Outstanding performance thanks to a cutting-edge business intelligence and data warehouse system

The extensive project was divided into various sub-projects, which TIMETOACT implemented and supported from beginning to end. It was important to ensure that the existing systems would remain fully functional throughout the project, so as not to disrupt AGAPLESION’s operational processes. As, among other things, the healthcare company’s maintenance contracts for the old hardware had expired, it was necessary to transfer the applications to an alternative system in the interim. Service provider BlueConsult supplied and maintained the necessary hardware.

TIMETOACT’s first job was to prepare existing legacy systems for the data transfer. The delivery came in mid-2021, followed by the – from the customer’s point of view – seamless launch of IBM Cloud Pak for Data System as the underlying hardware for the innovation platform. On the one hand, existing solution components – in particular IBM Netezza, which included AGAPLESION’s data warehouse – had to be migrated to the new system. And on the other, it was necessary to re-install, configure and test many of the extension modules. So far, TIMETOACT has finished migrating Netezza, and has completed the installation of Cloud Pak for Data, IBM Data Stage and Watson Knowledge Catalog inside Cloud Pak for Data, plus Cognos Analytics, Cognos Controller and Planning Analytics – initially on new hardware outside the platform. The system is running and stable, initial dedicated data has been migrated, and selected use cases have performed well in tests.

The charitable public limited company AGAPLESION was founded in Frankfurt am Main in 2002 by Christian organizations. Its aim is to support predominantly Christian healthcare institutions in a challenging and competitive economic situation. AGAPLESION consists of more than 100 institutions across Germany, including 23 hospital locations with over 6,340 beds, 41 residential and care facilities with over 3,550 care places, three hospices, 37 medical centres, nine out-patient care services and a training academy. It also offers healthcare and nursing training at 15 locations. More than 22,000 employees provide patient-oriented nursing and care in line with approved quality standards. They look after more than a million patients each year. Sales revenue across all institutions, including holdings, comes to over 1.6 billion Euros.