In Shamrao Vithal Co-opBank (SVC), one of the most technologically advanced co-operative banks in India, has chosen IBMs BladeCenter solution to optimise its IT infrastructure to support its branch expansion plans.Shamrao Vithal Co-op Bank embraced IBM BladeCenter to run its virtualisation solution and gain operational efficiency. The bank aims to grow to 250 branches across the country and achieve a business turnover of Rs 25,000 by 2014.
With over 125 branches spread across the country, the Mumbai-headquartered Shamrao Vithal Co-opBank has come a long way since its inception as Co-operative Credit Society in 1906. Prior to IBM, the new applications that were developed to cater to the growth resulted in a server sprawl which introduced multiple operational and management inefficiencies, resulting in a lack of utilisation of resources. It also consumed high power that led to difficulty in managing data.
To meet these challenges, Shamrao Vithal Co-operative Bank selected IBMs BladeCenter solution after a detailed evaluation of vendor capabilities from a hardware and software perspective, to support its needs. The most important criteria of selection was the solution partner's experience to understand, size and implement a virtualisation solution on the scale that SVC expected. IBMs BladeCenter solution was the best choice as it consisted of a stack of servers, storage, virtualisation, networking and backup functions that would enable a modular scalable growth plan. All the servers and applications can now be managed and monitored through a single console which resulted in an easy administrable IT system.
IBMs BladeCenter solution resulted in 1:8 ratio consolidations and virtualised servers, paving the way for a new stream of business. It reduced server count; 85 servers reduced to 13, handling a higher workload and consisting of a cost-effective IT infrastructure. There was also a 15% reduction in power consumption, improved cooling with optimum application performance and improved manageability. IBMs BladeCenter solution also helped Shamrao Vithal Co-op Bank to derive quicker ROI while being able to predict growth at the same time.
Our vision for future growth is based on providing our customers with the best financial services. As we expand our branches across the country, the aim all along is to adopt the best cutting-edge technology and serve customers better. saidRavikiran Mankikar, General Manager, IT, Shamrao Vithal Co-operative Bank.We are happy to work with a technology leader like IBM as IBM understands our business and focus on our growth aspirations. The IBM System x solution has not only helped us consolidate our IT infrastructure, but has also opened an entirely new stream of business for the bank.
Shamrao Vithal Co-operative Bank is a fast growing financial institution and we are delighted to be part of its aspirations. The IBM Bladecentre provides a fully integrated set-up that caters to the banks entire computing needs and supports its aggressive expansion plans. It provided great scope for the bank to offer an enhanced customer experience. said Satyen Vyas, Country Leader - System x, Systems & Technology Group, IBM India South Asia.
With IBMs BladeCenter solution, SVC could consolidate and virtualise servers with improved and uninterrupted functioning of business critical applications. It could also quickly deploy these applications as per requirements. SVC has attained a smarter and energy efficient IT infrastructure that provided high Return on Investment (RoI).
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