Migration of PeopleSoft and Hyperion to Cloud with 24*7 Robust Support for US-based Provider of Loyalty & Marketing Services

Client

The client is a US-based provider of loyalty and marketing services, such as private label credit cards, coalition loyalty programs, and direct marketing, derived from the capture and analysis of transaction-rich data.

Business Challenges

• The client runs PeopleSoft 9.2 with large workloads and high infrastructure costs
• Need for infrastructure that can handle large volumes of data (~6TB) 
• Performance issues, including high latency, suboptimal server performance, and more
• Lack of a contingency plan resulting in user disruption during an event of outage
• No turnkey backup and disaster recovery plan to protect against DC region downtime/failure
• Decreased operational efficiency of in-house data centers and lack of state-of-the-art security features. 

LTI Solution

• Built and deployed a high performance, scalable, and agile Oracle platform with Oracle Cloud
• Migrated Oracle PeopleSoft (HR and Finance), Phire, and Vertex Oracle Exadata to Oracle Exadata PaaS
• Redesigned secondary site with asynchronous storage replication with the automated launch of VMs in case of DR 
• Accelerated lift and shift (as-is) migration for the application, with no changes in application architecture (25+ TB of data transferred)
• Migrated Hyperion and OBIEE Oracle Exadata to Oracle IaaS 
• Provided shared service support model with monitoring and real-time notification (24*7)

Business Benefits 

• Migration to Oracle Cloud resulted into:
  • USD 1 million  in overall saving in the first year 
  • 40%  lower operating costs   
  • 30% increase in operational performance  
  • 60% reduction in provisioning time
  • 25% optimization in memory compared to on-premises infrastructure    
•   Zero business disruption and a highly secured system  
• Greater flexibility with integration across multi-cloud and on-premises applications running side-by-side
• Increased virtual footprint and reduced administrative overheads  
• Future-ready platform with low TCO                                             

Technology/Modules/Version 

• Oracle PeopleSoft (HR and Finance) 
• Phire
• Vertex Oracle Exadata 
• OBIEE Oracle Exadata 
• Hyperion
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure