LONDON and ARMONK, N.Y., July 13,
2016 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced
that Dixons Carphone Group, Europe's largest telecommunications retail and
services company, is migrating to the IBM Cloud from IBM
datacenters in the United Kingdom
to integrate two distinct infrastructures and enable easy scaling
to better manage the peaks and valleys of seasonal shopping
trends.
Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse merged in 2014 presenting
an opportunity to consolidate the infrastructures leveraging cloud
solutions for flexibility, performance and cost savings. After
assessing the long-term values and scalability of multiple cloud
providers, the company turned to IBM Cloud for a smooth transition
to a hybrid cloud infrastructure.
As a result, Dixons Carphone is planning to migrate about 2,500
server images from both enterprises with supporting database and
middleware components from both infrastructures to an IBM hybrid
cloud platform that comprises a private IBM Cloud with bare metal
servers for production workloads and public IBM Cloud platform for
non-production workloads.
The company is anticipating the IBM hybrid cloud solution will
bring greater IT efficiency over the next two years enabling an
even more seamless ecommerce and retail experience during busy
retail periods including holidays and new product launches.
"We know we can trust IBM Cloud to seamlessly integrate the
infrastructures of both companies into one hybrid cloud that will
enable us to continue focusing on other parts of the business,"
said David Hennessy, IT Director,
Dixons Carphone. "We are the retailer people trust to bring
technology to life in a way that works for them and we are
confident in IBM's ability to support us in the next stage of our
development."
"Dixons Carphone is taking an innovative approach to the
challenges of merging enterprises," said Rashik Parmar, Lead IBM Cloud Architect and
Distinguished Engineer, IBM Europe. "Establishing a hybrid cloud
infrastructure will provide flexibility, scalability and security
across multiple environments, which will not only expedite the
integration, but provide a path for growth going forward."
Dixons Carphone was voted 'Retailer of the Year' at the Retail
Week Awards 2016.
IBM in June was named Hybrid Cloud Development Platform Leader
by market research firm, TBR.
About Dixons Carphone:
Dixons Carphone plc is
Europe's leading specialist
electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company,
employing over 42,000 people in eleven countries. Focused on
helping customers navigate the connected world, Dixons Carphone
offers a comprehensive range of electrical and mobile products,
connectivity and expert after-sales services from the Geek Squad
and Knowhow. Dixons Carphone's primary brands include Carphone
Warehouse and CurrysPCWorld in the UK & Ireland, Elkjøp, Elkjøp Phonehouse,
Elgiganten, Elgiganten Phone House, Gigantti and Lefdal in the
Nordic countries, Kotsovolos in Greece, Dixons Travel in a number of UK &
Ireland airports and Phone House
in Spain. Our key service brands
include Knowhow in the UK, Ireland
and the Nordics, and Geek Squad in the UK, Ireland and Spain. Business-to-business (B2B) services are
provided through Connected World Services, PC World Business and
Carphone Warehouse Business. Connected World Services aims to
leverage the Group's existing expertise, operating processes and
technology to provide a range of services to businesses.
About IBM Cloud:
For more information, visit:
http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing.
Contact
Meera
Lakhani
External Relations Manager, Systems & Cloud
IBM UK and Ireland
+ 44 (0) 7590 863278
mlakhani@uk.ibm.com
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