Case Study: Electricity Northwest achieves seven-figure Oracle licensing savings with Bytes Technology

Working closely with Oracle, Bytes helped Electricity North West through a complicated IT infrastructure transition

Bytes Technology worked with Electricity Northwest, an electricity distribution company in North West England, as it transitioned from a divestment into a new independent IT environment. The customer needed to rationalise its Oracle estate, migrate legacy systems, and manage licensing across a virtualised infrastructure while staying compliant and controlling costs.

Bytes Technology provided Oracle licensing cost modelling, software asset management, and support around Oracle products including Database Enterprise Edition, Tuning Pack, Diagnostics Pack, Partitioning, Spatial, Active Data Guard, and Internet Developer Suite. By reshaping the licensing model and negotiating with Oracle, Bytes Technology kept Electricity Northwest compliant during the transition and delivered a seven-figure saving on Oracle licence costs, while also preserving discount levels despite a major reduction in software usage.

Electricity Northwest

Andy Harper

IS Supplier Manager