IBM Case Studies EVERTEC Ensures leaner, faster processing for billions of transactions

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EVERTEC Ensures leaner, faster processing for billions of transactions

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Middleware & Microservices Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Edge Computing & Edge Intelligence Process Control & Optimization Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	EVERTEC processes more than 2.1 billion transactions annually, and manages an extensive electronic payment network. With its services underpinning essential operations at a range of financial institutions, merchants and government agencies, EVERTEC must ensure fast, secure and effective processing around the clock. In the past, EVERTEC used a distributed platform to support a number of its transaction processing systems. As the company’s payment network expanded over the years, the expense and effort of maintaining the underlying computing infrastructure increased substantially. As the server landscape grew in size and complexity, operating costs were threatening to spiral out of control. In addition, they were starting to reach full capacity, leaving no room for growth, and they suffered from low resource utilization, which impacted performance. Read More
About Customer	EVERTEC, Inc. provides a broad range of merchant acquiring, payment processing and business process management services across Latin America and the Caribbean. Based in Puerto Rico, the company offers a comprehensive suite of services for core bank processing, cash processing and technology outsourcing. EVERTEC processes more than 2.1 billion transactions annually, and manages an extensive electronic payment network. With its services underpinning essential operations at a range of financial institutions, merchants and government agencies, EVERTEC must ensure fast, secure and effective processing around the clock. Read More
Solution	EVERTEC seized the opportunity to migrate a number of core Oracle databases from its distributed platform to a virtualized SUSE Linux Enterprise Server environment, running on the System z platform. EVERTEC started by migrating a number of Oracle databases supporting key financial applications to its mainframe environment, which features two IBM zEnterprise EC12 (zEC12) systems, set up in a clustered configuration for high availability. To date, the company has migrated approximately 40 databases to the zEC12, and ultimately plans to bring its entire Oracle landscape onto the mainframe. EVERTEC also takes advantage of IBM zEC12 to provide a reliable foundation for hosting multiple clients’ systems. Here, the System z platform offers an ideal environment for keeping client data and applications safe and accessible around the clock. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Middleware & Microservices

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Edge Computing & Edge Intelligence

Process Control & Optimization

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

EVERTEC processes more than 2.1 billion transactions annually, and manages an extensive electronic payment network. With its services underpinning essential operations at a range of financial institutions, merchants and government agencies, EVERTEC must ensure fast, secure and effective processing around the clock. In the past, EVERTEC used a distributed platform to support a number of its transaction processing systems. As the company’s payment network expanded over the years, the expense and effort of maintaining the underlying computing infrastructure increased substantially. As the server landscape grew in size and complexity, operating costs were threatening to spiral out of control. In addition, they were starting to reach full capacity, leaving no room for growth, and they suffered from low resource utilization, which impacted performance.

About Customer

EVERTEC, Inc. provides a broad range of merchant acquiring, payment processing and business process management services across Latin America and the Caribbean. Based in Puerto Rico, the company offers a comprehensive suite of services for core bank processing, cash processing and technology outsourcing. EVERTEC processes more than 2.1 billion transactions annually, and manages an extensive electronic payment network. With its services underpinning essential operations at a range of financial institutions, merchants and government agencies, EVERTEC must ensure fast, secure and effective processing around the clock.

Solution

EVERTEC seized the opportunity to migrate a number of core Oracle databases from its distributed platform to a virtualized SUSE Linux Enterprise Server environment, running on the System z platform. EVERTEC started by migrating a number of Oracle databases supporting key financial applications to its mainframe environment, which features two IBM zEnterprise EC12 (zEC12) systems, set up in a clustered configuration for high availability. To date, the company has migrated approximately 40 databases to the zEC12, and ultimately plans to bring its entire Oracle landscape onto the mainframe. EVERTEC also takes advantage of IBM zEC12 to provide a reliable foundation for hosting multiple clients’ systems. Here, the System z platform offers an ideal environment for keeping client data and applications safe and accessible around the clock.

Impact #1	Delivers top levels of performance and reliability needed to keep critical systems running around the clock.
Impact #2	Faster provisioning boosts business agility.
Impact #3	Saves costs through virtualization.

Impact #1

Delivers top levels of performance and reliability needed to keep critical systems running around the clock.

Impact #2

Faster provisioning boosts business agility.

Impact #3

Saves costs through virtualization.

Benefit #1	Processes more than 2.1 billion transactions annually.
Benefit #2	Migrated approximately 40 databases to the zEC12.

Benefit #1

Processes more than 2.1 billion transactions annually.

Benefit #2

Migrated approximately 40 databases to the zEC12.

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EVERTEC Ensures leaner, faster processing for billions of transactions

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