UK
Multinational
£1.3b+
3,500+
Recruitment
Reed is one of the largest recruitment agencies in the world and the first to establish its recruitment website in the U.K. The organisation relies on its IT infrastructure to ensure millions of its customers can gain access to jobs and candidates.
These systems were older, but stable and worked for the business as they looked to eventually migrate their systems to another vendor.
But, being older systems, Reed faced considerable pressures from the vendor to upgrade to continue receiving premium levels of support.
This led to them seeking alternatives to Oracle support.
Not only were Support Revolution able to guarantee at least a 50% reduction in their Oracle support bill (while still retaining a premium level of support – even for older systems the vendors no longer supported!), but Reed found the team a lot more engaged and easier to work with.
Support Revolution worked closely with Reed to transition it from Oracle Support as quickly and as smoothly as possible. With our service in place, we provided them with the necessary patches, which unlike Oracle were tailormade to suit their systems, and any customisations they had in place.
As a result, Reed could be assured in the knowledge that these systems would remain secure, with Trend Micro’s Deep Security, while they looked to migrate the rest of their systems to another vendor.
Reed still needed to receive support and patches as normal, to keep its systems functioning and compliant.
Support Revolution provides security patches for its customers slightly differently to Oracle. The difference is that we work directly with
our customers and provide only the patches they need that fit perfectly with their setup. Our virtual patching method acts as a shield protecting the entirety of the customer’s software estate before the threat is able to get to its systems.
These patches are applied on a weekly basis, compared to Oracle’s quarterly patch updates.
Reed reduced its Oracle support bill by over 50% by moving to Support Revolution. These savings could then be reinvested back into other projects or future migrations.
Reed was able to keep the same familiar systems, continue receiving legislative patches, and avoid unwanted upgrades, all for a greatly reduced price with a high-quality service.
If you’re looking for superior support, contact us and you’ll save up to 90%!
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