Case Study: Ok Tedi Mining achieves 99.999% uptime and 50% better application quality of experience with Oracle SD‑WAN

Ok Tedi Mining uses Oracle SD-WAN to enable always-on network connections

Ok Tedi Mining, a Papua New Guinea gold and copper producer operating across remote sites, needed more reliable and higher-capacity network connectivity to support safety-critical and operational systems—like process control, real-time fatigue management, fleet tracking—and to deliver timely cloud and on-premises application data despite aging satellite and copper infrastructure.

Working with Yell IT, Ok Tedi deployed Oracle SD-WAN across fiber, MEO and GEO links (including TCP-to-UDP WAN translation) to provide always-on connectivity. The solution improved application quality of experience by 50%, enabled about 25% more remote staff to work seamlessly, supported rapid cloud adoption (Office 365), and delivered resilient, autonomous networking that helped achieve 99.999% uptime for offshore Australian data centers during the pandemic.

Ok Tedi Mining

Ryan Oxenham

Superintendent Business Improvement Technology