CCA contracts IBM for cloud revamp

Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has awarded IBM a multimillion-dollar cloud services contract and plans to make IBM's Sydney data centre the cloud hub for its operations across the South Pacific.

CCA aims to use IBM's cloud platform to streamline its order management and distribution processes and improve operational efficiency.

The cloud migration will begin in Australia and Indonesia, and eventually extend to the company's other operating markets - New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa.

CCA CIO Barry Simpson said adopting a cloud platform will allow the company to mitigate some of the complexities of its distribution network.

"Indonesia is a vastly different market to Australia, as it has a more diverse trade to support across both modern and traditional channels," he said. "By using a common cloud platform across Australia and Indonesia, we will be able to standardise and automate our operations and bring a consistent level of efficiency to our Indonesian business."

IBM will manage CCA's mission-critical SAP infrastructure in the cloud at its Sydney data centre, which will eventually act as a cloud hub for the rest of CCA's South Pacific operations.

Coca-Cola Amatil is 29% owned by the Coca-Cola company. The company distributes beverage brands including Coca-Cola, Cascade, Kirks, Mount Franklin, Powerade and Goulburn Valley.

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