Case Study: Chemist Warehouse achieves agile multi-cloud resilience with NEXTDC

A Dose of ‘digital’ for an Agile, & Resilient Future

Chemist Warehouse, a major Australian retail pharmacy chain with significant online operations, faced a significant challenge as its IT infrastructure was groaning under the strain of exponential business growth. This situation hindered its ability to scale effectively and maintain the agility needed for innovation. To address this, they partnered with NEXTDC to support their digital transformation journey, seeking a resilient and flexible multi-cloud approach.

NEXTDC provided a solution by hosting Chemist Warehouse's production environment in its M2 Melbourne data center and connecting it via the high-performance AXON network. This gave Chemist Warehouse direct, secure, and agile access to multiple cloud platforms, allowing them to deploy workloads to the best-suited cloud. The results were immediate, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic; NEXTDC's infrastructure enabled the rapid scaling of online operations and supported a sudden shift to remote work for 500 staff without interruption, ensuring business resilience and continuity.

Chemist Warehouse

Mark Naidoo

Head of IT Infrastructure