Verizon – Verizon Enterprise and Walgreens Boots Alliance companion to energy digital buyer experiences at Walgreens shops nationwide NYSE:VZ
(BA)SKING RIDGE, N.J., Dec. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Verizon Enterprise and Walgreens Boots Alliance (W(BA)) right now introduced a multi-year strategic partnership the place Verizon will deploy their Community as a Service (NaaS), an all-encompassing resolution that can ship an enhanced buyer expertise to greater than 9,000 Walgreens and Duane Reade retail places throughout the US. The muse of the partnership is underpinned by the total breadth of Verizon’s belongings together with LTE, 5G, and Verizon Media, which can allow Verizon to repeatedly provide the newest in technological and enterprise course of innovation.
“This is the largest, fully customized, Network as a Service solution for a partner on this scale,” stated Tami Erwin, Chief Government Officer, Verizon Enterprise. “Working carefully with Walgreens to grasp their focus areas, we’ve tailor-made an providing that can meet their know-how wants of right now, and shortly scale to supply a rolling deployment of 5G in Walgreens places, next-gen in-store experiences for patrons and workers, and future-proofed backend operations to boost efficiencies.”
“W(BA)’s digital transformation is targeted on modernizing and digitizing our firm to supply prospects with seamless and customized buying experiences, whether or not in-store, on-line or within the palm of their hand,” stated Mike Maresca, World Chief Expertise Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance. “We proceed to boost our enterprise programs and processes each internally and with industry-leading companions to satisfy the altering wants of Walgreens prospects and enhance productiveness throughout our workforce. Verizon’s 20 years of expertise on this house will assist rework our community within the US and in addition function a basis for our future digital improvements.”
What Community as a Service is and why it issues
Verizon Enterprise’ community as a service (NaaS) is an on-demand resolution using the newest connectivity, community and safety applied sciences. The on-demand providing takes a number of applied sciences, and delivers a single resolution to the shopper to allow their digital transformation. As know-how evolves, prospects like Walgreens may have the latest know-how virtually immediately and may concentrate on what issues to them most.
The 5G future and co-innovation prospects
Verizon’s 5G community is the foundational know-how for 21st-century innovation. Companies that make the choice to put money into 5G now shall be forward of the curve and able to guide their {industry} as 5G adoption will increase. Issues like augmented and digital actuality experiences constructed on Verizon‘s 5G community shall be key in delivering way of life administration options in areas corresponding to diet and wellness by way of prospects’ supply methodology of selection, both remotely with digital units and digital purposes or with an in-store professional enhanced with good wearables sooner or later.
About Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was fashioned on June 30, 2000 and is celebrating its 20th yr as one of many world’s main suppliers of know-how, communications, info and leisure services. Headquartered in New York Metropolis and with a presence world wide, Verizon generated revenues of $131.9 billion in 2019. The corporate gives knowledge, video and voice companies and options on its award-winning networks and platforms, delivering on prospects’ demand for mobility, dependable community connectivity, safety and management.
About Walgreens Boots Alliance
Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: W(BA)) is a worldwide chief in retail and wholesale pharmacy, touching tens of millions of lives on daily basis by means of allotting and distributing medicines, its handy retail places, digital platforms and well being and sweetness merchandise. The corporate has greater than 100 years of trusted well being care heritage and innovation in group pharmacy and pharmaceutical wholesaling.
Together with fairness methodology investments, W(BA) has a presence in additional than 25 international locations, employs greater than 450,000 folks and has greater than 21,000 shops.
W(BA)’s function is to assist folks the world over lead more healthy and happier lives. The corporate is happy with its contributions to wholesome communities, a wholesome planet, an inclusive office and a sustainable market. W(BA) is a Participant of the United Nations World Compact and adheres to its principles-based strategy to accountable enterprise.
W(BA) is included in FORTUNE’s 2020 listing of the World’s Most Admired Corporations. That is the 27th consecutive yr that W(BA) or its predecessor firm, Walgreen Co., has been named to the listing. Extra firm info is out there at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com.
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