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Computershare Online Financial Services Go Global with Radware

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Computershare, an online financial service provider to listed companies, investors, exchanges, and other financial institutions, was determined to eliminate any downtime while providing the fastest content delivery and transaction processing to their clients worldwide. With more than 90 million shareholder accounts to handle for over 14 thousand corporations around the world, it was imperative that Computershare’s customer requests are accommodated in the quickest and most efficient manner. The challenge was to ensure local and global server availability and accelerated application performance. Read More
About Customer	Computershare is an online financial service provider to listed companies, investors, exchanges, and other financial institutions. The company handles more than 90 million shareholder accounts for over 14 thousand corporations around the world. Computershare is committed to providing reliable, fast, secure content delivery and transaction processing to its worldwide clients. The company operates in multiple locations including Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Read More
Solution	To achieve its goal of eliminating downtime and providing fast content delivery and transaction processing, Computershare deployed Radware’s Application Front-End Solution for local and global server availability and accelerated application performance using advanced Layer 4-7 policies. This solution aligns server infrastructure operations with application front end requirements, such as eliminating traffic surges, server bottlenecks, connectivity disconnects, and downtime for assured application access. Radware's patented 'network proximity' technology ensures business continuity and fast response time by directing Computershare customers to the best performing, available site, no matter where they are globally. This enables them to perform successful transactions quickly and efficiently. Radware's Application Front-End content acceleration and compression capabilities further improve response time to Computershare's clients and enable Computershare to gradually scale their infrastructure according to their capacity growth. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Computershare, an online financial service provider to listed companies, investors, exchanges, and other financial institutions, was determined to eliminate any downtime while providing the fastest content delivery and transaction processing to their clients worldwide. With more than 90 million shareholder accounts to handle for over 14 thousand corporations around the world, it was imperative that Computershare’s customer requests are accommodated in the quickest and most efficient manner. The challenge was to ensure local and global server availability and accelerated application performance.

About Customer

Computershare is an online financial service provider to listed companies, investors, exchanges, and other financial institutions. The company handles more than 90 million shareholder accounts for over 14 thousand corporations around the world. Computershare is committed to providing reliable, fast, secure content delivery and transaction processing to its worldwide clients. The company operates in multiple locations including Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Solution

To achieve its goal of eliminating downtime and providing fast content delivery and transaction processing, Computershare deployed Radware’s Application Front-End Solution for local and global server availability and accelerated application performance using advanced Layer 4-7 policies. This solution aligns server infrastructure operations with application front end requirements, such as eliminating traffic surges, server bottlenecks, connectivity disconnects, and downtime for assured application access. Radware's patented 'network proximity' technology ensures business continuity and fast response time by directing Computershare customers to the best performing, available site, no matter where they are globally. This enables them to perform successful transactions quickly and efficiently. Radware's Application Front-End content acceleration and compression capabilities further improve response time to Computershare's clients and enable Computershare to gradually scale their infrastructure according to their capacity growth.

Impact #1	Computershare was able to enhance their SSL capacity to 35,000 TPS at each site.
Impact #2	The company was able to add servers and sites as needed, allowing for cost-effective scalability while protecting their current investment.
Impact #3	The deployment of Radware’s APSolute Application Front-End Solution at Computershare’s worldwide sites provides a complete business optimization solution.

Impact #1

Computershare was able to enhance their SSL capacity to 35,000 TPS at each site.

Impact #2

The company was able to add servers and sites as needed, allowing for cost-effective scalability while protecting their current investment.

Impact #3

The deployment of Radware’s APSolute Application Front-End Solution at Computershare’s worldwide sites provides a complete business optimization solution.

Benefit #1	Enhanced SSL capacity to 35,000 TPS at each site.
Benefit #2	Enabled gradual scaling of infrastructure according to capacity growth.

Benefit #1

Enhanced SSL capacity to 35,000 TPS at each site.

Benefit #2

Enabled gradual scaling of infrastructure according to capacity growth.

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Computershare Online Financial Services Go Global with Radware

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