Case Study: Telefónica achieves 41x faster mission-critical database performance with Oracle Exadata Database Machine

Telefónica Improves Customer Experience and Ensures Business Continuity

Telefónica, one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, needed to improve database performance, simplify its IT architecture, and ensure business continuity for mission-critical services like e-billing and online customer access. The company turned to Oracle Exadata Database Machine to consolidate databases and support a second data center, helping protect critical data while reducing risk and operating complexity.

Using Oracle Exadata, Telefónica implemented the solution in five months and achieved major gains: mission-critical database performance improved by up to 41x, query times dropped by 80%, and online transaction times were cut by 40%. Oracle Exadata also helped Telefónica reduce operating expenses, slash CPU usage by almost 80%, speed backup loading from more than 6 hours to under 5 minutes, and deliver 24x7 access with no planned maintenance downtime.

Telefonica

Faustino Fraile Linares

Head of Production for Converged Systems and Databases