CASE STUDY
Seamless IIB to IBM ACE Migration for Leading Energy Company
About The Client
The client is the largest British electricity distribution network operator responsible for the distribution of electricity in London, the South East, and the East of England. They manage and maintain the infrastructure that delivers electricity to homes and businesses in these regions, ensuring a reliable supply, responding to power outages, upgrading the network, and providing customer support services.
Industry | Energy & Utilities
Solutions | IBM ACE
Location | UK
Business Challenges
- Compatibility issues between IIB 9 and IIB 10 required thorough testing and validation due to different versions running concurrently.
- Migration of IIB services from V9 and V10 to IBM App Connect Enterprise 12 and moving IIB VM servers from on-premises data center to Azure Cloud was necessary.
- Configuration of the RDMQ HA cluster to achieve high availability and migration of all MQ queues to the new IBM ACE VM on Azure Cloud was required.
- The cost of running two instances was significant, impacting licensing, infrastructure, and maintenance.
Business Solutions
- Migration of all old applications and servers from IIB to IBM ACE, creating a unified application environment.
- Upgrade of the Messaging Queue to a multi-instance RDMQ cluster with three-node clusters.
- Migration of all VMs from on-premises to Azure Cloud for better accessibility and application availability.
- Implementation of a CICD pipeline for repositories, and IBM ACE build and deploy scripts to automate the ACE services environment.
Key Outcomes
40% Increase in ROI
30% Increase in Issue Management
20% Decrease in Incorrect Enteries
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