Richemont selects Amazon Web Services as preferred cloud provider

Compagnie Financière Richemont, owner of Cartier, Montblanc, IWC Schaffhausen, and Van Cleef & Arpels, is moving its entire enterprise IT infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Richemont will close its European datacentres and migrate additional ones in Hong Kong and the US to AWS by the end of 2022.

As part of its digital transformation strategy, the company will move more than 5,000 virtual machines and 120 SAP instances to AWS as it looks to “modernise its infrastructure, raise its security posture, and drive automation across its global operations”.

Richemont will also increase its use of AWS Marketplace to discover, procure, entitle, provision, and govern third-party software.

“AWS is integral to our enterprise IT transformation as we look for better ways to serve our customers, streamline the way we work, and compete globally,” says Kim Hartlev, Group Chief Information Officer at Richemont.

“AWS, with its proven experience and highly performant global infrastructure, will deliver the agility, security, and scalability that we need to launch new business processes and new service models.”

“AWS’s unparalleled pace of innovation and broad portfolio of services, including analytics and machine learning, will help us gain greater insights and become an even more agile company in the cloud.”

“Richemont is using AWS to drive change within its organisation, which will result in the delivery of new applications and services to create exceptional customer experiences,” says Greg Pearson, Vice President, Worldwide Commercial Sales at AWS. 

“For more than 100 years, Richemont and its Maisons have had a relentless focus on quality, innovation, and premium service. AWS’s comprehensive set of capabilities will help Richemont reimagine the luxury shopping experience in the digital world, offering exclusive virtual experiences and personalised service for its global clientele.”