The Gokongwei Group Elevates The Digital Future Of PH With Cloud

The Gokongwei Group is one of the largest and more diversified Filipino conglomerates with operations across Southeast Asia.

Photo Insert: The Gokongwei Group is composed of JG Summit Holdings, Robinsons Retail Holdings, and Summit Media.

Composed of JG Summit Holdings, Robinsons Retail Holdings, and Summit Media, the organization is a crucial contributor to the Philippine economy with diversified businesses that include Airlines, Consumer and Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG), Financial Services, Manufacturing, Petrochemicals, Real Estate, Retail and Media.

In that light, the company recognized the incredible value and impact cloud computing would have on their businesses, improving their agility, increasing the efficiency of their business processes, building trust, reliability and empowering them to innovate for the future.

Their digital transformation journey started in 2018, with a holistic data center modernization project that saw JG Summit Holdings Inc. migrating their main data center in the Philippines to the cloud. In 2019, they announced a strategic partnership with Infosys and Microsoft as part of their digital transformation journey.

“The Gokongwei Group has been a part of the Philippines’ history since our founding in 1957. We’ve served our community for many years, and we endeavor to continue doing so well into the future,” said Carlos G. Santos, Chief Information Office of JG Summit Holdings Inc.

“Our vison and purpose have steadfastly remained – an unrelenting commitment to provide our customers with better choices, creating shared success with our stakeholders. We knew that achieving that requires an entrepreneurial mindset, and our ambition needed to be on a foundation of integrity. Which is why when it came to digitalizing the organization, across all companies, we knew it needed to be Microsoft, the industry’s most trusted and comprehensive cloud offering.”

When the pandemic hit, the Gokongwei Group was ahead of the curve. Through easy and secure collaboration powered by Microsoft 365, their hybrid workforce was able to ensure business continuity where needed, stay focused on their customer needs, and provided improved service – all while staying safe.

Research by The Economist shares that 72% of business decision makers across private and public sectors reported an acceleration of their industry’s pace of transformation during the pandemic.

Digital transformation, once an imperative to gain a competitive edge, became a key to business resilience and transformation. By migrating to Azure, The Gokongwei Group was able to pivot to become a digital company, future-proofing their business groups.

To accomplish their vision, the Gokongwei Group sought technology partners: ePLDT, Infosys, and Microsoft to help them achieve their greater digital transformation ambition. They completed their migration at the end of 2021.

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