A large South African financial institution leverages BMC AMI (Automated Mainframe Intelligence) running on IBM Z to modernize its solutions within their hybrid cloud infrastructure, significantly improving backup speed, reducing costs, and setting the stage for AI-driven innovations.
The Challenge
The financial institution's IBM Z system plays a pivotal role in its ability to manage mission-critical systems that handle high volumes of sensitive financial data and transactions. Long backup times of up to 48 hours slowed operations and wasted valuable system resources.
The Solution
To meet the evolving demands of the world's largest enterprises, IBM Z delivers security, resiliency, performance, scalability, agility and sustainability. By transitioning to a hybrid cloud backup system using BMC AMI Cloud, backup times were reduced by 98%, which freed up critical resources for other operations and significantly cut infrastructure costs. Additionally, the cloud enabled better data accessibility, allowing for advanced analytics and customer segmentation.
The Results
- Faster backups: Backup times decreased by 98%, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Cost savings: On-premise infrastructure needs were reduced, lowering overall costs.
- Improved data accessibility: Cloud-based data were more streamlined, resulting in lower overall costs and enabling better customer insights.
Looking Ahead: AI and Automation
The success of the hybrid cloud has led to plans for modernizing core applications and implement AI and AIOps to enable proactive issue resolution and further operational efficiencies.
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BMC is a global technology software company and BMC AMI (Automated Mainframe Intelligence) solutions help organizations simplify their IBM Z transformations, making experienced employees even more productive and easing the transition to the next generation of talent with generative AI and cloud-native experiences.