Case Study: The Office of the Revenue Commissioners boosts performance and cuts costs 25% with Actian Ingres Database

The Office of Revenue Commissioners (Ireland) Commits to Actian Ingres Database

The Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revenue), Ireland’s tax and customs authority, required higher transaction, batch and checkpoint performance and needed to migrate many mission‑critical Ingres databases without any impact on live services. With strict high‑availability requirements and a long history of running Ingres‑based systems, Revenue had to ensure minimal downtime and uninterrupted public facing and back‑office operations during the upgrade.

Revenue moved to the latest open‑source Actian Ingres database, gaining improved performance, scalability and a richer feature set while retaining vendor support. The upgrade enabled a more economical subscription model (renegotiated maintenance savings of 25%), lowered operational and maintenance costs, and improved readiness for analytics and continued growth across its high‑volume e‑filing and service platforms.

The Office of the Revenue Commissioners

John Barron

Chief Technology Officer