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Equens scales IBM CICS Transaction Gateway fast to win new revenue

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Process Control & Optimization
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Equens, a leading European payment processor, was approached by a key banking client who needed new payment capabilities for its online banking processes. The bank requested that Equens use the IBM CICS Transaction Gateway, which provides application programmers with proven APIs for integrating CICS with numerous application platforms. Equens knew that if it could not provide the desired solution, the bank would turn to one of Equens’ competitors. Therefore, the challenge was to test and implement the IBM CICS Transaction Gateway V9 solution to meet the bank's requirements. Read More
About Customer	Equens is one of the largest payment processors in Europe, specializing in the design, creation, and management of technology infrastructures and services for financial and central institutions in the area of payments. With an annual volume of 10.6 billion payment transactions in 2013, Equens clients benefit from its economies of scale and European market coverage. The company needed to develop and deliver both new payment functionalities and new payment solutions for its customers. A key banking client approached Equens to explore just how to do this. Read More
Solution	Equens agreed to test IBM CICS Transaction Gateway V9 solution on its IBM zEnterprise® EC12 and BC12 systems. The IT team engaged IBM Global Technology Services to run a proof-of-concept (POC) test. Within just a few weeks, the IBM solution demonstrated that it delivered scalability, security, and performance that more than met the bank’s requirements. The bank approved the solution within a week of the POC. Just six months after deployment, the scalability and flexibility of CICS Transaction Gateway enabled Equens to satisfy a different service request from another important customer quickly and successfully. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Process Control & Optimization

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Equens, a leading European payment processor, was approached by a key banking client who needed new payment capabilities for its online banking processes. The bank requested that Equens use the IBM CICS Transaction Gateway, which provides application programmers with proven APIs for integrating CICS with numerous application platforms. Equens knew that if it could not provide the desired solution, the bank would turn to one of Equens’ competitors. Therefore, the challenge was to test and implement the IBM CICS Transaction Gateway V9 solution to meet the bank's requirements.

About Customer

Equens is one of the largest payment processors in Europe, specializing in the design, creation, and management of technology infrastructures and services for financial and central institutions in the area of payments. With an annual volume of 10.6 billion payment transactions in 2013, Equens clients benefit from its economies of scale and European market coverage. The company needed to develop and deliver both new payment functionalities and new payment solutions for its customers. A key banking client approached Equens to explore just how to do this.

Solution

Equens agreed to test IBM CICS Transaction Gateway V9 solution on its IBM zEnterprise® EC12 and BC12 systems. The IT team engaged IBM Global Technology Services to run a proof-of-concept (POC) test. Within just a few weeks, the IBM solution demonstrated that it delivered scalability, security, and performance that more than met the bank’s requirements. The bank approved the solution within a week of the POC. Just six months after deployment, the scalability and flexibility of CICS Transaction Gateway enabled Equens to satisfy a different service request from another important customer quickly and successfully.

Impact #1	The IBM solution demonstrated that it delivered scalability, security, and performance that more than met the bank’s requirements.
Impact #2	The bank approved the solution within a week of the POC.
Impact #3	Just six months after deployment, the scalability and flexibility of CICS Transaction Gateway enabled Equens to satisfy a different service request from another important customer quickly and successfully.

Impact #1

The IBM solution demonstrated that it delivered scalability, security, and performance that more than met the bank’s requirements.

Impact #2

The bank approved the solution within a week of the POC.

Impact #3

Just six months after deployment, the scalability and flexibility of CICS Transaction Gateway enabled Equens to satisfy a different service request from another important customer quickly and successfully.

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Equens scales IBM CICS Transaction Gateway fast to win new revenue

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