Published on 18-Jan-2010
Validated on 01 May 2012
"With our new IBM infrastructure, we’ve been able to take advantage of Web-facing capabilities and improve the efficiency and security of our business processes" - Krungthai Panich Insurance
Customer:
Krungthai Panich Insurance
Industry:
Insurance
Deployment country:
Thailand
Solution:
Information Infrastructure
Overview
Krungthai Panich Insurance is an insurance company in Thailand that provides insurance packages for motor, fire and marine and has more than 500 employees.
Business need:
The company leveraged proprietary core applications to support their mission-critical business processes. However, the core applications were developed on and supported by outdated technologies and could no longer support the company’s growing infrastructure.
Solution:
The company implemented four IBM Power® 520 servers and three Power 550 servers running the IBM AIX® 6.1 operating system, as well as seven IBM System x3650 servers and two IBM System x3850 servers running Microsoft® Windows®. An IBM System Storage™ DS4800 provides data storage, and System Storage SAN switches connect the servers to the storage device.
Benefits:
· Improves consumer satisfaction by enabling new Web-facing capabilities
· Reduces backup times, increases security, and improves recovery capabilities
· Delivers improved performance and reliability, and boosts internal process efficiencies
Case Study
Krungthai Panich Insurance is an insurance company in Thailand that provides insurance packages for motor, fire and marine and has more than 500 employees.
CHALLENGE
The company leveraged proprietary core applications to support their mission-critical business processes. However, the core applications were developed on and supported by outdated technologies and could no longer support the company’s growing infrastructure. Krungthai Panich Insurance’s IT environment consisted of Sun Microsystems Solaris and Dell servers, Sun Microsystems storage devices, and Veritas backup software. The company needed to adopt a new IT infrastructure and new core applications with Web capabilities to support business growth.
SOLUTION
Krungthai Panich Insurance adopted the PREMIA insurance management software suite to perform the company’s primary business functions, including underwriting and policy administration, claim management, and accounting. To support these new insurance applications, they replaced their legacy Sun and Dell IT infrastructure with a new IBM infrastructure.
The company implemented four IBM Power® 520 servers and three Power 550 servers running the IBM AIX® 6.1 operating system, as well as seven IBM System x3650 servers and two IBM System x3850 servers running Microsoft® Windows®. An IBM System Storage™ DS4800 provides data storage, and System Storage SAN switches connect the servers to the storage device. An Oracle database stores and manages data related to the new PREMIA software, while IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager provides automated data storage and recovery capabilities.
BENEFITS
· Improves consumer satisfaction by enabling new Web-facing capabilities
· Reduces backup times, increases security, and improves recovery capabilities
· Delivers improved performance and reliability, and boosts internal process efficiencies
Products and services used
IBM products and services that were used in this case study.
Hardware:
Storage: DS4800, Storage: SAN Switches, System p: Power 520, System p: Power 550, System x: System x3650, System x: System x3850
Software:
AIX, Tivoli Storage Manager
Operating system:
AIX, Win XP
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