Case Study: Xcel Energy reduces manual database processes by 80% with ActiveBatch

Xcel Energy reduces manual database processes by 80% with Advanced Systems Concepts

Xcel Energy, a major U.S. electricity and natural gas company, faced significant challenges with an unstable job scheduler that could not handle increasing data warehousing workloads for its nuclear division. This instability forced the company to run an overnight IT shift for manual monitoring and required extensive custom scripting to build workflows, making their IT environment overly complex and difficult to manage. They turned to Advanced Systems Concepts, Inc. and its product ActiveBatch for a solution.

Advanced Systems Concepts, Inc. implemented ActiveBatch, a workload automation solution that provided direct integration with Informatica PowerCenter and cross-platform support. This eliminated the need for custom scripts and allowed for the dynamic triggering of workflows. The results included an 80% reduction in time spent manually managing Oracle Database processes and the complete elimination of the overnight IT shift, freeing staff for other projects and increasing operational reliability.

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