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Highlights
- TCS and Google Cloud enabled enterprises to modernise Oracle E‑Business Suite and PeopleSoft without compromising performance, security, or compliance.
- Oracle enterprise resource planning (ERP) workloads were validated on Google Compute Engine using an enterprise‑grade, secure, and scalable reference architecture.
- The solution reduced migration risk, accelerated deployments, lowered costs, and delivered a future‑ready cloud foundation for ERP modernisation.
Overview
Google Cloud is a leading global hyperscaler, offering advanced computing, storage, analytics, and machine learning services to help enterprises migrate and modernise critical workloads.
In collaboration with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Google Cloud set out to address a key enterprise challenge: enabling organisations running Oracle E‑Business Suite and PeopleSoft to modernise ERP environments without compromising performance, security, or reliability, an area where risk and complexity have traditionally slowed adoption.
To address this, TCS validated Oracle EBS and PeopleSoft workloads on Google Compute Engine, developing enterprise‑grade reference architectures that meet stringent performance, availability, and compliance requirements. By combining Google Cloud’s secure, scalable infrastructure with TCS’s deep Oracle ERP expertise and automation‑led delivery, enterprises can now confidently migrate and operate Oracle ERP workloads, benefiting from faster deployments, lower operational overhead, stronger governance, and a future‑ready foundation for long‑term modernisation.
Challenge
Enterprises were facing infrastructure challenges in migrating Oracle E‑Business Suite and PeopleSoft to the cloud.
As enterprises sought to migrate and modernise business critical Oracle E Business Suite and PeopleSoft environments, Google Cloud identified a recurring challenge: on premises infrastructures were limiting agility, scalability, and operational efficiency.
Oracle EBS and PeopleSoft continue to serve as the digital backbone for many global enterprises, supporting mission critical operations across finance, supply chain, manufacturing, procurement, and human capital management.
Equally important, Oracle’s long term support roadmap ensures continuity and protects prior investments, enabling enterprises to modernise without disruption rather than pursue risky system replacements.
Enterprises face rising infrastructure and operational costs, including hardware refresh cycles, data centre management, and specialised talent requirements. Scalability remains rigid, often requiring long lead times and capital expenditure to respond to business growth or volatility.
Operational overhead—manual patching, upgrades, backup, and disaster recovery—diverts focus from strategic initiatives. Customers are looking for a flexible, elastic infrastructure that can grow and shrink based on business requirements and workload demand.
From a risk perspective, on premise setups increase exposure to business continuity, security, and compliance challenges, particularly as cyber threats and regulatory expectations intensify.
Most importantly, the cloud provides a future ready foundation—seamlessly integrating ERP systems with analytics, AI/ML, and modernisation initiatives—allowing enterprises to evolve at their own pace while remaining resilient, responsive, and competitive. Migrating Oracle EBS and PeopleSoft to the cloud is a strategic modernisation move, not a system replacement—unlocking value while preserving core ERP investments. It aims at delivering more with less and reducing the total cost of ownership(TCO).
Solution
TCS partnered with Google Cloud to validate a secure, scalable platform for Oracle E‑Business Suite and PeopleSoft.
TCS brings over three decades of deep expertise across Oracle ERP and Oracle Database, complemented by proven Google Cloud implementation experience. Together with Google Cloud, TCS enables enterprises to modernise Oracle workloads with confidence, delivering secure, scalable, and high performing solutions aligned to business requirements.
TCS designed a robust reference architecture using Google Cloud’s regional infrastructure and shared virtual private cloud (VPC) model to deliver centralised network governance and secure workload isolation. High availability access to ERP applications is ensured through Google Cloud Load Balancing, while dedicated Compute Engine virtual machines support application and database tiers. Hyperdisk Balanced storage allows performance to scale independently of capacity, and isolated subnets enhance security without limiting operational autonomy. Operational resilience is further strengthened through Cloud Monitoring, Cloud DNS, Secret Manager, automated snapshot backups, and federated identity based access control, together providing an enterprise ready foundation for securely migrating and operating Oracle ERP workloads on Google Cloud at scale.
Key outcomes
The validated solution leverages Google Cloud Platform regional infrastructure with a shared VPC model, ensuring centralised network governance and secure workload isolation. Application users access the environment securely through a Google Cloud Load Balancer, which distributes traffic and provides high availability for ERP workloads.
- De-risked migration: Oracle EBS R12.2.14 and PeopleSoft 9.20 were explicitly validated on Google Compute Engine, removing compatibility uncertainty.
- Optimised storage usage: Hyperdisk Balanced decouples IOPS from capacity, avoiding over‑provisioning.
- Strong governance model: Shared VPC enables centralised security controls while preserving DBA autonomy.
- Faster environment provisioning: Golden Images and Terraform automation reduce deployment time from days to minutes.
- Enterprise‑grade security: Private networking and current security patch levels align with best‑practice standards.
Benefits
Compute Engine virtual machines host the application and database tiers, backed by Hyperdisk Balanced storage
The application and database tiers are isolated into dedicated subnets, creating a clear security boundary. This enables central network teams to enforce strict governance while allowing DBAs to manage their instances without requiring approvals for every change.
Operational visibility is enabled through Cloud Monitoring, allowing teams to proactively track VM health, performance metrics, and system availability. Cloud DNS provides reliable name resolution for application endpoints, while Secret Manager ensures secure handling of sensitive credentials and configuration data.
For data protection, automated snapshot backups are stored securely in Cloud Storage, supporting recovery objectives and long-term retention. Administrative access is controlled through federated identity integration, enabling secure authentication and centralised access management. This setup provides a robust, scalable, and enterprise-ready foundation for running Oracle ERP workloads on Google Cloud.
By validating Oracle workloads on Google Compute Engine, TCS reduced migration risk and eliminated compatibility uncertainty. Hyperdisk Balanced storage minimised over‑provisioning, lowering infrastructure costs while supporting peak performance demands. Centralised governance through shared VPC strengthened security without impacting operational agility, while automation using golden images and Terraform reduced environment provisioning from days to minutes.
Together, these outcomes accelerated ERP modernisation, improved operational efficiency, and delivered a resilient, future‑ready cloud platform for running Oracle workloads on Google Cloud.