CASE STUDY
Migration and Modernization of Legacy ADABAS to Amazon RDS for a Healthcare Provider Company
Industry | Healthcare
Technology | Amazon RDS, PostgreSQL
Location | Global
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A large healthcare provider relied on a legacy ADABAS environment running on mainframes for processing patient records, billing, and insurance claims. However, the system became difficult and expensive to maintain, with scalability challenges and a declining pool of ADABAS-skilled developers. The organization aimed to migrate from ADABAS to Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, adopting a cloud-first strategy to enhance scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness while maintaining compliance with industry regulations

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Challenges

High costs and limited technical talent for maintaining the ADABAS on mainframes.

Struggled to handle growing patient data volumes, affecting application performance.

Required secure, compliant handling of sensitive patient data to meet healthcare regulations.

Aimed to leverage AWS's scalability, agility, and cost benefits through a cloud-native approach.

Key Outcomes
40% Cost Reduction
by eliminating mainframe maintenance costs
30% Performance Improvement
by query response times and batch processing speeds
Enhanced Scalability
as Amazon RDS’s handled increased transaction volumes effortlessly.
Increased Developer Productivity
by transitioning to PostgreSQL allowed easier access to skilled developers.
Solutions

Data Model Transformation: Converted hierarchical ADABAS data into a relational format compatible with Amazon RDS using AWS Glue for ETL processes.

Automated Refactoring: Updated applications to interact with PostgreSQL by refactoring code and adopting a microservices architecture for scalability.

Security and Compliance: Implemented AWS KMS for data encryption, IAM for access controls, and CloudTrail for audit logging to ensure HIPAA compliance.

Disaster Recovery & High Availability: Deployed Multi-AZ for automatic failover, cross-region replication for disaster recovery, and point-in-time recovery for robust data protection.

What Customer Say about RoyalCyber
“Congratulations, and a big thank you to everyone who worked on the project upgrade and successfully implemented it. The team did a great job working through all the tasks.
Craig DiMarco
Sr. Director IT

25%

Reduction in development time

Audience

  • Healthcare Executives, CTOs
  • IT Consultants, Business Analysts
  • Project Managers, IT Project Coordinators
  • Architects and Specialists
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