Simply Tech announces the arrival of Rakuten Cloud solutions to Brazil and Latin America, a hyper-convergence platform designed to unify physical and digital retail operations, in partnership with Rakuten Symphony. The technology promises to reduce operational costs by up to 40% and implementation time by 80% compared to traditional systems, addressing critical sector challenges such as channel integration, inventory management, and customer experience personalization.
The platform functions by integrating e-commerce systems, ERPs, CRMs, and front-end stores in a unified cloud, providing a holistic and real-time view of the business. The model has already been tested and proven effective in Rakuten’s retail operation in Japan, where a 25% reduction in fulfillment time and a 30% decrease in inventory errors were achieved. Furthermore, the solution offers a 50% savings in capital investments and 30% better performance in virtual machines.
According to Sam Freitas of Simply Tech, for retail networks operating on thin margins, these improvements represent a leap in competitiveness, focusing on efficiency, automation, and interoperability. “The solution can be compared to an orchestra conductor: instead of each sector of retail operating in isolation, the platform synchronizes all the ‘instruments’ for a harmonious performance, resulting in a smoother customer experience and more efficient operation for the retailer,” he comments.
According to Anirban Chakravartti, Vice President of Global Sales at Rakuten Symphony, digital transformation is a global priority, but access in many regions is still limited by the high cost of cloud native solutions from major providers. “In partnership with Simply Tech, we are bringing powerful and cost-effective cloud solutions to companies in South and Central America, empowering them to modernize and compete on a global scale.”
Simply Tech will provide Rakuten Cloud-Native Platform, Rakuten Cloud-Native Orchestrator, and Rakuten Cloud-Native Storage solutions to resellers and businesses, this collaboration aims to accelerate digital transformation in key sectors, including retail, making cloud technology more accessible and economical.
The Rakuten Cloud-Native Platform provides these solutions using an intuitive and declarative interface, with advanced automation that reduces deployment complexity, timelines, and human error, with high availability ensuring there is no single point of failure. Rakuten Cloud-Native Storage offers high-performance scale-out capabilities for various applications, including AI/ML, retail, IoT, and gaming. Rakuten Cloud-Native Storage stands out from competing solutions by providing true application awareness without requiring extensive knowledge in Kubernetes and storage.
