SAN RAMON, California, July
1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- WANdisco (LSE: WAND)
("WANdisco" or the "Company"), the LiveData company for machine
learning and AI, announces that it has signed an initial deal worth
up to $1m with a major British
supermarket. In addition, there has been strong uptake for the
Group's Azure Cloud product, with 11 companies registered in the
first month of public preview.
With the completion of this deal with one of the UK's nationwide
supermarket chains, WANdisco's technology will be used on-premise
for data consistency and then subsequently for migration to the
Azure cloud. The supermarket serves millions of customers each
week, online and in store, and employs over 400,000 people
throughout the UK.
Since entering public preview on 1 June
2020, the Company's Microsoft Azure LiveData Platform has
registered 11 companies for the service. This strong momentum
during public preview is in line with the Group's expectation to
sign 50 new customers within the first 12 months of operation.
WANdisco CEO and Chairman David
Richards, commented:
"This deal with one of the UK's largest supermarkets reflects
trends across the global retail industry to harness the power of
big data and analytics through the cloud. With the backdrop of
COVID-19, retailers are fast tracking their cloud journeys as
digital and physical commerce become ever more intertwined. Our
momentum registering new customers for our embedded product, with
eleven signing in the first month of operation, provides further
confidence in our partner led strategy."
This announcement contains inside information for the
purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 ("MAR"). Upon
the publication of this announcement, this inside information is
now considered to be in the public domain.
For the purposes of MAR and Article 2 of Commission
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055, this announcement is being
made on behalf of the Company by David
Richards, CEO and Chairman.
About WANdisco
WANdisco is the LiveData company for machine learning and AI.
WANdisco solutions enable enterprises to create an environment
where data is always available, accurate and protected, creating a
strong backbone for their IT infrastructure and a bedrock for
running consistent, accurate machine learning applications. With
zero downtime and zero data loss, WANdisco Fusion keeps
geographically dispersed data at any scale consistent between
on-premises and cloud environments allowing businesses to operate
seamlessly in a hybrid or multi-cloud environment. WANdisco has
over a hundred customers and significant go-to-market partnerships
with Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Oracle,
and others as well as OEM relationships with IBM and Alibaba. For
more information on WANdisco, visit http://www.wandisco.com.