HARVEY NORMAN

Retailer reduces the risk and capital costs of launching online bargain site with highly flexible cloud hosting.

Solution Overview:

10000  employees

Founded in 1962, Harvey Norman is one of Australia’s largest retailers, selling electrical and computer goods, furniture and bedding from 230 stores. Generating revenue in excess of A$7.7 billion, the company employs over 10,000 staff.

Harvey Norman wanted to launch a new online daily-deals business within eight weeks. Executives knew that web site traffic volumes would be volatile and hard to predict, so needed to avoid under- or over-investing in server infrastructure.

Executives launched the custom-built site, named BiG BUYS, using the cloud computing platform, Windows Azure. With an easy-to-use service-management portal, executives can monitor site traffic and server utilisation, quickly expanding server capacity to meet peaks in demand.

• Ensuring server flexibility
• Making costs of sale transparent
• Widening scope for developers

• Windows Azure
• Windows Azure Platform

Retail Consumer Products & Services

Australia

Cloud & Server Platform

• Cloud Services
• High Availability

English

 

• HARRIS CORPORATION
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• HERBALIFE