The bank is using eight eServer p690 Unix servers to do the SAP application processing. It secures its customer data by providing permanent data mirroring to a remote data center via Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy.
Postbank spokesman Hartmut Schlegel says it helped that the bank didn't suffer from the internal tensions and technology arguments that blight many major IT projects. At Postbank, bankers and IT staff have worked together for many years and they understand each others language and thinking - this helped a lot.
The SAP project is still very much a work in progress. With the main implementation out of the way, executives are now planning to roll out an SAP/CML (consumer mortgage and loans) package to handle loan processing.
The SAP initiative forms part of the "IT 2003" project to upgrade the banks technology infrastructure, which began in 2000. This coincided with a major data center consolidation in 2000 and 2001, which saw Postbank move from six main data centers in Germany to the site in Bonn.
James Rogers, Site Editor, Next-gen Data Center Forum
Bob Friday, Chief AI Officer for Juniper Networks, explains how the advanced technology is transforming operations.
Contact center leaders from 8x8, Awaken Intelligence, and 360insight discuss the importance of agent experience.
AI may force enterprises to rewire parts of their data centers so they are fully optimized to run such workloads. The question is do you use Ethernet or InfiniBand?
