Published on 08-Dec-2011
"IBM is an extremely good hardware and software partner, particularly in constructing a system with extremely high reliability." - Jyunichiroh Hirose, senior specialist, NTT DATA Corporation
Customer:
NTT DATA Corporation
Industry:
Banking
Deployment country:
Japan
Overview
NTT DATA Corporation is one of Japan’s leading systems integration and IT consulting companies. It provides IT solutions and consulting services to customers worldwide, with a global support network that covers 145 cities in 34 countries.
Business need:
NTT DATA Corporation needed to provide its large banking customers a robust framework for complex financial transactions.
Solution:
IBM WebSphere software running on the IBM System z platform meets bank requirements for extremely high reliability and stability.
Benefits:
NTT can develop new, integrated backbone systems for financial institutions to help them improve data migration, integration and management
across disparate systems.
Case Study
IBM WebSphere software on the IBM System z platform delivers the stability financial customers need
NTT DATA Corporation is one of Japan’s leading systems integration and IT consulting companies. It provides IT solutions and consulting services to customers worldwide, with a global support network that covers 145 cities in 34 countries.
Challenge
Large financial institutions require robust, extremely reliable software and hardware frameworks. The breakdown of any single transaction, typically involving billions of dollars, could have potentially far-reaching implications. The existing systems and applications in many financial institutions, including the Bank of Japan, are built around mainframes that have been in place for more than 20 years, representing an enormous investment. Therefore, there is tremendous value to be gained from making these systems more efficient and effective.
Solution
In partnership with IBM, IBM Business Partner NTT DATA Corporation has developed an IT backbone for large financial institutions, including the Bank of Japan, that’s based on IBM WebSphere® software on the IBM System z® platform. The infrastructure is designed to ease the integration, migration and management of data and applications from pre-existing mainframe systems while providing an extremely high level of reliability.
IBM WebSphere MQ and IBM WebSphere Message Broker software running on the IBM z/OS® platform allow independent and potentially non-concurrent applications on the bank’s disparate applications to communicate and share business information with each other. This Java-based transaction system is based on a service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach.
Benefits
• Provides an adaptable, reliable and dependable framework for financial institutions
• Improves data migration, integration and management across disparate systems
• Allows financial institutions to continue gaining value from their existing investments in mainframe computers from IBM
For more information
To learn more about how you can use WebSphere software on the System z platform, contact your IBM sales representative or IBM Business Partner, or visit:
ibm.com/software/websphere
Products and services used
IBM products and services that were used in this case study.
Software:
WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker
Operating system:
z/OS and OS/390
Legal Information
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