1. Computer Services
Business challenge
As requirements for transaction processing and availability grew, three Icelandic companies shared a need to upgrade their IBM Z® servers. How could they maximize the benefits while minimizing costs?
Transformation
Reiknistofa Bankanna deployed two IBM z13s servers in an active-active cluster in two data centers. Logical partitions securely isolate workload for Advania and Valitor, which can choose to utilize clustering as needed.
“The maturity of LPAR technology on IBM Z gave us complete confidence that we could run our three environments in absolute isolation.”
—Guðfinnur Guðnason, Project Manager, Reiknistofa Bankanna
Reiknistofa Bankanna
Sharing mainframe capacity securely for lower total cost of ownership
Solution components
Db2® for z/OS
IBM® Z: IBM z13®
IBM Systems Lab Services
Storage: TS7760
Storage: DS8870
Business benefits:
Increased
capacity and performance for mission-critical workloads
Boosted
availability and recoverability in the event of a disaster
Reduced
software licensing fees, hardware and data-center costs
Client Name
Reiknistofa Bankanna
Company Background
Reiknistofa Bankanna (RB) is an IT service provider for Icelandic financial institutions. Based in Reykjavík, RB offers a number of multi-tenant core banking solutions, used by many of Iceland’s major banks and payment card processors, as well as e-invoicing and e-payment services.
Business challenge
As requirements for transaction processing and availability grew, three Icelandic companies shared a need to upgrade their IBM Z® servers. How could they maximize the benefits while minimizing costs?
The benefit
Sharing capacity enabled the three partners to cut capital and operational costs and reduce monthly software charges. The new Z landscape also offers improved availability and DR capacity.
Pull Quote
“The maturity of LPAR technology on IBM Z gave us complete confidence that we could run our three environments in absolute isolation.”
—Guðfinnur Guðnason, Project Manager, Reiknistofa Bankanna
Solution components
Db2® for z/OS
IBM® Z: IBM z13®
IBM Systems Lab Services
Storage: TS7760
Storage: DS8870
Case study Link
Read the case study:
ibm.com/case-studies/NTT-Data-Systems-Software-Transformation-Modernization
Reiknistofa Bankanna (RB) is an IT service provider for Icelandic financial institutions. Based in Reykjavík, RB offers a number of multi-tenant core banking solutions, used by many of Iceland’s major banks and payment card processors, as well as e-invoicing and e-payment services.
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