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  • SDI - PeopleSoft Move and Improve to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

    SDI offers inventory management, site survey, solution presentation, implementation, and on-site management, as well as supply procurement, storeroom, and work order management services. 

    • The Challenge
    • The Solution
    • Results Delivered

    Business 

    Eliminate Risk, Reduce Costs

    SDI was facing challenges with aging infrastructure that could fail at any time. PeopleSoft was critical to SDI's supply chain business and it had to be stable and reliable. 

    • Get out of the data center

    • Improve operational performance

    • Improve maintenance

    • Access to skilled resources

    Technology 

    Update Infrastructure, Improve Performance, Simplify Maintenance

    With multiple outages and a precarious hardware situation, it was time for SDI to look to Cloud and an expert Managed Service Provider to take over PeopleSoft hosting and support while they focused on their core supply chain management and MRO business growth. SDI was running on aging hardware with Solaris operating systems and older versions of Oracle database and PeopleSoft PeopleTools. 

    • Migrate PeopleSoft to Cloud with re-platforming of Solaris to Oracle Linux

    • Upgrade Oracle database to the currently supported version on Oracle Cloud

    • Streamlining maintenance by implementing Cloud automation tools like Terraform and Cloud Manager

    • Implement a Flex Support model to access top PeopleSoft and Cloud talent on-demand 

         

    Cloud

    PeopleSoft to Oracle Cloud

    Astute collaborated with SDI and Oracle to demonstrate why Oracle Cloud Infrastructure was the best place to run PeopleSoft and other Non-Oracle workloads running on Oracle databases. 

    Consulting

    Lift and Shift, Replatform, Performance Tuning, Integration

    Astute Business Solutions worked with SDI and Oracle teams to conduct a detailed assessment of SDI's needs. By reviewing on-premise architecture and software implementations, Astute was able to identify areas for improvement and recommended those solutions as part of the cloud migration effort. Astute also looked at critical resource constraints that SDI had and provided a solution to augment SDI's staff with PeopleSoft and Cloud skills. 

    • Cloud assessment to create future-state architecture, roadmap, and detailed project plan

    • Accelerated 4-month Move and Improve project

    • Support for on-premise workloads during migration with a seamless transition to Autonomous PeopleSoft managed service

    • Flex Support for critical projects related to SDI's customer implementations

         

    Business 

    Peace of Mind, Customer Focus

    By moving PeopleSoft to Oracle Cloud, SDI has gained not only a robust infrastructure with SLA for its mission-critical supply chain application but also business continuity assurance with Disaster Recovery on Oracle Cloud

    • Planned software releases, CPU updates, and other maintenance activities

    • Current versions of infrastructure and database on Oracle Cloud

    • Autonomous PeopleSoft service for PUM Update, PeopleTools Upgrade, patch/fix, migrations, refresh, monitoring and tuning

     

    Technology

    Transformed Infrastructure, Improved SLA, Flex Support

    SDI's IT team, which was lean, to begin with, is now able to focus on delivering PeopleSoft enhancements and improvements to other back-office applications without the overhead of managing infrastructure and maintenance for those applications and databases. By moving PeopleSoft to Oracle Cloud, SDI has improved security, increased performance, and added expert skills to its team with Astute's Flex Support and Autonomous PeopleSoft services.

    • Responsive Autonomous PeopleSoft Managed Service to address all application and infrastructure needs

    • Industry-leading SLA with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

    • Cloud automation with Oracle Database Cloud Service, PeopleSoft Cloud Manager, and Terraform

    • Flex Support for PeopleSoft functional and technical services

    • Fluid UI, ElasticSearch, Workflow Automation

         
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    Using Cloud As A Strategic Asset,
    To Focus On Customer Growth and Satisfaction

    50%

    Reduced TCO

    85%

    Performance Gain

    100%

    SLA Adherence

    90%

    Faster Deployment

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    Succeed with Autonomous PeopleSoft and Flex Support on OCI 

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    Q&A with Kelly Kleinfelder, CIO, SDI 

    Astute Business Solutions has the pleasure of hosting Kelly Kleinfelder, CIO of SDI, in a virtual cloud forum, to discuss SDI's success with PeopleSoft on Oracle Cloud. 

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    Start Flex-ing with PeopleSoft Flex Support 

    We live in an on-demand world, from streaming movies and shows on-demand, to having food delivered to our doorstep on demand. So, why not on-demand for PeopleSoft support? 

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