Case Study: Railpen achieves zero-downtime migration of critical pension data with Softwire

Railpen migrates £34bn pension platform with Softwire, with zero downtime

Railpen, which manages £34 billion in pension assets, faced the critical challenge of migrating a vital data feed powering over 70 applications without any downtime or data inconsistency. They engaged Softwire to replace this end-of-life platform, a task that required extreme precision to avoid catastrophic consequences for their financial systems and members.

Softwire conducted a thorough analysis of the data estate to de-risk the cutover. They built a new, more robust data platform using Azure Functions, which ran in parallel to the old system. The solution was successfully implemented within the required window with zero downtime and 100% data consistency. Softwire's work provided Railpen with a fully auditable and more resilient data infrastructure, strengthening their foundation for future innovation.

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