Unilever champions growth and innovation as it completes cloud migration

Unilever has partnered with Accenture and Microsoft to deliver "one of the largest cloud migrations in the consumer goods industry" to help ensure "secure and optimised" operations.

According to Accenture, cloud migration is the process of moving a company's digital assets, services, databases, IT resources, and applications either partially, or wholly, into the cloud. Cloud migration can also including moving data from one cloud to another.

Unilever has worked with Accenture and Microsoft, together with their joint venture, Avanade, to deliver the transformation in 18 months with "minimal disruption to business operations". The migration has helped the group become a cloud-only enterprise.

With Azure as its primary cloud platform, Unilever will "significantly improve" business resilience, strengthen security and enhance control of the IT landscape to drive innovation and growth.

Additionally, the move to Azure aligns with Unilever’s sustainability commitment by helping the group to build on the progress it’s making towards reducing carbon emissions.

Unilever, Accenture and Microsoft have set a new benchmark for cloud transformation in the consumer goods industry including:

• Unlock new innovation opportunities
• Accelerate the ability to identify trends and make decisions faster
• Embrace the latest in AI to drive better experiences.
• Reduce its carbon footprint.

Steve McCrystal, Chief Enterprise & Technology Officer, Unilever said: “Unilever is a truly data-powered organisation. We're using advanced analytics to make better-informed decisions quicker than ever before.

"Working with Accenture and Microsoft on this global transformation project, we can respond to ever-changing consumer needs faster, allocate our resources more effectively to focus on what drives growth, and bring services and products to the market faster.”

Nicole van Det, Senior Managing Director and Global Account Executive at Accenture, said: "With access to the full continuum of cloud capabilities, including generative AI, Unilever has the elasticity to drive innovation faster, accelerate growth and continue to set the pace as a digital powerhouse and leader in its industry.”