YOUR NETWORK CASE STUDY KINGFISHER PLC International Datacentre Migration Project Kingfisher, Europe’s leading home improvement group, is a geographically diverse retailer operating over 1,120 stores globally. It operates in nine countries across Europe and Asia and generates sales of nearly £11 billion. Over six million customers are served in-store every week, from everyday DIYers to trade professionals. The Kingfisher brands; B&Q, Castorama; Brico Depot; ScrewFix and Koctas, employ 78,000 staff worldwide. THE CHALLENGE: Kingfisher made the decision to adopt a centralisation strategy for its operating company datacentres. The reasons for doing this were two-fold; to both leverage cost savings from the consolidation of infrastructure and support, and to gain better control of the

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