ARMONK, N.Y., April 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM Services
(NYSE: IBM) announced an agreement with Japan-based Fukui
Bank to migrate its distributed processing system to IBM
Cloud to help drive operational transformation to address customer
needs, and help the bank enhance its initiative to support local
community development.
Banks are currently faced with shifting consumer behaviors and
expectations in areas like real-time banking, mobile services, and
access to comprehensive financial data. As customer preferences
become more personalized, it is important for each employee to
respond accordingly, quickly respond to changes, and provide high
quality digital customer service. Fukui Bank is also driving
its transformation to align with changes in its managerial
environment, which requires a more flexible IT environment that
also bolster the bank's operational security.
IBM Cloud provides a framework that allows applications in a
virtual infrastructure environment to be migrated as is, which will
help Fukui Bank build a cloud
environment quickly.
As Fukui Bank continues to move
data, applications and associated services from its existing
infrastructure to the cloud, it is using IBM Cloud Migration
Factory to take a multi-pronged approach to re-host, re-platform,
re-architect, and modernize its infrastructure. By using IBM Cloud
Migration Factory with automation and other tools, the bank is
looking to reduce migration costs and time.
The bank plans to start operation on IBM Cloud in the first half
of this year.
Besides its core banking system, Fukui
Bank uses several hundred other distributed systems that
have been built by its headquarters and various divisions for their
individual operations.
The bank is adopting IBM Cloud to run its distributed processing
systems and plans to migrate these mission-critical workloads using
IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions. With IBM Cloud for VMware
Solutions, Fukui Bank can quickly
migrate to the cloud without having to change existing tools or
processes and maintain the same level of control, security and
features. The bank can also build a completely native
next-generation virtual infrastructure environment on IBM Cloud,
which means future cloud usage, such as hybrid cloud adoption, can
be more easily performed.
IBM and Fukui Bank signed this
transaction in Q4, 2018.
Media Contact
Conor Golden
IBM Media Relations
cgolden@us.ibm.com
845-323-6682
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