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Case study

Bajaj Allianz tests performance

to minimize risk

Ensures success of database upgrade with

HP Performance Center on SaaS

Industry

Insurance

Objective

Mitigate risk of Oracle database upgrade by

verifying expected performance improvements,

and resolving database issues before upgrade

Approach

Contacted HP partner for assistance with

testing project

IT matters

•Mitigated risk of Oracle database upgrade

by enabling analysis in test environment

before making any changes to the

production environment

•Provided detailed reports and analysis,

enabling Bajaj Allianz’s development team

to resolve issues

•Completed testing within short deadline

of only one month

Business matters

•Ensured smooth upgrade and optimized

performance for users

•Minimizedinvestmentinstaandlicenses,

due to external team carrying out testing

•Halved the time a user has to wait for a policy

to be issued, from up to 15 minutes to only

seven or eight minutes

“We used HP Performance Center on SaaS and found

it highly eective, and we recommend it to be used

by others.”

– Raj Kamal Pal, manager, Bajaj Allianz

Testing completed in a month

When it needed to upgrade its Oracle database, Bajaj Allianz

relied on HP Performance Center on SaaS to ensure

performance was not degraded. By outsourcing the testing to

KPIT, Bajaj Allianz was able to complete the project within only

a month, without needing any in-house testing expertise.

Summary of content (4 pages)

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Case study Bajaj Allianz tests performance to minimize risk Ensures success of database upgrade with HP Performance Center on SaaS Industry Insurance Objective Mitigate risk of Oracle database upgrade by verifying expected performance improvements, and resolving database issues before upgrade Approach Contacted HP partner for assistance with testing project IT matters • Mitigated risk of Oracle database upgrade by enabling analysis in test environment before making any changes to the production environment
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Case study | Bajaj Allianz Challenge Database upgrade For modern financial services companies, IT is their lifeblood. Few industries depend on technology quite so heavily for their day-to-day operations, and to keep their customers happy. Bajaj Allianz, one of India’s biggest insurance businesses, is no exception. The company is organized into two main groups: general insurance and life insurance.
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Case study | Bajaj Allianz “I‘m aware of all the major testing tools, and we chose HP Performance Center on SaaS because HP’s performance testing tools are known world-wide as the number one,” says Pal. “The reports that the HP tool produces give each and every detail, and are very user-friendly and simple to understand.” Short deadline As the testing requirement was for a one -off project, the company did not want to pay to acquire software licenses for test software.
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Case study | Bajaj Allianz Customer solution at a glance Applications Oracle Database 10g and 11i Software • HP PC Oracle Protocol Bundle 1-4 Controller Area 100 virtual user software license • HP Performance Center Load Generator Advanced Software as a Service • HP SaaS ART - Performance Center Software Series HP Performance Center on SaaS meant that Bajaj Allianz could ensure performance was not degraded when the Oracle update was implemented.