With its Oracle databases running on the IBM Power Systems and IBM FlashSystem platform, Banco Itaú Paraguay has eliminated the stability issues that were putting its digital banking services at risk. And by selecting a high-performance platform, the company gains the compute and storage headroom to accommodate growth in its digital banking application environment for years to come.
Sangenis says: “Since we migrated our Oracle databases to IBM Power Systems E870 servers, we have not experienced a minute of unplanned downtime. Our IBM server and storage platform is extremely stable, which gives us the confidence that we can deliver a high-quality online and mobile banking experience to our customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our digital services are a powerful way to foster long-term customer loyalty, and the reliability of our IBM and Oracle solutions helps us to nurture those important customer relationships.”
Da Rosa adds: “Our IBM Power Systems platform delivers high performance for our digital banking workloads, which cuts application response times significantly for some of our end users. In fact, we are currently only using around 50 percent of the CPU resources on the platform, which gives us the freedom to deploy new customer-facing services without adding more servers.
“The IBM FlashSystem storage has also improved performance significantly, while saving rack space and improving energy efficiency in the data center.”
Finally, by optimizing its approach and leveraging the Oracle-certified hard partitioning technology available in IBM PowerVM, Banco Itaú Paraguay has significantly reduced the licensing costs of its Oracle solutions.
“Guidance from Softshop enabled us to improve our database performance using IBM Power Systems, which translates into significant cost savings on platform maintenance,” explains Da Rosa. “We can now redirect this investment into value-added development projects—contributing to higher-quality services for our customers.”
Looking to the future, Banco Itaú Paraguay plans to build on its reputation for innovation by continuing to develop digital products and services on its IBM and Oracle platform.
Sangenis concludes: “Our work with Softshop has helped us build a rock-solid platform for our digital banking applications—and today, we can offer every customer a consistent, high-quality service online and on mobile devices. Customer demand for digital banking is on the rise—and with IBM and Oracle solutions supporting our services, we have a solid foundation to drive our business growth.”