Case Study: The National Archives achieves improved online discovery and reduced maintenance costs with Neuron ESB

Discovery Service improves educational experience for online customers

The National Archives of the United Kingdom, one of the world’s largest records repositories with over 11 million records, faced growing complexity as its online catalogue expanded. A mix of home‑grown systems made the architecture fragmented and costly to maintain, so the organization sought a standardized WCF/.NET Service Oriented Architecture with a strong API to open data, support e‑commerce and education services, and enable rapid, affordable deployment of future services.

They deployed Neuron ESB as the core of the new SOA and Discovery service. Neuron’s .NET‑friendly ESB simplified messaging and integration, offered publish/subscribe, web services and REST support, and quickly scaled into production—giving business units access to critical data, reducing maintenance costs, simplifying IT, and improving the online and educational customer experience.

The National Archives

Aleksandr Drozdov

Enterprise Architect