Aluminium supplier Alcoa has upgraded its multi-terabyte
data warehouse toOracle Database 10gandOracle Real Application Clustersto
improve efficiency.
Using the system Alcoa's executives are now able to access,
manage and integrate global data from a single source to business
analytics applications, such as Oracle's
Hyperion Essbase, Hyperion Financial Management and Hyperion
Planning - all components of Oracle Fusion Middleware.
Alcoa consolidated data from four regional instances of the
Oracle E-Business Suite it has deployed globally into a single,
global repository, to support its business analytics, enterprise
performance management, and master data management initiatives.
With Oracle Real Application Clusters, Alcoa is able to
incrementally add server capacity to adapt easily to growing
business demands without disruption.
"The clustered database architecture that we have deployed has
satisfied our business and performance requirements," said Matthew
Schroeder, manager for business information and technologies at
Alcoa.
"It also offers us the flexibility we need for future growth.
The newly re-architected global data warehouse features, in
addition to more powerful processors, improved performance and
provides additional capacity for applications and users," he
said