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  • Stony Brook University - Cloud Assessment 

    One of America's most dynamic public universities  and an internationally recognized research institution plots its course to Cloud for PeopleSoft Human Capital Management, Financial and Supply Chain Management, and Campus Solutions

    • The Challenges
    • The Solution
    • Results Delivered

    Business 

    Reduce TCO, Optimize IT

    Stony Brook University engaged Astute Business Solutions and Oracle to evaluate its business needs and recommend a future-state solution to host and manage its PeopleSoft HCM, FSCM, and CS applications on Cloud. 

    • Reduce operational cost

    • Implement spend controls

    • Keep PeopleSoft current

    • Implement Disaster Recovery Solutions

    Technology 

    Improve Security, Performance, & Monitoring

    Stony Brook University engaged Astute Business Solutions and Oracle to assess current-state challenges, pain points, and cost structures. Stony Brook University needed help in clearly defining its future-state needs. As part of the cloud assessment, the University wanted to create a TCO Analysis model to project cost improvements over 5 years for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure compared to on-premise. The University also was interested in re-platforming from Solaris to Linux.

    • Upgrade PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 and CS 9.0 to v9.2 and move them to Cloud

    • Lift and Shift FSCM 9.2 to OCI As-Is to cloud, implement Disaster Recovery for all PeopleSoft applications

    • Implement an intelligent monitoring solution that covers application, database and infrastructure services

    • Modernize the user experience by implementing Fluid UI for PeopleSoft 

         

    Cloud

    Cloud Strategy & Roadmap

    Astute and Oracle partnered to demonstrate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services and solutions. Proof-of-Value (POV) projects within this Cloud Assessment helped Stony Brook University make timely decisions.

    • PeopleSoft Lift and Shift to OCI

    • Cloud Manager for application lifecycle management 

    • Oracle database cloud service platform and infrastructure automation

    • Cloud monitoring with Oracle Management Cloud, Disaster Recovery with Data Guard

    Consulting

    Cloud Workshops, SWOT Analysis, Solution Comparison

    Astute assessed current state applications and related infrastructure. Future-state business requirements were defined and prioritized by Stony Brook. Solution choices were narrowed down to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure based on the high degree of fit with on-premise Oracle applications and technologies. Astute conducted a number of workshops to lead the University to the eventual path to Cloud.

    • Strategy Workshop - Needs definition, business drivers and priorities, critical dates, TCO analysis

    • Technology Workshop - Infrastructure consolidation and optimization, version compatibility, networking, security, automation

    • Process Workshop - Service Level Management, Application Lifecycle Management

         

    Business 

    Strategy and Roadmap for Cloud

    The cloud assessment outcomes helped Stony Brook University build a business case and seek approval for moving forward with the PeopleSoft Lift and Shift to Oracle Cloud project. 

    • Cloud strategy and roadmap with a phased implementation plan

    • TCO Analysis Model showing ~$1 million in savings over 5  years

    • RACI Matrix for Cloud Implementation

    • The business case for moving to OCI

    Technology

    Cloud Reference Architecture, Project Plan, Cost Estimate

    Based on findings and the analysis of data gathered from workshops, Astute Business Solutions designed a tailored solution for Stony Brook University to move and improve its PeopleSoft applications on to Oracle  Cloud Infrastructure. The recommended solution met or exceeded business needs and laid out a plan to optimize cost and operate PeopleSoft efficiently over the next 5 years. 

    • Project plan, risk mitigation plan, and change management plan to migrate all PeopleSoft applications and Oracle databases workloads to OCI

    • HCM 9.2 Upgrade estimate based with customization retrofit, Fluid UI modernization scope

    • CS 9.2 Upgrade estimate to complete ongoing upgrade and go live on OCI

    • Standardizing on OCI with re-platforming from Solaris to Oracle Linux 

         
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    Moving mission-critical student applications to Oracle Cloud,

    to secure, optimize and enhance

    35%

    Reduced Cost

    50%

    Better Performance

    100%

    Cloud Monitoring

    100%

    Cloud DR

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