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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Customer Name:
Bellevue Group (consisting
of Bank am Bellevue AG and Bellevue Asset
Management AG)
Management AG)
Industry:
Banking
Location:
Switzerland
Number of Employees:
86
Challenge
• Improve compliance
• Enhance services
• Cut complexity
• Have high availability
• Enhance services
• Cut complexity
• Have high availability
Solution
• Cisco Unified Data Center Architecture
• Cisco Collaboration
• Cisco Security
• Cisco Wireless
• Cisco Collaboration
• Cisco Security
• Cisco Wireless
Results
• 50 percent cut in IT admin
• 25 percent rise in app performance
• 20 percent cut in IT costs,
• 25 percent rise in app performance
• 20 percent cut in IT costs,
plus 20 percent less power
• Support for new services
Challenge
In banking, to get growth you need good IT for fast, trouble-free trades. But the
Bellevue Group’s data center had grown for a long time with no planning. Hosted
in-house, the data center had 25 rack servers with a range of operating and
security systems.
Bellevue Group’s data center had grown for a long time with no planning. Hosted
in-house, the data center had 25 rack servers with a range of operating and
security systems.
This range led to an admin load and made it hard to comply with banking rules. The
bank thought it was time to change when it needed to build a second site. Holger
Schultes, head of IT, says: “A green-field second site would be somewhere to try
new technologies.”
bank thought it was time to change when it needed to build a second site. Holger
Schultes, head of IT, says: “A green-field second site would be somewhere to try
new technologies.”
Solution
Bellevue Group has a focus on corporate banking and asset management. It was
already using Cisco® Nexus® Switches and Cisco TelePresence®. “We had a
good experience with Nexus, and other Cisco projects were straightforward,” says
Schultes. “It made sense to consider Cisco servers, too.”
already using Cisco® Nexus® Switches and Cisco TelePresence®. “We had a
good experience with Nexus, and other Cisco projects were straightforward,” says
Schultes. “It made sense to consider Cisco servers, too.”
Bellevue Group used FlexPods for its primary and secondary data centers, which
run in active-active mode. A pre-validated data center system, FlexPod uses Cisco
Nexus switching with Cisco Unified Computing System™ (UCS®) servers. “We chose
FlexPod because the components run as a single, certified system,” Schultes says.
run in active-active mode. A pre-validated data center system, FlexPod uses Cisco
Nexus switching with Cisco Unified Computing System™ (UCS®) servers. “We chose
FlexPod because the components run as a single, certified system,” Schultes says.
Bank am Bellevue’s core banking systems, which ran on a single machine before,
now run on virtual servers. UCS also supports key applications such as Sungard
Apsys, Sungard FrontArena and Microsoft applications.
now run on virtual servers. UCS also supports key applications such as Sungard
Apsys, Sungard FrontArena and Microsoft applications.
Bellevue Group uses other, fully integrated collaboration tools. These include a Cisco
Remote Expert Smart Solution, Cisco Jabber®, and Cisco WebEx®. Experienced
Cisco Gold partner Netcloud installed the equipment.
Remote Expert Smart Solution, Cisco Jabber®, and Cisco WebEx®. Experienced
Cisco Gold partner Netcloud installed the equipment.
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