{"id":44592,"date":"2020-01-02T15:38:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T15:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/?p=44592"},"modified":"2020-01-24T15:12:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T15:12:22","slug":"ksa-retailer-alhokair-leverages-aws-cloud-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/2020\/01\/02\/ksa-retailer-alhokair-leverages-aws-cloud-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"KSA retailer Alhokair leverages AWS cloud technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alhokair, a major fashion retailer based in KSA, deploys cloud technology from Amazon Web Services to drive focus on customer requirements. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A major fashion retailer based in Saudi Arabia is deploying Amazon\nWeb Services to complete its cloud transformation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair & Company has announced it is\nmoving the majority of its technology infrastructure to Amazon Web Services\n(AWS) to provide it with advanced cloud technologies to better serve its\ncustomers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the largest franchise retailers in KSA and the MENA region,\nFawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair operates more than 1,700 stores in 12 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This cloud transformation will observe the company moving its\nlast on-premises data centre to the AWS Cloud by the end of the year to\naccelerate its overall Digital Transformation strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alhokair is working with AWS Advanced Consulting Partner,\nComputer World International, to support the migration and continued adoption\nof AWS services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company, which employs more than 10,000 people, boasts\nover 75 global brands covering a vast range starting from women and menswear to\ndepartment stores, shoes and accessories to cosmetics, food and beverages and\nentertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, Alhokair had developed a comprehensive IT\ninfrastructure and cloud strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CEO Marwan Makarzel said this was focused on helping the\nbusiness adapt to the fast-changing retail industry that is now omni channel\nand catering to a digitally connected consumer base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company chose AWS as its preferred cloud provider because\nof its agility and breadth of services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its first phase of cloud adoption, Alhokair moved its core\nline-of-business applications to AWS, which have seen significant improvement\nin scalability, availability and performance, said Makarzel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Alhokair continues its cloud adoption, the company will be\nbuilding its ecommerce and business intelligence (BI) platforms on AWS as it\ndevelops its omni channel strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ecommerce platforms will be supported by analytics,\nprediction and recommendation engines that leverage Machine Learning services\nsuch as Amazon Sagemaker and Amazon Forecast to provide a personalised shopping\nexperience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alhokair is looking forward to taking advantage of its large\nretail data sets with data analytics services such as Amazon Redshift to\nacquire better business and customer insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The adoption of AWS will also enable the company to enhance\nwarehouse management systems operations with the integration of Artificial\nIntelligence and Machine Learning solutions to reduce costs and bring greater\nefficiencies, added Makarzel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the AWS collaboration, CIO Mohammed Alenazi, said:\n“Cloud adoption is a significant step in our Digital Transformation journey\nand we are excited by the innovation opportunities we are building on AWS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have been able to make this incredible shift within\na 60-day timeframe only. In today\u2019s fast changing retail landscape, we recognise the importance of being agile, scalability,\nspeed and availability and the AWS Cloud is the perfect solution for us to do\nthat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a customer centric company, we are now in a position to\npilot and innovate rapidly in order to satisfy our customers and bring them the\nbest shopping experiences.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vinod Krishnan, AWS Head of Middle East, said: “The\nretail industry is going through significant changes with companies needing to\nadapt quickly to changing consumer behaviour who are increasingly shopping\nonline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are excited to work with Alhokair\u2019s forward-thinking\napproach to Digital Transformation with cloud adoption, driven by its focus on\ncatering to customer needs. Building its infrastructure on AWS will enable the\ncompany to be innovative in ways never possible before and we look forward to\nsupport in their continued growth.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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