| Are you looking to get maximum performance from | | | | |
| existing AS/400 system at bank? | | | | Application Performance Testing |
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| Are you just getting started with new Core Banking | | | | Core banking, Retail Banking, Payment or other |
| System using AS/400 i-series? | | | | financial application needs to be tested for |
| | | | | performance. |
| Banks and Financial Institutions have large number of | | | | |
| transactions and database. The availability, reliability and | | | | Will it handle the business volumes – load testing |
| security are of utmost important. Millions of dollars are | | | | |
| spent on these systems on yearly basis and especially | | | | When will it break – breaking point – stress |
| the cost is much higher for new installations. | | | | testing |
| Performance engineering services from independent | | | | |
| experts will ensure that your systems are running at | | | | Will it perform consistently during business hours – |
| maximum performance. Despite the continuous | | | | endurance testing |
| demand to address tactical decisions in running a | | | | |
| successful bank, executive management must have a | | | | Ensure that end to end (E2E) transaction performs |
| plan to ensure the long-term success of the bank. | | | | within specified time and entire system is tuned |
| | | | | optimally. |
| Some of the services that are commonly used by | | | | |
| Clients are: | | | | Benchmarking |
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| Capacity Planning | | | | How does your system perform compared to |
| | | | | published benchmarks and other institutions? |
| Capacity planning will determine amount of cost for | | | | |
| your infrastructure and system. How many CPU cores | | | | This will determine your operational efficiency. |
| are needed? The size will change during life cycle of | | | | |
| application. The capacity planning numbers may be | | | | Performance Audit |
| provided by Hardware Vendor, in this case IBM or by | | | | |
| Core Banking Application provider or by SI. Most of | | | | Banks and Financial Institutions may have their own IT |
| these numbers are based on some benchmarks or | | | | and Performance experts. However technology and |
| some high level calculations. There are more scientific | | | | tools keep changing, getting <a rel="nofollow" |
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| | | | | a> audit done by experts will benefit. |
| As your system ages and changes it has amassed | | | | |
| large volumes of data and code changes. The system | | | | A bank that achieves high-performance levels will |
| has changed over time, is your Database tuned to give | | | | leverage its IT investments more effectively than its |
| optimal performance? Tuning of DB2 or Oracle | | | | counterparts, regardless of whether its mission is to be |
| Database is often required to address this. Our | | | | a low-cost operator, innovator, or customer-centric |
| experts have experience with database tuning. | | | | institution. |