Case studies

Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) Implementation

Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) is a leading diversified conglomerate operating across retail, real estate, leisure, and entertainment, with complex financial consolidation and reporting requirements across multiple geographies and entities.

Building a Scalable Arabic-Speaking Offshore IT Hub for Al Othaim Markets

Al Othaim Markets, one of Saudi Arabia’s leading retail groups, set out to insource key IT capabilities by establishing an offshore delivery centre in Cairo to support current and future technology programmes.

Engineering a Custom Planning Platform for Alshaya Group Kuwait, UAE

Alshaya Group is one of the region’s largest retail operators, managing complex planning operations across multiple brands, geographies, and high-volume retail environments.

Enabling Supply Chain Transformation Through Targeted Delivery Expertise

Chalhoub Group is a leading luxury retail and distribution group in the Middle East, operating complex supply chain environments that support multiple brands, markets, and growth initiatives.

Defining a Target Operating Model for Sephora Middle East’s Digital Carve-Out

Sephora Middle East, with operations across the UAE and France, was experiencing rapid digital growth. To stay closer to customers and local market needs, leadership initiated a carve-out of ecommerce, CRM, digital, and data analytics capabilities from Sephora’s central IT organisation in Paris.

Optimising Enterprise IT Delivery Through a Unified Partner Model

Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) is a leading diversified enterprise in the Middle East, operating a complex IT landscape across finance, supply chain, and customer platforms to support large-scale business operations.

Enabling Azure Data Platform Delivery at Enterprise Scale

Alshaya Group is a large international retail enterprise undertaking a major data modernisation initiative to support analytics, scalability, and long-term digital transformation.

Enabling SAP S/4HANA Transformation for Al Tayer Group Wipro & Al Tayer Group | UAE

Al Tayer Group, a leading UAE-based conglomerate, embarked on a large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation programme to modernise its enterprise systems. Wipro was appointed as the strategic System Integrator (SI) responsible for delivering the programme, requiring deep SAP expertise.

Implementing Hyperion Financial Management for Majid Al Futtaim

Majid Al Futtaim (MAF), a leading diversified conglomerate operating across retail and entertainment, faced significant roadblocks in its Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) implementation.

Engineering a Modern Planning Platform for Alshaya: A Custom Solution for Enterprise-Scale Retail Operations

Alshaya Group, one of the region’s largest retail operators, aimed to reduce their reliance on a high-cost external planning platform.

Ensuring Reliable Oracle EBS Integrations for Mission-Critical Enterprise Systems

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was delivering a large-scale Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) integration program for an enterprise customer in Saudi Arabia. The program involved complex SOA-based integrations across multiple internal and external systems, with strict security, governance, and delivery timelines.

Driving Consistent IT Delivery Across a Complex Retail Technology Landscape

Alshaya Group is one of the Middle East’s largest retail organisations, operating a highly complex technology landscape supporting enterprise applications, cloud platforms, digital channels, and core retail systems.

Unlocking Cost Efficiency across Multi-Platform Enterprise IT landscape

Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) is one of the Middle East’s largest diversified enterprises, operating a broad portfolio of enterprise systems supporting finance, procurement, cloud, and customer operations.

Enabling Accurate Asset Governance through Oracle Fusion Fixed Asset

A large enterprise undertook an Oracle Fusion Financials transformation with a focus on Fixed Assets (FA) to improve asset governance, financial control, and reporting accuracy. The programme involved migrating complex asset data from legacy systems while ensuring compliance and seamless integration with the General Ledger.

Rapid Recruitment for Critical Supply Chain Roles

Chalhoub, a leading luxury retail group in the Middle East struggled to recruit experienced Retail Supply Chain Architects and Business Analysts.

Reducing Costs and Improving Quality

A major Middle Eastern enterprise struggled with rising IT support costs, inconsistent consultant quality, and onboarding delays, disrupting operations.

Reducing T&M Cost and Improving Quality for Alshaya Group (Dubai)

Alshaya Group, one of the Middle East’s largest retail organisations, was facing rising T&M build costs, inconsistent consultant quality, and prolonged onboarding cycles.

Rapidly Building a High-Performing Azure Data Engineering Team

Alshaya, a major international retail group launched a critical initiative to build a data platform on Azure. To ensure success, they needed skilled Azure Data Engineers ready to deliver from day one.

Reducing T&M Cost and Improving Quality for Majid Al Futtaim

Majid Al Futtaim (MAF), one of the Middle East’s largest and most diverse enterprises, faced mounting challenges in managing their technology support operations.

Privacy Violations and Class Action Lawsuit – Facebook

In early 2018, it was revealed that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had harvested personal data from up to 87 million Facebook users—without their direct consent—via a third-party quiz app.

What Happened: Google’s €50M GDPR Fine by CNIL

In January 2019, Google was fined €50 million by France’s data protection authority CNIL for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Data Leaks and Customer Trust Erosion – Uber (2016)

In 2016, Uber suffered a major data breach that exposed the personal information of 57 million users and drivers globally.

Operational Meltdown from Cyber-Attack – Maersk (2017)

In June 2017, global shipping and logistics giant Maersk fell victim to the NotPetya malware, a sophisticated cyberattack believed to be state-sponsored.

Mega-Breach with Eye-Watering Costs – Equifax (2017)

In mid-2017, Equifax, one of the largest U.S. credit reporting agencies, experienced a catastrophic data breach that exposed sensitive information of approximately 147 million people.

Insider Data Theft – Capital One (2019)

In 2019, Capital One suffered a massive data breach when a former AWS employee exploited a misconfigured web application firewall (WAF) to gain unauthorized access to customer data stored in the cloud.

Target Data Breach 2013: 6 Lessons in Enterprise Governance

In 2013, U.S. retail giant Target suffered one of the most well-known cyber breaches in corporate history. Hackers gained access to the company’s systems via compromised credentials from a third-party HVAC vendor.

British Airways IT Outage: 6 Key Disaster Recovery Lessons

Sony 2014 Data Breach: 6 Cybersecurity & IP Protection Lessons

In late 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment fell victim to a highly destructive cyberattack by a group calling itself “Guardians of Peace.” This group gained access to the studio’s internal networks and stole and publicly leaked sensitive corporate data

AI Retail Automation Smart Shopping Carts Transforming Modern Store Experiences

Smart shopping carts and AI-driven retail automation are reshaping the in-store journey by reducing checkout friction, improving speed, and creating more connected customer experiences.