Case Study: Mexico’s SEDESOL achieves 40% cost savings and higher scalability with Red Hat

Oportunidades Program Improves Performance with Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform

SEDESOL, Mexico’s Secretariat of Social Development, needed to modernize its Oportunidades program to handle a growing user base and increasing data demands while operating under strict government austerity measures. The organization turned to Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, along with Red Hat Consulting and Training, to improve scalability, availability, and development efficiency for its high-volume social assistance system.

With Red Hat, SEDESOL deployed a more automated mobile registration platform and high-availability infrastructure, supported by better development practices and enterprise management tools. The results included a 40% reduction in expenses versus proprietary software, availability rising from 95% to 99.9%, registration time dropping from two hours to 50 minutes, and eligibility decisions accelerating from 180 days to 60 days.

SEDESOL

Emilio Patricio Gómez

Deputy General Director of Information Systems and Technological Development of the National Coordination of the Human Development Program Oportunidades