Elly Yates-Roberts |
A. Baur & Co. (Baurs), an agricultural business group based in Sri Lanka, has expanded its partnership with Microsoft to further its digital transformation. Baurs will migrate its IT infrastructure and SAP mission-critical systems to Microsoft Azure to save money and increase its agility and reliability.
Baurs had already migrated to Microsoft Office 365 in 2018 and leveraged Azure in 2020 but the organisation was keen to move its systems, applications and products from existing data centres to Microsoft’s cloud environment. This enabled Baurs to use its data to improve decision-making, lower costs, simplify its digital environment and support new services more efficiently.
“We are pleased to expand our partnership with Microsoft,” said Anoja Basnayake, director of IT at Baurs. “With Microsoft’s trusted cloud and services, we can maximise the power of the cloud to extract intelligent, actionable insights which will inform our decision-making, optimise our operations and transform the way we deliver our services. We were also able to lower our reliance on data centres and reduce the costs associated with physical spaces.”
The partnership expansion means that Baurs is also prepared for future migrations.
“With the exponential growth in data, businesses need highly secure trusted solutions that enable their business leaders to leverage the power of data at scale for better operations and decision-making,” said Harsha Randeny, country manager at Microsoft Sri Lanka and Maldives. “With the Azure platform and its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, we will combine the power of data and the expansive reach of Baurs’ world-class solutions to empower people to achieve more. Our renewed partnership will also help accelerate the industry’s cloud-based digital transformation and utilisation of data migration and help Sri Lanka’s continued success globally, leading to greater economic and societal prosperity.”
Going forward, Microsoft will explore solutions with Baurs to support its ecosystem of partners. It will also use AI and cognitive capabilities to automate administrative and predictive processes and reduce waste through co-innovation.