the data. This move provided the business with self-service
analysis tools that helps it create and execute more person-
alized promotions and campaigns.
Promoting Agility
Looking back over the early stages of its cloud journey, BJ’s
can point to several benefits it has been able to achieve:
1. Speed. The retailer now has processes in place to
build new capabilities and deploy them into produc-
tion in a short period of time.
2. Increased ability to attract talent. Being a highly
progressive AWS and Azure technology organization,
BJ’s is finding it easier to attract and retain technical
talent.
3. Greater overall efficiency. The shift to leveraging
private, hybrid and public cloud allows the company
to operate on a higher plane in several areas:
• More effective use of resources: BJ’s optimizes its
resources and hibernates non-production workloads.
• Unlimited scalability: BJ’s now has the ability to scale
up and down based on events and business needs,
critical for a retailer with presence in the cloud.
• Improved business continuity and disaster recovery:
Using multi-availability and regional strategies,
adopting a cloud-based backup and recovery strat-
egy and building a BCP and a DR plan from inception
has strengthened BJ’s ability to meet business SLAs.
Conclusion
A cloud journey does not happen overnight, nor does it end
abruptly. Two years after it began, BJ’s is making strong
progress on several fronts. The warehouse club operator
has created new processes to work in the cloud, as the
focus continues to be delighting its members. The result?
BJ’s is leveraging cloud technologies to provide members
with an even better shopping experience.
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