Case Study: Public Pension Agency boosts service quality and cuts database licenses 40% with Oracle SuperCluster

Public Pension Agency Boosts Quality of Services Delivered to Public Sector and Military Pension Beneficiaries While Reducing Database Licenses by 40%

The Public Pension Agency (PPA) of Saudi Arabia administers pension schemes for public sector and military retirees, supporting nearly 800,000 beneficiaries and managing large-scale investment portfolios. Facing rising retiree numbers and monthly payouts, PPA needed maximum availability and higher performance for transaction‑intensive applications, faster time‑to‑market for new pension services, and lower IT costs by consolidating heterogeneous databases and servers into a single, more efficient platform.

PPA implemented an engineered Oracle stack—Oracle SuperCluster, Exadata, Oracle Solaris, Oracle VM Server for SPARC, RAC, GoldenGate, Active Data Guard and Oracle Enterprise Manager—consolidating its Unix environment into a private cloud and enabling high availability and better lifecycle management. The rollout (completed with Oracle Advanced Customer Support in 10 months) cut Oracle Database licenses by 40%, delivered up to 10x database throughput and 4x faster queries, simplified management, reduced TCO, and improved service quality and agility for pension beneficiaries.

Public Pension Agency

Faraj Al Juaid

Network and Operation Manager