Gold Fields Migrates its SAP Environments to AWS

SEATTLE-August 29, 2024-Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that Gold Fields, a global gold producer with operations across several continents, has migrated its SAP workloads, including its InforPM and Avantgard quantum estates, development, quality assurance and production, and treasury systems, to AWS as part of its digital transformation. This collaboration has enabled Gold Fields to modernize its technology infrastructure, applying AWS's analytics, machine learning (ML), and generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to unlock valuable insights that will that will improve operational efficiency, enhance workplace safety, and become a more data-driven business.

"AWS is helping us modernize our infrastructure, improve our governance, and drive cost efficiencies," said Strini Mudaly, Group ICT vice president at Gold Fields. "We selected AWS as our cloud provider of choice, based on its proven operational experience at scale and commitment to innovation. We are excited to continue our journey with AWS, leveraging its expertise and cutting-edge solutions to transform our business."

"With our extensive experience in cloud transformations and the global mining industry, we partnered with Gold Fields and AWS to migrate over 40 SAP systems across three continents to the AWS cloud. By bringing together a multi-disciplinary team of dedicated Deloitte experts working across multiple time zones, we ensured every aspect of the migration, including data privacy, tax, audit advisory, and technology was handled with precision and expertise, delivering a seamless, zero-business-impact transition," said Aasif Karachi, Director and Africa AWS Leader at Deloitte Consulting. "Leveraging AWS's secure and scalable infrastructure, this migration has reduced operational costs and enhanced data processing speeds across the group, all while upholding Gold Fields' strong governance and risk management standards. The move to the cloud empowers Gold Fields to drive innovation prioritizing safety and resilience in an ever-evolving industry."

"Our collaboration with Gold Fields showcases the transformative power of cloud technology in the mining sector," said Chris Erasmus, AWS country general manager. "By migrating its critical SAP systems to AWS, Gold Fields is now poised to modernize its platform and unlock the full potential of its internal data, applying advanced analytics and machine learning."

Operating its SAP systems on AWS will enable Gold Fields to apply AWS technologies to its internal data to forecast precious metal demands and production, pricing, and supplies. In addition, Gold Fields will adopt AWS's Industrial Data Fabricto develop a data management system that will leverage its data to power predictive maintenance of its assets, implement computer vision capabilities for health and safety at its mine shafts to help ensure miners have their protective gear with them and are protected around heavy machinery, and apply natural language processing to automatically summarize documents.

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About Gold Fields

Gold Fields Limited operates as a gold producer with reserves and resources in Chile, South Africa, Ghana, Canada, Australia, and Peru. It also explores for copper and silver deposits. The company was founded in 1887 and is based in Sandton, South Africa.

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