END USER INSIGHT
OUR JOURNEY
TO BECOMING
CLOUD NATIVE
IS VITAL TO
THE FUTURE
GROWTH AND
INNOVATION OF
THE BUSINESS.
AWS and Rackspace Technology is critical
to the success of the programme.”
In the next stage of the project, Rackspace
Technology will be working closely with
Aramex on the modernisation of the
company’s extensive 60+ applications.
“Working with Aramex is a hugely exciting
project for us,” said George Pawlyszyn,
General Manager, Middle East and Africa,
Rackspace Technology. “Aramex has
already noticed such important benefits
from our work together, which is great
validation for the efforts of all involved.
The ongoing work will further enhance its
market-leading position, allowing for even
more innovation and agility.”
Mohammed Sleeq, Chief Digital Officer
at Aramex, offers deeper insight into the
technology implementation and how the
solution has provided the company with
an array of operational benefits.
What infrastructure, systems and
networks did Aramex have prior
to migrating to the cloud with
Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
We have always been perceived as
an innovator in the region and an agile
operator, able to manage the constant
change and address the rapid pace
of market demands and customer
requirements. We were previously linked
to seven data centres across the globe,
which supported over 60 on-premise
applications. However, over the years,
we’ve seen the industry go through
significant change, primarily driven by
the growth of e-commerce. Although we
were building more and more, it was all
on-premise and we knew we needed a
new way of continuing to innovate and
develop to secure our competitive edge
in our core markets.
What challenges did Aramex
face with vendor technologies
that were deployed on-premise
in your IT environment and
why was it important for the
company to work with AWS?
While we continue to compete with
our more traditional and longstanding
competitors, there have been a number
of new entrants that have disrupted
the market. This new breed of digital
operators are cloud native and we quickly
realised that our environment – with
its interdependencies and legacy core
products – prevented us from being as
responsive as we could be to changing
consumer trends.
We were conscious of the need to
modernise our core landscape to
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