Energy Company Migrates Critical Risk Assessment with 0 Downtime
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Major Oil Shipping & Transportation Company
- A major oil shipping company — transporting 365 million barrels of oil per year and importing 600,000+ barrels per day into the United States — relied on a proprietary Risk Assessment System for vessel and port clearance decisions. The legacy Oracle application needed to be re-engineered to embed with internal Microsoft systems, support web service-based data transfer from third-party providers, and remain extensible for future data exchange technologies.
- Re-engineered the Risk Assessment application using Microsoft .NET, winning the project in competition with Tier 1 companies
- Enabled seamless embedding with internal Microsoft platform systems, web service-based data transfer for third-party integration, and an extensible architecture for future data exchange technologies
- All existing functions and features migrated with negligible deviation; menu and record navigation simplified
- Kumaran had previously delivered the Oracle 3-to-6 migration and 9i-to-10G upgrade of the same application, building a long-standing technical partnership
- 0 downtime during migration of the critical Risk Assessment application
- Full embedding with internal Microsoft platform systems achieved
- Web service-based third-party data exchange capability delivered
- Negligible deviation — all existing functions and features preserved
- Extensible architecture supporting future data exchange technology integration
Critical Risk Assessment platform re-engineered — 0 downtime, full integration.
A major oil shipping company partnered with Kumaran to re-engineer its mission-critical Risk Assessment System to Microsoft .NET, achieving zero downtime during migration and delivering full internal system embedding and web service-based third-party data exchange. Kumaran won the engagement competing against Tier 1 companies, building on a long-standing relationship that had already included Oracle 3-to-6 migration and a 9i-to-10G upgrade. For this client, reliability was non-negotiable — the system directly supported vessel and port clearance decisions for global cargo operations.
The Background
The client's Risk Assessment System had been the cornerstone of its vetting operations, providing accurate clearance decisions for vessel and port risk evaluation. With most internal systems running on Microsoft platforms and a growing need for web service-based third-party data integration, the legacy Oracle application had reached its limits. The client needed a re-engineered platform that could embed seamlessly with internal systems and remain extensible for future requirements — without disrupting live operations.
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