New York, NY — May 20, 2023 — GigaSpaces, the leading provider of an operational data hub platform, will deliver its flagship product, Smart DIH, to a leading nationwide U.S. retail chain, as part of its digital transformation.
Smart DIH will be implemented within the retailer’s existing data architecture to consolidate all the retailer’s business and customer data, currently spread across multiple siloed systems, into a single unified data model. This data model will serve as the “single source of truth” for all the chain’s business applications – internal and customer-facing alike.
Following an organizational split with one of its largest brands, the retailer had to separate its systems and data as the two brands moved apart. This urgent business event compelled the organization to re-examine its data architecture and how it will continue to serve digital applications to its customers and suppliers.
The retailer’s existing data architecture was based on multiple point-to-point integrations. Considering the sheer size of this retailer – with over 1,500 stores and a strong online presence – these integrations turned into a “spaghetti mix” of databases and APIs, forcing long deployment cycles for any new digital service and slowing down innovation. Moreover, this tightly coupled architecture created performance bottlenecks on the company’s e-commerce site, resulting in high latency and long response times during spikes in online activity.
By choosing Smart DIH, this U.S. retailer will become more agile in quickly deploying new digital services and have much greater observability of its business data and operations, such as pricing, inventory management, and sales trends. It will also ensure that the company’s online stores always run smoothly, even during peak times such as the Black Friday sale or the Holiday Season.
“This is a huge win for GigaSpaces, considering the size of this chain”, says GigaSpaces CEO Adi Paz. “It’s a strong vote of confidence in the DIH architecture in general, specifically in our unique technology. This chain is the largest retailer we’ve added to our customer roster to date, and it could be an important milestone in paving the road for many more nationwide retailers that need to modernize their legacy architecture, become more agile, and do more with their data”.
Smart DIH is an out-of-the-box operational data hub that enables organizations to significantly accelerate the launch of new digital services – without having to replace their existing legacy systems. Is it based on decoupling digital and operational applications from underlying systems, liberating data from siloed systems and serving it to front-end applications in real-time.
About GigaSpaces
GigaSpaces is a global pioneer in in-memory computing, building one of the market’s first Digital Integration Hubs – an out-of-the-box solution that simplifies organizations’ digital transformation, enabling them to develop and launch digital services at a rapid pace. The GigaSpaces Smart DIH is part of the company’s Smart suite of products, alongside the award-winning Smart Cache solution.
GigaSpaces offices are located in the US, Europe and Israel with partners such as IBM, Capgemini and Cognizant. It is proudly serving global leaders such as Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, CSX, Goldman Sachs, Société Générale, Credit Agricole, American Airlines, Avanza Bank, CLSA, Stellantis, and UBS.
For more information visit www.www.gigaspaces.com
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Limor Joseph-Raz
VP Marketing, GigaSpaces
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