Belk, Inc. Case Study

Industry: Retail/eCommerce

Geography: North America

Business Challenge: Belk.com was experiencing Java scalability issues and inconsistent response times during peak loads.  

Solution: The Azul JVM was implemented as part of an upgrade to the Belk.com infrastructure.

Software: The Belk.com website uses Escalate Retail.

Benefits: Using the Azul JVM, Belk is able to accomodate peak holiday traffic more effectively.

"We placed a major focus on evaluating and upgrading belk.com and our overall eCommerce infrastructure last year. Implementing Azul was an important step in enhancing our technology capabilities in order to accommodate peak holiday season sales traffic more effectively." - Mike Laurenti, executive vice president and CIO, Belk, Inc.