1 In 2019, Grupo Carvalho stood as one of the biggest supermarket chains in the Brazilian state of Piauí, with 46 stores across Piauí and Maranhão states. Following a period of strategic analysis, the company announced it would be undertaking a spinoff in June 2019. Two new companies, one of them Grupo R Carvalho, with 22 outlets, were formed. In addition to supermarkets, the group is active across the wholesale industry, agribusiness, and other areas. In all, there are 284 outlets contributing to approximately 800 million reais (approximately US$140 million) in total annual sales. However, after the spinoff, the company needed to overhaul its entire large-scale infrastructure, including its technological component. Among these necessary activities, 48 database servers required mig

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