Insurance firm migrates to Oracle 10G database powered by Sun servers

Grepalife, a Yuchengcoowned insurance company, has recently acquired a new generation server computing platform designed to provide faster processing systems and better service turnaround time for clients and its sales force.

The company is among the first in the country to migrate its main application systems from the previous Oracle 8i version to the Oracle Database 10G Enterprise Edition, the most ideal platform for enterprises that need to support high volume online transaction processing and query intensive data warehousing applications.

"Our goal is to make our service ever faster and better for our clients. Our advanced IT infrastructure, coupled with the excellent capabilities of our people, is among the most important springboards that will propel Grepalife to the top of the industry," said Grepalife president and CEO Victor P. Quisumbing.

This one-time multi-million peso investment enabled Grepalife’s online transactions such as logging in, policy inquiry, and loan processing to be faster by 100 percent.

This system has the clustering and load balancing capability that prevents long computer down time and clogging.

Systems running on the new server platform are already being used in Underwriting, New Business, Cash, Premium Accounting, Policyholder Services, Group Administration, Group Accounting, and other departments, with highly positive feedback.

The new server is powered by clustered central database servers consisting of three Sun Microsystems X4200 with X86 64bit Opteron technology processors, Red Hat Linux 4.0 Enterprise Edition, and a redundant array of data storage devices built around the Oracle Database 10G Enterprise Edition computing engine, all with enough capacity to support future expansion.

Author: Edu H. Lopez @ www.mb.com.ph