Case Study: Rivus achieves 25% productivity boost and seamless IBM Power-to-Azure migration with Skytap on Azure

Rivus takes control and drives growth with a timely IBM Power migration to Azure

Rivus, a UK fleet management business that had just acquired Pullman Fleet Solutions, faced a tight 13-month deadline to extract Pullman’s IBM AIX/Power-based ERP (Carfacts) and legacy HR and finance systems from the previous owner’s data centre without disrupting garage operations. With limited in-house AIX expertise and the need to maintain nonstop access during the pandemic, Rivus opted to lift-and-shift the existing applications to the cloud to avoid the time and cost of replatforming.

Meridian IT led a discovery-driven migration using Skytap on Azure, phasing peripheral services and performing a controlled “big bang” cutover for Carfacts after pre-deploy testing one week earlier. The team completed the move in 12 months—one month ahead of schedule—with no user disruption, proactive scaling to control costs, improved stability and responsiveness, and an estimated 25% increase in productivity for operations teams.

Rivus

Jason Evans

CIO