Oracle Cloud Migration Enhances Performance for Leading Biopharmaceutical Company

Our client is a $600 million global biopharmaceutical company specializing in advanced therapies for psychiatric and neurological disorders. They partnered with Apps Associates to modernize their Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) environments and transition to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) with Exadata, achieving significant cost savings and operational efficiencies.

The client faced challenges with their aging on-premise Oracle EBS environments, which were not equipped to support Oracle’s mandatory multi-tenant architecture. Their goals included exiting their existing datacenter, reducing operational costs, and leveraging the latest cloud technologies to ensure scalability and certified support services. A custom solution was required to address the complexities of their legacy systems and enable a seamless migration to OCI.

Company Overview

The client’s primary objectives included:

  • Migrating their Oracle EBS databases to OCI with Exadata to improve performance and scalability.
  • Exiting their existing datacenter without extending hosting contracts.
  • Upgrading to Oracle’s latest multi-tenant architecture to ensure compliance and supportability.
  • Minimizing downtime during the migration process to avoid business disruptions.

Key challenges included:

  • The legacy Oracle EBS version was not multi-tenant enabled, requiring a custom migration path.
  • No direct upgrade option was available due to the age of the environments.
  • Ensuring data integrity and continuity during the complex migration process.

Customer Objectives and Challenges

Apps Associates devised a tailored migration strategy to address the client’s unique requirements. Key initiatives included:

  • Intermediate Staging Environment: Built a temporary environment with all necessary patches and compatibility requisites to stage and prepare data for migration.
  • Custom Migration Path: Developed a non-turnkey solution to upgrade the legacy Oracle EBS databases to the latest multi-tenant architecture.
  • Configuration and Testing: Implemented new policies and procedures to ensure data integrity, continuity, and maintainability in the new environment.
  • Seamless Transition: Minimized downtime during the migration process to ensure uninterrupted business operations.

Customer Solution

The migration to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure with Exadata delivered measurable outcomes, including:

  • Enhanced Performance: Significant improvements in Oracle EBS performance.
  • Operational Efficiency: Reduced operating overhead and business costs.
  • Scalability: Increased scalability and high-availability options for future growth.
  • Certified Support: Maintained 100% certification by Oracle Support services.
  • Improved Maintenance: Enhanced support and maintenance capabilities across all technical disciplines.
  • Business Continuity: Minimal downtime required for Exadata, OEL, and Oracle EBS patching.

Customer Results

About Apps Associates

Apps Associates is a premier enterprise applications and technology advisor, counseling and executing across every stage of the enterprise transformation journey—not just the destination. For more than two decades, Apps Associates has closely collaborated with decision makers across nearly every industry, offering end-to-end integration, modernization, and cloud migration services. By helping to break down the silos within today’s most complex business challenges, Apps Associates is unlocking solutions and efficiencies that scale into future opportunities. Learn more at appsassociates.com or follow on LinkedIn.

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