Vinay Sharma, Director of IT at Gulftainer, outlines how the company took a ‘holistic approach’ to developing their multi-cloud strategy in a bid to effectively transform their day-to-day operations.
Gulftainer adopts in-memory database for ‘real-time’ insights
Aligning with the business’s digital transformation vision, Gulftainer’s IT department has recently rolled out SAP S4/HANA to provide ‘real-time’ insights into key business decisions. As one of the first Middle East customers to go live with the solution in September, Group IT Head Vinay Sharma reflects on the benefits that are expected to come.
Lighter load
With ports in the Middle East, United States and South America, the expectations of Gulftainer’s customers stretch even further than the port and logistics company’s operations. After huge expansion plans were initiated in 2012, Group IT Manager, Vinay Sharma, was tasked with bringing outdated IT infrastructure up to the company’s high standards.