Dr. Reddy’s selects AWS for running SAP applications on cloud, aims at serving 1.5 billion patients globally
Digital Edge Bureau 11 Jul, 2023 0 comment(s)In a notable development, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the leading cloud-based computing services company, has been selected by Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited (Dr. Reddy’s), an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company based in Hyderabad, for running its SAP applications. The leading pharmaceuticals company would migrate its SAP platform entirely on to AWS.
So, by centralizing the platform on the world’s leading cloud, Dr. Reddy’s will accelerate the development of new healthcare applications, grow its digital platform to help the organization serve more than 1.5 billion patients by 2030 around the world, and enable healthcare providers to better track the progress of patients.
“AWS’ proven expertise in supporting healthcare customers globally, coupled with our breadth of cloud technologies and global infrastructure, empowers Dr. Reddy’s to create differentiated customer and patient experiences while reducing the environmental footprint of their IT operations,” said Vaishali Kasture, Director, India & South-Asia, Amazon Web Services India Pvt Ltd. “Our shared culture of customer obsession will help Dr. Reddy’s unlock the next frontier of care delivery in healthcare,” added Kasture.
Vaishali Kasture
Director, India & South-Asia
Amazon Web Services India Pvt Ltd
Mukesh Rathi, Chief Information & Digital Officer, Dr. Reddy’s, commented, “Working with AWS gives us access to the best-in-class technology innovation, enabling us in our vision to provide affordable healthcare to patients in nearly 70 countries.” “The reliability of AWS helps us accelerate the delivery of high-quality digital products, allowing us to transform customer service, and help us to deliver on our sustainability goals by making our supply chains greener,” elaborated Rathi.
“In addition to the cloud migration and modernization efforts with AWS, Dr. Reddy’s and Amazon (the e-market place) have entered into a strategic collaboration to build innovative go-to-market models to help fuel long-term growth,” said M.V. Ramana, CEO of Branded Markets (India & Emerging Markets), Dr. Reddy’s.
With AWS, Dr. Reddy’s aims to reduce application development time by 30 percent, improve internal operations, accelerate improvements in generic drug manufacturing processes, and drive new areas of innovation. The company is one of the first AWS customers to run its data center and disaster recovery workloads now from both the new AWS Asia-Pacific (Hyderabad) region and the AWS Asia-Pacific (Mumbai) region. This enables Dr. Reddy’s to ensure even greater continuity of its services by running applications across multiple highly available data centers in India.
In the month of May 2023 itself, AWS had announced its plans to invest Rs 1,05,600 Crore ($12.7 Billion) into cloud infrastructure in India by 2030 to meet growing customer demand for cloud services in India. This investment is estimated to contribute Rs 1,94,700 Crore ($23.3 Billion) to India’s total gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030.