British grocer's workers called back to office as clock ticks for contractors
The head of tech security at Asda, the UK's third-largest food retailer, has left amid an ongoing tech divorce from US grocery giant Walmart.has learned that chief information security officer Simon Langley is exiting his role at the UK's third largest supermarket chain. We have asked Langley to comment but had not heard from him at the time of publication.
Asda later extended its support arrangement with Walmart, and said it was on track to complete the three-year separation project by the end of 2024. In the summer, aboutAccording to a spokesperson, Asda moved off Walmart's SAP ERP system to a new instance of S/4HANA hosted in the Microsoft Azure cloud in January 2024.
A spokesperson said the transition to systems run only by Asda was"more nuanced" than the fixed date suggested and completion was now expected in early 2025."Any discussion between Asda and Walmart about the schedule will take place in private," they said.
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