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“Time played a
critical role for
SAB Holding
because the
implementation
needed to be
completed within
a tight timeframe
for a major
project.”
“Since the
implementation,
SAB Holding saw
a decrease in
the time spent
managing its IT
environment and
launching new
applications.”
What have been the benefits of
using IBM Cloud?
SAB Holding now benefits from a highly
available IBM Cloud infrastructure
that’s fully-managed by a team of
experts at IBM’s cloud data centre in
Germany and backed by IBM’s global
network spanning 19 countries and six
continents. By hosting our workloads on
the IBM Cloud, SAB Holding not only
enjoys a highly secure environment
but can scale instantaneously to
accommodate the growth of its
data. Since the implementation, SAB
Holding saw a decrease in the time
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spent managing its IT environment
and launching new applications. SAB
Holding employees also benefit from
the new, automated processes for
gathering month-end closing and
status reports and can more efficiently
leverage their data to make faster,
better business decisions.
How have SAB employees benefitted
from the new system?
SAB Holding employees now benefit
from the new, automated processes
for gathering month-end closing and
status reports and can more efficiently
leverage their data to make faster,
better business decisions.
During the switch to the new
system was there much disruption
to SAB’s business?
IBM Cloud environment was
implemented and ready for use within
seven days with zero downtime.
How much ‘scalability’ does the new
system provide to SAB?
Through the IBM Cloud, we can scale
quickly to accommodate growth. n
“By hosting its workloads on
the IBM Cloud, SAB Holding
not only enjoys a highly secure
environment but can scale
instantaneously to accommodate
the growth of its data.”
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