Oracle Customer Snapshot
Sma Supermercati Gains Enterprise-wide Visibility with Highly Available, Web-based System Architecture Sma Supermercati is a subsidiary of Auchan Super, the Auchan Group’s supermarket division. Established in 1961, Sma Supermercati operates three supermarket chains: Sma, Cityper, and Punto Sma. Sma Supermercati has approximately 1,500 points of sale across Italy, 214 of which are corporate owned with the remaining locations operating as franchises. Challenges Create a secure, Web-based IT infrastructure with a high level of availability to align the company’s IT foundation with new business needs in the competitive supermarket sector Centralize IT system management to improve availability and reduce costs Provide a flexible, scalable IT infrastructure to meet the company’s growth plans Create an organic business continuity plan Provide adequate redundancies and back-up functions to safeguard enterprise investments Cut operating costs and reduce time-to-market Solution Oracle Partner: Selected Oracle infrastructure software as the foundation for a new Web-based IT architecture designed to increase flexibility and scalability and help Sma Supermercati meet emerging business requirements Worked with Accenture, an Oracle Partner, to integrate the new architecture with critical Sma Supermercati systems, centralizing all business-critical applications that range from individual cash register management to the management of storage facilities all over Italy Centralized back-office applications and enabled remote management capabilities, providing enterprise-wide visibility of business trends Deployed Oracle Real Application Clusters to create a highly reliable and available IT infrastructure that also enables Sma Supermercati to add capacity quickly and cost-effectively when needed Structured the system with distributed, balanced loads Ensured business continuity with a two-level grid infrastructure
Sma Supermercati Milan, Italy www.smasupermercati.it
Industry:
Retail
Annual Revenue:
US$3.66 billion
Employees:
10,000
Oracle Products & Services:
Oracle Database Oracle Real Application Clusters Oracle Enterprise Manager
Accenture www.accenture.it
“Choosing Oracle infrastructure software marked a turning point in our IT development, enabling us to create a secure networkcentric system architecture with high availability and very close to no single point of failure.” – Attilio Cordiano, Chief Information Officer, Sma Supermercati
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Published December 2007