever-evolving SAP requirements and an exceptional one To provide customer experience. "
Microsoft Australia MD Steven Worrall.
Steven Worrall, Managing Director of Microsoft Australia, said: “Microsoft is honored to have been selected as one of Woolworths' transformation partners and is confident that besides the existing online footprint, business critical applications such as SAP will also run.
“The cloud transformation underway at Woolworths will accelerate the business of continuous innovation, agility and growth. Woolworths' decision reflects our shared commitment to customer-centric thinking and support for their cloud transformation. "
President and CEO of SAP Australia and New Zealand Damien Bueno.
Damien Bueno, President and Managing Director of SAP Australia and New Zealand, said: “Woolworths has one of the largest SAP environments in the world that supports business-critical processes, including retail and finance. By migrating SAP applications and platforms to Azure, including SAP ERP and SAP Cloud Platform, this great company can innovate faster than ever. Over time, this will also support the switch from Woolworths to SAP S / 4HANA. "
Woolworths is the first Asia Pacific company in Japan and one of the first in the world to use the Embrace initiative to reaffirm its pioneering approach to digital transformation.
