In an exciting development for the convenience retail and fuel wholesale industries, AWS has formed a strategic relationship with PDI Technologies, a global leader in enterprise management software for over 40 years. This collaboration promises to revolutionize operations and drive growth in these sectors through cutting-edge cloud technology and artificial intelligence.
A history of growth, a future of innovation
PDI has consistently demonstrated impressive growth, making the rankings for both fastest-growing and largest private companies. Looking ahead, the company is projecting a robust expansion with AWS services, including more than a 50% year-over-year increase in business.
This growth is underpinned by PDI’s commitment to four strategic pillars: Product Leadership, Accelerated Customer Value, Employee Enablement, and KPI-Focused Execution.
Addressing industry challenges
The convenience retail space faces several challenges, including rising operational costs, inflationary pressures, and evolving cybersecurity threats. PDI’s comprehensive solution suite, powered by AWS technology, enables retailers, wholesalers, and brands to make better decisions, strengthen their security, and optimize their operations for maximum efficiency.
Driving value through technology
PDI leverages AWS services to deliver cutting-edge solutions for its enterprise customers through advanced data analytics and AI-powered cybersecurity solutions. These initiatives support modernization efforts for all PDI customers, while helping them identify and capitalize on market opportunities that drive profitability and growth.
The AWS advantage
The collaboration delivers significant value to PDI customers through massive data transformation across multiple data lakes and marts, AI-driven insights using Amazon Bedrock and Nova LLMs, and advanced analytics capabilities. These innovations continue to drive remarkable efficiency gains, with some manual reporting processes being reduced from over 10 hours to just minutes. But that’s only the beginning. AWS is committed to supporting PDI’s journey to become 100% cloud-based by 2027.
Deep integration and collaboration
The collaboration between AWS and PDI extends far beyond traditional cloud services. Through the vision of PDI’s Cloud Center of Excellence, combined with AWS leadership, the companies are jointly developing industry-specific AI solutions and implementing robust security measures. The collaboration includes strategic data center migration through the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP 2.0), ongoing knowledge-sharing sessions, and co-marketing at major industry events such as the AWS for Software Companies Executive Forum held in Palo Alto earlier in 2025.
Transformative product migrations
AWS has been instrumental in enabling PDI to modernize its offerings across the board.
For PDI Logistics Console, PDI transformed a single-tenant data center solution into a true multitenant, global SaaS offering. For PDI Retail Site Management (RSM), PDI leveraged AWS technology to create a native multitenant offering from scratch, seamlessly integrating it with its flagship PDI Enterprise ERP solution. Today, this provides customers with an authentic multitenant SaaS experience.
These examples highlight how AWS is not only hosting workloads but enabling fundamental architectural improvements that drive PDI’s technological evolution.
Corporate data strategy: A cornerstone for growth
In a significant strategic initiative with AWS and Caylent, an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner, PDI has successfully implemented a centralized data warehouse using AWS technology. This development unites PDI’s corporate data, providing the ability to unlock powerful analytics capabilities across the organization. PDI’s corporate data warehouse will serve as a cornerstone for data strategy, enabling more informed decision-making, streamlined operations, and better customer service. By leveraging AWS technology, PDI can access and analyze data with greater efficiency and accuracy, paving the way for enhanced business performance and growth.
Looking to the future
Current and planned initiatives between the companies showcase a shared commitment to innovation. A major data transformation project is underway to consolidate multiple data environments, while the development of the Nova family of LLMs on Amazon Bedrock continues to advance. The collaboration is also focused on supporting international expansion and creating next-generation, chat-based user experiences.
As PDI continues to harness AWS technologies, the convenience retail and fuel wholesale industry can expect increased efficiency, enhanced security, and powerful data-driven insights. By leveraging proven AWS resilience patterns and fault-tolerance strategies, PDI is building a more robust and reliable infrastructure to drive innovation and growth for years to come. This relationship isn’t limited to technological advancement. It highlights a significant transformation in how PDI serves its customers.
PDI Connections Live 2025
Join AWS and PDI at Connections Live 2025, August 24-27 at the Gaylord Rockies Resort in Denver, Colorado, to learn more about this transformative collaboration and its impact on the industry. Presented annually by PDI Technologies, Connections Live features in-person training, expansive networking, and educational opportunities, all with the goal of accelerating innovation across the convenience ecosystem. AWS is a Bronze Level sponsor of the event.
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