FEATURE : STORAGE
Farmatodo deploys FlashStack to accelerate competitive differentiation
Farmatodo , the largest retail pharmacy in Venezuela , is deploying FlashStack from Pure Storage and Cisco to keep pace with its rapid expansion in both Colombia and Venezuela .
In 1918 , a small family drugstore opened in northern Venezuela with a simple , noble goal : Create a welcoming environment that provides the local community with excellent access to medicine .
More than a century later , the company – now known as Farmatodo – has grown into a highly successful multinational entity offering a full range of health and wellness products and home supplies .
Farmatodo is the largest retail pharmacy in Venezuela , with over 175 stores , and is a formidable presence in Colombia , with almost 60 retail pharmacies . A driving aspiration for Farmatodo has always been to empower communities across the region with its self-service neighborhood drugstore model .
Success has its challenges
A key factor in supporting the company ’ s growth has been the innovative use of data to guide and optimize all aspects of its business . However , creating an IT infrastructure capable of keeping pace with Farmatodo ’ s rapid expansion and exponentially growing consumption of operational information proved to be a continual challenge . The company ’ s IT team had done an admirable job in responding to constant demands for additional computing resources but inevitably , the need to deliver quickly resulted in a disjointed assortment of systems , technologies and processes .
Joel Parra Pérez , Operations Systems Administration Coordinator , Farmatodo , said : “ Our environment was
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