In a recent release, Teradata, a cloud-based data and analytics company, announced that Sasol, an international chemicals and energy company, will work with Teradata to create an analytical ecosystem that supports the company’s vision for creating a data-driven business strategy.
Sasol, which operates in 33 countries with revenue topping $21 billion, began a digitization strategy in 2015 with the goal of enabling the organization to generate, manage and use data-driven insights faster. Sasol’s enterprise information management team worked with Teradata, via the South Africa-based BYTES Technology Group, to define new data architecture with methods and processes that enable Sasol to construct an enterprise-wide analytics program that reduces costs and improves the customer experience.
“Sasol understands the power of data and the value it can bring to day-to-day operations,” said Marius Brand, SVP for Strategy and Continuous Improvement, Sasol. “By leveraging Teradata’s expertise, we created an integrated data platform that consists of technology components, processes and methodologies that will enable a self-service environment in which our business units are able to identify intelligence and insights specific to their individual needs. The net result is that Sasol now has an environment that is enterprise-ready, so we can continue on the path of achieving a reliable, agile and extensible analytical enterprise that supports our business needs.”
By taking advantage of Teradata’s do-it-yourself deployment option via the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, Sasol developed a full analytical ecosystem in just two months, ensuring its team was ready to support multiple corporate initiatives in operations, finance and supply chain. The cloud deployment also gave Sasol the scalability and flexibility it needed for its operational dollars, avoiding a major capital investment.
For its solution, Sasol was named the winner of the Teradata Opti Award in the “cloud revolution” category. Sasol was selected for the award by an independent panel of judges for harnessing the power of the cloud to extract new insights that lead to meaningful business outcomes. Johanna Malan, Sasol’s Vice President for Enterprise Information Management and Information Security, presented the company’s solution during Teradata Analytics Universe 2018 in Las Vegas.
“Digitization is disrupting the oil and gas industry, and Sasol is catapulting to the forefront of this digitization journey by embracing cloud-based analytics at scale,” said Malan. “Sasol understands that the winners of the digital revolution will embrace the power of their data and take the necessary steps to make that data understandable and actionable.”
Future projects could allow Sasol to innovate even further, such as using drones to fly along pipelines to monitor and transmit multiple types of sensor data for algorithms to detect pipeline asset health and monitor equipment inspections.
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