TECHNOLOGY
replaced production , testing and development machines with an adequate SAN environment .
Prior to integration , reports were generated overnight due to the mass amount of data received and processed , now , with Oracle Exadata , Glencore is able to turn around information in less than an hour .
“ This is very valuable in our competitive industry which depends heavily on market information and how you can anticipate change . Being able to quantify and correlate any technical improvement with the Glencore overall financial performance is quite difficult . Nevertheless , I
Using Oracle Exadata , Glencore is able to quantify and correlate incoming data in less than an hour consider that we have today a key component for future successes ,” said Cyril Reol , cio of Glencore .
“ We saved on resources as well , particularly as the platform only needs to be administered by one team instead of four previously . It will clearly pay off in all our subsequent activities ,” added Putincanin .
Glencore ’ s Global Accounting Program aimed to streamline its accounting and financial processes worldwide and was initially deployed in their headquarters of Baar , Switzerland for its global metal , minerals and coal market . The program has since been instituted across other operations , including oil and gas divisions in the United Kingdom , United States and Singapore , and their agricultural business in The Netherlands .
“ We now have a SAP-certified solution and a single provider supplying the operational support for all its components . Additionally , we can administer and further develop our it infrastructure more efficiently thanks to the Oracle Exadata solution , making our team even more effective in the future ,” said Putincanin .
By embracing Oracle Exadata ,
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