The Challenge
Tesco plc is a major international retailer with over 4,200 stores in more than a dozen countries and annual sales in 2008/9 of £59 billion. The retail giant Tesco has aggressive plans for global growth and has expanded its international presence significantly, including penetration of the huge US market. A key element in its expansion plan is its common operating model, which called for crucial mainframe applications to be modernized to run on standardized platforms worldwide.
The Solution
Micro Focus® Studio™
Micro Focus® Server™
The Benefits
Much lower cost than rolling out mainframe based solution
Can maintain a near single code base across the group
Functions quickly available to international operations
Ability to 'refresh' the user interface
Lower risk and much faster than trying to add new functionality to Oracle Retail or rewrite capabilities from scratch
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