HARVEY NORMAN

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

Solution Overview:

Organization Size

10000  employees

Organization Profile

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.

Business Situation

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.

Solution

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.

Benefits
  • Ensuring server flexibility
  • Making costs of sale transparent
  • Widening scope for developers
Software and Services
  • Windows Azure
  • Windows Azure Platform
Vertical Industries

Retail Consumer Products & Services

Country/Region

Australia

Business Need

Cloud & Server Platform

IT Issue
  • Cloud Services
  • High Availability
Languages

English

 

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