Key Benefits
Successful Black Friday
Connected IT and Business
Business and IT Insights
Challenges
An inability to correlate the infrastructure with the customer journey meant the detection and resolution of issues could potentially take hours or days
Existing infrastructure metrics showed systems health but not the quality of the customer experience
The team had less than two months to roll out a new application performance management solution to ensure prompt issue resolution and gain the desired insight into the customer experience
Solution
Deployed 1,500 AppDynamics agents across 39 first-tier applications over two weeks
Established performance baselines and identified bottlenecks
Established command centers where observers could track both technology issues and the customer experience
Developed Business iQ dashboards for business leaders that revealed customer behavior in real-time
Results
Achieved record-high sales on Black Friday
Responded to one billion database queries
Business leaders were able to track new customers, customer sales, product searches, and more as they happened
The technology team had the visibility it needed to quickly resolve performance issues
About Dixons Carphone
Dixons Carphone is Europe’s leading specialist electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company, employing over 42,000 people in eleven countries. Focused on helping customers navigate the connected world, Dixons Carphone offers a comprehensive range of electrical and mobile products, connectivity and expert after-sales services from the Geek Squad and Knowhow.
Dixons Carphone was voted “Retailer of the Year’ at the Retail Week Awards 2016.
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