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Whirlpool Corporation migrates SAP systems to Google Cloud for sustainable growth
Whirlpool Corporation furthers its commitment to sustainability with carbon-neutral cloud infrastructure , while ensuring reliable , low-latency access to critical business systems . a step forward toward that goal ,” said Dani Brown , Senior Vice President and CIO at Whirlpool Corporation .
Whirlpool Corporation is expanding its strategic collaboration with Google Cloud to deliver critical business systems and applications on Google Cloud ’ s secure , reliable and sustainable infrastructure .
The company , which is headquartered in Michigan rolled out Google Workspace to its employees in 2014 , has now deployed its enterprise-wide SAP environment and applications on Google Cloud , providing its global teams with low-latency , secure access to SAP systems and data .
Whirlpool Corporation relies on SAP for many aspects of its business , including supply chain management , manufacturing planning and IoT , Enterprise Resource Planning ( ERP ), finance , Customer Relationship Management ( CRM ) and more .
With this announcement , Whirlpool is also expanding its use of the cleanest cloud in the industry , ensuring that its business systems are run sustainably and responsibly .
Google Cloud has matched 100 % of its global electricity use with purchases of renewable energy every year since 2017 , and is now building on that progress with a new goal of running entirely on carbon-free energy at all times by 2030 .
“ Whirlpool Corporation is committed to reaching zero emissions by 2030 and turning to Google Cloud ’ s clean infrastructure for our global business systems and applications is
“ We are excited to strengthen our strategic relationship with Google Cloud to empower our employees with cloud productivity solutions , and to ensure that our most critical business systems and applications are delivered securely , efficiently and sustainably .”
“ Whirlpool is creating a foundation for future growth with a forward-looking , cloudfirst approach to its critical SAP systems , while maintaining a strong commitment to sustainability ,” said Rob Enslin , President at Google Cloud . “ We ’ re proud to expand our strategic collaboration with Whirlpool and will continue to support the company ’ s Digital Transformation across all of its global operations .” p
Bringing these business-critical systems on to Google Cloud provides the company with an environment that ensures maximum uptime , provides global access to applications with very low latency , and empowers the company ’ s teams of data analysts to derive maximum value from its business data , such as data on its supply chain , financial systems and IoT .
Google Cloud is also providing Whirlpool with a platform for growth , with elastic cloud infrastructure that can scale up or down as needed , and with access to Google ’ s next-generation capabilities in Artificial Intelligence , Machine Learning and analytics that are increasingly significant drivers of Digital Transformation .
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