Uni of Auckland embarks on 10-year ERP migration

The University of Auckland (UoA) has expanded its use of Rimini Street’s portfolio of services to include Rimini Support for Oracle software, Rimini Manage and Rimini Protect. The decision has allowed the university to dedicate its IT team’s focus towards an upcoming ERP migration, a transformational project expected to take 10 years for completion across multiple phases.

While UoA’s core Oracle application was supported by Rimini Street, managing competing applications with limited in-house IT staff was becoming increasingly complex. Coupled with a shrinking pool of skilled engineers that were familiar with current ERP investments, it was apparent that technology roadmap review was in order. Based on a cost and resource needs analysis, the university decided against upgrading its Oracle applications as the ROI was insufficient. Instead, UoA elected to migrate to a next-generation, composable ERP platform.

As a trusted support provider with intimate knowledge of their technology landscape and years of proven success, Rimini Street was the university’s first choice when selecting a managed service provider to take on the day-to-day operation of its HR system — allowing the university to reallocate their IT team’s time and focus to the ERP migration project.

“The value of Rimini ONE isn’t just about enabling the move to a new system, but to build out a roadmap that is proactive and designed to last,” said Jo Batchelor, head of product engineering at University of Auckland.

“It’s really empowering to have Rimini Street as a true and trusted partner, giving us greater confidence and capabilities as we go through this complex ERP migration journey.”

Based on Rimini Street’s analysis and Smart Path recommendations, the university performed an internal audit of its ERP platforms, learning the scope and amount of data in their HR and finance systems that they would need to protect.

“There is a huge amount of data in our HR, finance and campus solutions that we need to make sure is absolutely safe and secure. The extra layer of security that Rimini Protect provides us is a solution we cannot afford to be without,” Batchelor said.

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