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Nomura Research Institute (NRI)

Application Refactoring · IT Operations Automation · Knowledge Retrieval

Nomura Research Institute, a leading Japanese systems-integration and consulting firm, needed a way for its consultants and developers to build internal and customer-facing data applications quickly without long, custom-coded development cycles, while keeping data and applications close to its existing Oracle Database estate.

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11+ applications built on Oracle APEX
~65% reduction in development effort vs traditional development

Solution

Nomura Research Institute (NRI), a leading Japanese systems-integration and consulting firm, standardized on Oracle APEX as its rapid application development platform on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to accelerate internal IT and client-facing application delivery. By leveraging Oracle Database and OCI Kubernetes Engine, NRI delivered 11+ applications using APEX with approximately 65% reduction in development effort compared to traditional custom-code development, enabling consultants to focus on business logic rather than infrastructure.

Solution architecture

3 components · 3 layers
  1. Compute
    • OCI Kubernetes Engine Container orchestration for hosting containerized APEX services and microservices.
  2. Storage
    • Oracle Database Backing data store for all 11+ APEX applications; maintains consistency with NRI's existing Oracle Database estate.
  3. Serving
    • Oracle APEX Low-code rapid application development platform enabling NRI consultants to build internal and client-facing data applications 65% faster than custom development.

Architecture clues

  • Backed by Oracle Database on OCI
  • OCI Kubernetes Engine for hosting containerized services
  • Oracle APEX as standard low-code platform

Evidence from the source

NRI delivered more than 11 applications on Oracle APEX, reducing development effort by approximately 65%.
Nomura Research Institute (NRI) standardized on Oracle APEX to deliver internal and client-facing applications quickly on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

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