BENEFITS

In short, the company witnessed a host of benefits after the deployment. On a number of fronts, the company saw changes and benefits. The pharma company:

Reduced Mankind Pharma’s annual capital and operational expenditures (CapEx/OpEx), such as server and software licensing costs, by $25

Created analytical reports, such as drug sample reports, 11x faster—in 2.5 minutes instead of 28 minutes—and enhanced user

Cut storage costs by approximately $6,000 by achieving 90% compression rate and reliably storing database backups instead of using tapes and upgrading storage hardware to support data growth

Enabled field employees to enter a transaction for daily call reports, in just one minute rather than taking six minutes by removing analytic indexes for each transaction to speed up OLTP operations

Launched development and training environment 28x faster—in two days compared to up to 8 weeks with the legacy environment—and met business demands by using Database Cloud Service’s tools to quickly set up and deploy training applications

Improved operating efficiency by easily expanding database capacity and providing near immediate response to user queries, such as individual segment product sales for each country

Enabled seamless migration to new database solution in less than one month by using the same database as the on-premises system without changes to existing applications or hardware

Increased business agility by restoring databases 5x faster—four hours only instead of 20 hours—and enabling the company to respond quickly to a changing industry environment, such as regulatory requirements for pharmaceutical industry

Saved time and cost for training by enabling trainers to deliver training to overseas employees in just two days instead of traveling to a particular location and taking up to 10 days to complete the training, thanks to a highly available Oracle Database Cloud Service

Minimized maintenance cycles by leveraging Oracle Platform as a Service to provide technical support for hardware and software and freeing up IT staff to drive innovation