The University of Melbourne, has engaged Rimini Street to enable greater digital innovation investments for its organization consisting of 55,000 students and 10,000 staff.
By selecting Rimini Support, Rimini Connect and Rimini Protect for its Oracle Database, EBS and Hyperion systems, the University has eliminated the need to undertake costly, frequent upgrades without a strong ROI while gaining flexibility to innovate around its core systems. The strategic move supports the academic institute’s continuous commitment to delivering an exceptional student experience.
“Today’s students expect to be online, whether that’s curriculums or access to resources,” said Daniel Buttigieg, director of enterprise technology at the University of Melbourne.
“The savings we’re achieving by moving to Rimini Street are enabling us to reinvest and refocus on developing new digital solutions and enhancing online access for our users,” said Buttigieg.
Overseeing the University’s enterprise systems and services, from data centers and networks to ERP and CRM systems, Buttigieg’s remit includes the University’s ERP systems that underpin the back-office activities of financial, HR and payroll transactions, including the 300 plus customizations that have been developed along the way for specialized process and data flows.
“We were stuck in a perpetual cycle of upgrades, each one taking months of preparation, testing and deployment,” said Buttigieg. “The risks were equally high. If an upgrade or security patching goes wrong, we could lose access to things like our ERP or identity management system, which can be catastrophic for an organization of our size and the number of staff and students that we have.”
By switching to Rimini Street, Buttigieg says they no longer worry about support for their core systems or having to dedicate funds and team focus on unnecessary upgrade activities. The University added Rimini Connect for Email to ensure ongoing compatibility with email servers and take advantage of the latest security protocols.
“Rimini Support keeps our systems running smoothly, Rimini Protect offers us proactive protection against threats and vulnerabilities, and Rimini Connect extends the life of our existing release. This is all without having to perform another upgrade,” said Buttigieg.
