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Leading South American Bank Accelerates Innovation with IBM Cloud and IBM Power Virtual Server

By Val Besong posted 4 days ago

  

A Century of Innovation, Now Powered by the Cloud

A prominent financial institution in the Southern Hemisphere, this large South American bank has been a pioneer in financial services for over a century. Committed to modernization, the bank embraced a cloud-first strategy to enhance agility, scalability, and operational efficiency.

The Business Challenge: Modernizing While Maintaining Stability

While the bank had been leveraging AWS for Intel-based workloads, it needed to maintain its IBM Power infrastructure while optimizing costs and centralizing management. Their objective? A seamless transition to the cloud without disrupting mission-critical operations.

The Outcome: A Resilient, Integrated, and Future-Ready Cloud Strategy

With IBM Cloud and IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS), the bank achieved:

  •          Infrastructure Modernization: Upgraded from Power8/Power9 to Power10 servers on PowerVS to run production workloads.
  •          Cloud-First Strategy: Seamless migration and integration into the cloud. Moving Power workloads out of the data center, aligning with the bank’s vision of a fully cloud-based infrastructure.
  •          Platform Continuity: Maintaining the stability of existing systems while modernizing operations.
  •          Seamless Integration: IBM solutions integrated effortlessly with the bank’s VMware environment, ensuring minimal disruption.
  •          Diverse Workload Support: Running SAP HANA, custom applications, Oracle Database, Openshift and DB2.

The Solution

The bank runs its production workloads on IBM PowerVS, with disaster recovery managed via storage-level replication to a secondary site. As part of the deployment, DR is supported in a secondary IBM Cloud zone. Backup is managed through a combination of NetBackup and Storage Protect.

Winning Approach: A Strategic Partnership with IBM

IBM collaborated closely with the financial institution to ensure a seamless migration through several key initiatives:

  •          Joint Cloud Workshop: IBM conducted a hands-on session demonstrating cloud innovations and migration benefits, giving the bank confidence in IBM Cloud’s capabilities.
  •          Close Collaboration: A strong working relationship between IBM and the bank’s teams facilitated a smooth transition with ongoing support.
  •          Competitive TCO Analysis: IBM’s detailed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) comparison helped the bank make an informed decision about the cost-effectiveness of migrating to IBM Cloud.
  •          Successful PoC: A proof of concept (PoC) validated IBM Cloud’s ability to support the bank’s workloads, assuring them of a secure, scalable, and efficient migration.

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A Secure and Scalable Future with IBM Cloud

By partnering with IBM Cloud, the bank successfully transitioned to a secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solution while maintaining the integrity of its mission-critical workloads. This journey reinforces IBM’s role as a trusted cloud partner for financial institutions seeking to modernize without compromise.

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