VISA slides 1. One-slide Summary

BEA Customer: Visa U.S.A. Problem: Scalability Visa needed to double the capacity of its transaction networks while maintaining absolute reliability. Solution: Reliable transaction platform Processing an unprecedented volume of transactions with 100% reliability. Results: Successful network upgrade Designed to process more than $1 trillion in payments annually. Accommodates 10,000 transactions per second, 3x its current peak. Benefits: Rock solid reliability Eight hours of down time, equivalent to 99.9% uptime, would mean a potential loss of $5 billion in transactions. Dynamic load balancing handles unexpectedly high demand.

VISA slides 2. Proof point and quote

BEA Customer: Visa U.S.A. 10,000 transactions/second, 100 billion transactions/year by 2002 “Anticipating these new payment technologies and the unprecedented volume of transactions they will demand, and keeping in mind the need to uphold Visa’s brand promise of security, reliability, and trust in payment services, we chose to build on BEA. Besides being the most proven and best-of-breed, BEA Tuxedo was the only product that met or exceeded all of our requirements.” Scott Thompson, Chief Technology Officer, Visa U.S.A.

BEA Customer: Visa U.S.A. Upgrades network to handle $1 trillion in payments “The system is so massive that it defies a person’s ability to comprehend. But despite such size, it’s so reliable that it actually serves as a backup to other payment platforms. It’s a real credit to BEA that its Tuxedo software is able to power such an immense transaction system.” Sara Garrison, Senior Vice President, Technology Development, Visa U.S.A.

VISA slides 4. Detailed overview

BEA Customer: Visa U.S.A. Visa Direct Exchange: world’s largest private financial payments network Secure, easy access to funds any time, anywhere, with any device Problem: Scalability –Visa needed to double the capacity of its transaction networks while maintaining absolute reliability. Solution: Reliable transaction platform –Processing an unprecedented volume of transactions with 100% reliability.

BEA Customer: Visa U.S.A. Benefits: Rock solid reliability, high availability –Eight hours of down time, equivalent to 99.9% uptime, would mean a potential loss of $5 billion in transactions. –Dynamic load balancing handles unexpectedly high demand. Results: Successful network upgrade –Designed to process more than $1 trillion in payments annually. –Accommodates 10,000 transactions per second, 3x its current peak. –“It's a real credit to BEA that its Tuxedo software is able to power such an immense transaction system.”