Amazon AWS: Gold Fields migrates to AWS

Mining company Gold Fields revealed at the recent AWS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa that it has migrated its SAP and treasury systems to Amazon Web Services. Gold Fields has been able to adopt advanced analytics, machine learning (ML), and generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities through the cloud migration. 
 

 Strini Mudaly, group ICT vice president at Johannesburg-based Gold Fields said: "AWS is helping us modernize our infrastructure, improve our governance, and drive cost efficiencies. We selected AWS as our cloud provider of choice, based on its proven operational experience at scale and commitment to innovation. We are excited to continue our journey with AWS, leveraging its expertise and cutting-edge solutions to transform our business."

 Aasif Karachi, director and Africa AWS leader at Deloitte Consulting said:"By bringing together a multi-disciplinary team of dedicated Deloitte experts working across multiple time zones, we ensured every aspect of the migration, including data privacy, regulatory, and technology was handled with precision and expertise, delivering a seamless, zero-business-impact transition. Leveraging AWS's secure and scalable infrastructure, this migration has reduced operational costs and enhanced data processing speeds across critical group systems, all while upholding Gold Fields strong governance and risk management standards."