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SSP Group – Oracle Hospitality Transformation
Industry: Travel Hospitality
Client: SSP Group plc (LSE: SSPG)
Region: Global (125+ airports, 270+ railway stations)
Challenge: Persistent system outages, high IT support overhead, and critical data interruptions.
Solution: Full-stack migration and managed service on IBM Power8 platform with proactive Custodian*24 monitoring.
Outcome:
- 99.5% uptime
- 40% faster system performance
- Major incidents reduced from 52 to 5
- Downtime cut from 637 hours to just 2
- 20% IT staff time reclaimed
“If you cut Phill open, he’d bleed service. He’d miss his own wedding to deal with a customer issue. The team are experts and they care. They’ll never let a problem develop into a disaster – they’ll just calmly fix it and make sure it never happens again.”
— Matthew Rea, CIO, SSP Group
Project Snapshot:
Phase | Highlights |
Audit | 20+ performance issues identified and remediated |
Design | Migration from 64 Oracle RAC cores → 8 IBM Power8 cores |
Transformation | Fully managed, monitored, and resilient stack |
Result | “One director asked when the migration was due — four weeks after it had already happened.” |
Key Technologies: Oracle Hospitality, IBM Power8, Tibero, Custodian*24
Services Delivered: IaaS / PaaS / Full Stack Managed Service
Pizza Hut UK – Exploring Alternatives to Oracle
Industry: Food & Beverage
Client: Pizza Hut Restaurants, UK
Region: United Kingdom
Challenge: High Oracle licensing costs and need for disaster recovery scalability.
Solution: Migration from Intel to IBM Power7, evaluation of Tibero as Oracle alternative, and performance optimisation using Neo4J graph database.
Outcome:
- 60% lower database licensing costs
- 80% Oracle cost savings
- Improved performance and flexibility
- Zero downtime migration
- Seamless skill transfer due to Oracle compatibility
“RDB Concepts has been providing database services for Pizza Hut for over 12 years. The environment has proved to be extremely reliable, and the performance has surpassed what even RDB had deemed possible.”
— Will Broome, Head of Business Systems, Pizza Hut UK
Proof of Concept Goals:
Improved performance
Better scalability
Significant cost savings
Key Technologies: Neo4J, IBM Power8
Services Delivered: Database Optimisation / Proof of Concept / Migration Planning
Why Clients Choose RDB Concepts
- Full Stack, Full Resolution: 15-minute response time, proactive remediation.
- ISO 27001 Accredited: Security woven into every layer.
- Vendor Agnostic: Oracle, Tibero, SQL Server, Open Source — the right tool for your strategy.
- Trusted by Leaders: SSP Group, Pizza Hut, and other global brands.
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