BoC upgrades technology

To keep pace with advancements in technology, and harness ever-growing volumes of data affecting the banking industry, the Bank of Ceylon (BoC) has upgraded its hardware platform to IBM Power Systems servers with POWER7+ technology.

As the bank's primary live and DR (Disaster Recovery) servers, the new Power 770 servers replace IBM iSeries e Servers running several business critical applications including BoC's core banking application.

BoC now owns one of the most powerful IBM Power Systems servers in Sri Lanka.

The project was handled by Blue Chip Technical Services (Pvt) Ltd, an IT solutions provider.Director, Blue Chip Technical Services, Sentil Murugan said, “We are proud to bring the latest IBM Power 770 servers to Sri Lanka and we congratulate the Bank of Ceylon for being the first in the country to embrace this technology.

We consider this as a testimonial to Blue Chip's advanced technical capabilities and proof of the excellent customer service provided to Bank of Ceylon over the past 15 years.”

Head of IT, Bank of Ceylon, Luxman Perera said, “The bank's commitment to benchmark Sri Lanka's banking industry in technological advances and our pledge to deliver world-class customer service spurred us to upgrade to IBM's Power 770 servers.

We selected IBM Power Systems because they provide the reliability and security we need for customers’ private and most critical information.”

“Upgrading and implementation of new technology requires a reliable and efficient IT partner and we identified Blue Chip Technical Services as the most reliable IBM Business Partner in Sri Lanka which maintains its position through continuous excellence in support services along with the certified skills required. Customers can expect more secure, reliable and speedy service with this new advancement,” he said.

Country General Manager, IBM Sri Lanka, Chrishan Fernando said, “The IBM Power 770 servers use next-generation POWER7+ processor technology that is designed to deliver unprecedented performance, scalability, reliability and manageability for demanding commercial workloads.”

IBM Power 770 servers are virtualised from within for better integration and support growth without disrupting business -- all in a modular, economically efficient design.

The upgrade of Bank of Ceylon's IBM iSeries e Servers ensures that all the other application software deployed on the servers including core banking applications will be updated to the latest versions.

This will provide the facility to access more advanced features which provide secured, fast and reliable services to customers.