Bank Negara Indonesia and Gudang Garam Group were announced as winners at the Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards 2024 for Indonesia.

Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, announced the winners of the Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards 2024 for Indonesia today. Red Hat recognized the noteworthy milestones achieved by Bank Negara Indonesia and Gudang Garam Group for their innovative use of Red Hat solutions to address evolving business solutions.

In an ever-evolving global business landscape, the Asia Pacific region (APAC) remains resilient and is, in fact, in the midst of rapid growth. With its dynamic economies, diverse cultures, and vast consumer bases, APAC’s promising territories present growth opportunities for businesses big and small alike. Technology remains a pivotal factor in shaping the business landscape, helping enterprises scale and innovate.

Embodying this year’s theme, “Unlock what’s next”, the Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards celebrates customers who have harnessed the power of open source technologies to drive transformation and innovation. These customers are recognized for demonstrating how enterprises can overcome the dual challenge of managing escalating infrastructure costs alongside evolving business demands. These awards also celebrate the achievements of 31 winners across all 11 countries, showcasing how businesses across the region have successfully leveraged Red Hat solutions to overcome challenges and pioneer new customer-centric solutions.

According to the Red Hat 2024 Global Tech Trends, the top funding priorities for businesses across the APAC region are building cloud-native applications, improving digital user experience and accelerating application/service delivery.  These findings highlight the importance of innovative solutions in the awards’ five key categories that reflect areas that can empower organizations to navigate business challenges faced today: Digital Transformation, Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud-Native Development, Automation, and Resilience. 

The winners were chosen for their outstanding use of Red Hat solutions, demonstrating significant contributions to their business objectives. Each organization exemplifies the transformative potential of open source technology, pioneering advancements in business processes, enhancing productivity, fostering innovation and fortifying resilience in the face of challenges. Their success stories underscore the pivotal role of Red Hat in empowering enterprises across the APAC region to achieve unparalleled growth through strategic deployment of open source solutions.

Category: Digital Transformation and Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure

Winner: Bank Negara Indonesia

Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) is a government-owned bank looking to gain a competitive edge in the industry through digitization of products, business processes and controlled operating costs.  With the rise of digital-first lifestyles, customers are seeking mobile banking solutions that are more intuitive, faster, and feature-rich. As the organization strives to meet the evolving needs of its customers, BNI called on Red Hat's expertise to integrate modern technologies into its customer-centric banking solutions to enhance their experience, such as advanced security features, artificial intelligence-based customer support and better real-time transaction capabilities.

BNI is working with Red Hat to ensure a viable architectural design to create a state-of-the-art mobile banking application that will attract new customers, especially the tech-savvy Millennial and Generation Z generations. Red Hat Consulting and its ecosystem of partners also support BNI in launching this application in Indonesia to transform the current way of working.

Category: Digital Transformation and Cloud-Native Development

Winner: Gudang Garam Group

Gudang Garam is a leading producer of kretek cigarettes in Indonesia, engaged in cigarette manufacturing, marketing and distribution. In the pursuit of modernizing its applications, the organization worked with Red Hat to revolutionize its infrastructure. With a robust, reliable and well-supported platform in mind, Gudang Garam decided to deploy Red Hat OpenShift, the leading hybrid cloud application platform t.

Prior to adopting OpenShift, the cumbersome task of building applications from source for each deployment across various environments consumed significant time and effort. The strategic decision to go with Red Hat OpenShift helped to streamline the process, liberating developers to focus on innovation rather than repetitive tasks. The collaborative environment fostered by OpenShift also strengthened the bond between development and infrastructure teams, facilitating seamless coordination and accelerated time-to-market for new features and enhancements.

To learn more about the Red Hat APAC Innovation awards, please visit: https://www.redhat.com/en/explore/innovation-awards-apac

Supporting Quotes

Marjet Andriesse, senior vice president and general manager, APJC, Red Hat

“Despite the uncertain economic conditions in 2024, we have seen the remarkable milestones achieved by our customers. This year, we want to highlight the innovative strides of these organizations at the Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards 2024 as they leverage advanced technologies to drive business initiatives. Open source remains the key to help organizations uncover what is next and pave the way for success with the right tools and expertise.”

Okki Rushartomo, Corporate Secretary, Bank Negara Indonesia

“Having worked with Red Hat before, we are confident that they can help us achieve what we envision. Red Hat's enterprise-class support and extensive partner ecosystem provide us with the resources and expertise needed to effectively implement solutions like OpenShift. This allows higher transaction processing speeds and volumes as the system is better equipped to handle increased workloads without compromising performance, scaling up to 7,000 concurrent users at a time. Red Hat has helped us fulfill our commitment to reach more users and make banking services more accessible to a wider community, including those in remote or underserved areas.

Mahendra Ekaputra, Head of Business Solutions, Infrastructure Services, Gudang Garam

“The adoption of OpenShift catalyzed a shift in Gudang Garam to drive agility, flexibility, productivity and efficiency in application development in order to supporting business needs, facilitating seamless coordination and accelerated time-to-market. This strategic choice laid the foundation for digital transformative change, enhancing application development processes, resilience, operational efficiency, and developer productivity that propelling us towards sustained growth and competitiveness in respective industries.”