A large Australian government security organisation — a Federal Government Department based in Canberra — recently merged with multiple entities after a major reorganisation. It needed to consolidate its data management processes and improve operational efficiency and decision-making. This case study covers how CCA’s data replication services restructured the organisation’s data infrastructure so it could focus on delivering critical downstream applications.
Challenge
Following the reorganisation, the organisation needed to replicate mainframe data from the merged entities into an existing data warehouse, as part of a broader data rationalisation strategy aimed at near-real-time replication to a common landing database platform. Data reconciliation and operational implementation were the two hardest parts.
Solution
CCA supplied the technical and consulting services to meet the brief. Its team installed and configured the RDRS data integration tool, enabling bulk loading and near-real-time data replication, and designed new replication processes to accommodate mainframe application structure changes that would otherwise be impossible within the standard outage window. The consulting work also covered operational implementation and data reconciliation.
Impact
CCA’s support overhauled the organisation’s data management process. The replication solution let the organisation “set and forget” data movement, freeing it to focus on new downstream applications, and gave it timely, data-driven insights for decision-making.
Conclusion
By partnering with CCA, the organisation merged its data systems after the reorganisation without disrupting operations. CCA’s data replication expertise simplified its data management processes and cleared the way for future growth, so the organisation now operates more efficiently and makes decisions from current, consolidated data.
