BENTON HARBOR, Mich. and
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Whirlpool
Corporation today announced that it has expanded its strategic
collaboration with Google Cloud to deliver critical business
systems and applications on Google Cloud's secure, reliable, and
sustainable infrastructure. The company, which rolled out Google
Workspace to its employees in 2014, has now deployed its
enterprise-wide SAP environment and applications on Google Cloud,
providing its global teams with low-latency, secure access to SAP
systems and data.
Today, Whirlpool Corp. relies on SAP for many aspects of its
business, including supply chain management, manufacturing planning
and IoT, enterprise resource planning (ERP), finance, customer
relationship management (CRM), and more. Bringing these
business-critical systems onto Google Cloud provides the company
with an environment that ensures maximum uptime, provides global
access to applications with very low latency, and empowers the
company's teams of data analysts to derive maximum value from its
business data, such as data on its supply chain, financial systems,
IoT, and more.
Google Cloud is also providing Whirlpool Corp. with a platform
for growth, with elastic cloud infrastructure that can scale up or
down as needed, and with access to Google's next-generation
capabilities in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and
analytics that are increasingly significant drivers of digital
transformation.
With this announcement, Whirlpool Corp. is also expanding its
use of the cleanest cloud in the industry, ensuring that its
business systems are run sustainably and responsibly. Google Cloud
has matched 100 percent of its global electricity use with
purchases of renewable energy every year since 2017, and is now
building on that progress with a new goal of running entirely on
carbon-free energy at all times by 2030.
"Whirlpool Corporation is committed to reaching zero emissions
by 2030, and turning to Google Cloud's clean infrastructure for our
global business systems and applications is a step forward toward
that goal," said Dani Brown, senior
vice president and CIO at Whirlpool Corporation. "We are excited to
strengthen our strategic relationship with Google Cloud to empower
our employees with cloud productivity solutions, and to ensure that
our most critical business systems and applications are delivered
securely, efficiently, and sustainably."
"Whirlpool Corp. is creating a foundation for future growth with
a forward-looking, cloud-first approach to its critical SAP
systems, while maintaining a strong commitment to sustainability,"
said Rob Enslin, President at Google
Cloud. "We're proud to expand our strategic collaboration with
Whirlpool and will continue to support the company's digital
transformation across all of its global operations."
Additional Resources
- SAP on Google Cloud: 2 analyst studies reveal quantifiable
business benefits and ROI
- Cloud Acceleration Program: More reasons for SAP customers to
migrate to Google Cloud
- Introducing Bare Metal Solution for SAP workloads
- How carbon-free is your cloud? New data lets you know
About Whirlpool Corporation
Whirlpool Corporation
(NYSE: WHR) is the world's leading kitchen and laundry appliance
company, with approximately $19
billion in annual sales, 78,000 employees and 57
manufacturing and technology research centers in 2020. The company
markets Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, Consul, Brastemp, Amana,
Bauknecht, JennAir, Indesit and other major brand names in nearly
every country throughout the world. Additional information about
the company can be found at WhirlpoolCorp.com.
About Google Cloud
Google Cloud accelerates
organizations' ability to digitally transform their business with
the best infrastructure, platform, industry solutions and
expertise. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage
Google's cutting-edge technology – all on the cleanest cloud in the
industry. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn
to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve
their most critical business problems.
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