11 September 2012

Oracle Exadata Machine X 2-2 gives ADNOC Distribution high performance, scalability, productivity and cost-efficiency, accelerating database performance tenfold

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - September 11th, 2012

News Facts:

  • As part of its technology road map, ADNOC Distribution, the Abu Dhabi integrated energy company that markets and distributes petroleum products and services within the United Arab Emirates and internationally, has deployed Oracle Exadata Database Machine X 2-2 to optimise performance and overall quality of service in all functions, and prepare for the company's expansion in international markets.

  • ADNOC Distribution operates an extensive network of service stations and convenience stores, and runs aviation refuelling services, bunkering facilities for refuelling ships, and a lubricant blending and packaging plant.

  • Built using Oracle engineered systems to work together optimally, the Oracle Exadata Database Machine X 2-2 offers a complete package of software, servers and storage that is simple and fast to implement, with the ability to run the largest and most important database applications up to ten times faster or more.

  • The deployment of Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 has complemented ADNOC Distribution's existing solutions and has helped the company achieve extreme performance and scalability for all the subsidiary's database applications including Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), and OLAP, Data Warehousing (DW) and consolidation of mixed workloads.

  • After implementing this Oracle solution, ADNOC Distribution has been able to:

    • Increase the Sales System Average Performance by 15X, enabling the company to complete Customer Auto Blocking Processing in less than 2 min compared to 30 minutes before.

    • Increase average performance of the Smart Card System by 20X, processing all the day's transactions in less than 30 minutes compare to 4 hours in the past.

    • Increase average performance of the Retail system by 15X, enabling processing of the Retail data in 15 minutes as compared to 1 hour and 30 minutes before the migration.

  • The Oracle solution has also helped ADNOC Distribution achieve:

    • High Availability, using Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), and unmatched scalability.

    • Lower storage and licensing costs by consolidating all workloads on to one platform.

    • Intensive workload execution by running more queries concurrently for faster access to critical information.

    • A faster time-to-market by eliminating systems integration trial and error.

Supporting quotes:

  • "We are extremely satisfied with the results Oracle solutions have provided to our IT systems and overall quality service across all functions. Oracle Exadata Database Machine X 2 - 2 has saved the organization a lot of processing hours  and we will continue to invest in Oracle solutions as we lay down foundations for our growth locally and internationally", said Abdullah Salem Al-Dhaheri, General Manager Adnoc Distribution

"A successful IT project is one that can create additional business opportunity for an organization: with the Oracle Exadata implementation we have created this opportunity today", added Al Dhaheri.

  • Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban, Vice President, Oracle Middle East & Africa, said: "Oracle hardware and software products are engineered to work together optimally to yield the best return for customers' IT investments. Oracle Exadata Database Machine X 2-2 offers an easy to use out of the box solution with enormous benefits for companies' performance, scalability, and cost efficiency. We are happy that ADNOC Distribution has joined a long list of high end businesses in the UAE and the region which have found Oracle products to be the best solution for their IT challenges and the best investment for their expansion plans".

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Contact Info
Rachid El Hassani
CMG - Dubai
Mob. + 971 50 950 1525
Email: relhassani@cmgrp.com

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