Radware Case Studies Providing High Availability to Produban’s Customers

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Providing High Availability to Produban’s Customers

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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	Produban, one of the largest banks in Mexico, was facing a significant challenge as their business expanded. They needed an on-demand solution for computing resources and processing power. They required a flexible application delivery solution to deploy their online banking business and provide load balancing capabilities in the data center. While cost was very important to Produban, the solution also needed to provide a quick install with minimal service disruption for its clients. Internet banking is one of Produban’s most important business channels, handling more than 1.5 million transactions per hour and 300K concurrent users. In order to eliminate these challenges and ensure application availability for their customers, Produban pursued solutions from some of the industry’s top security companies. Read More
About Customer	Produban Mexico, part of the Santander Group, has been providing banking infrastructure services including auditing, consulting and information technology to more than 800,000 customers since 2004. Headquartered in Madrid, Produban employs 8,000 workers in more than 13 countries, making it one of the largest banks in Mexico. Providing financial services to individuals, companies, and institutions, Produban has almost 6,000 servers in a web 2.0 architecture that offers services for customer-facing applications as well as back office applications. Read More
Solution	After five months of searching, Produban solicited Radware solutions to enable horizontal growth and create high availability for their online banking system. Produban deployed 14 Radware AppDirectors in active-standby to support important business channels on each device. The solution provided high availability and uninterrupted service to all of Produban’s platforms and offered the company flexibility to grow over time. In addition to the reliable support and commitment that has been provided, Radware products offered an easy deployment and competitively priced solution. 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

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Produban, one of the largest banks in Mexico, was facing a significant challenge as their business expanded. They needed an on-demand solution for computing resources and processing power. They required a flexible application delivery solution to deploy their online banking business and provide load balancing capabilities in the data center. While cost was very important to Produban, the solution also needed to provide a quick install with minimal service disruption for its clients. Internet banking is one of Produban’s most important business channels, handling more than 1.5 million transactions per hour and 300K concurrent users. In order to eliminate these challenges and ensure application availability for their customers, Produban pursued solutions from some of the industry’s top security companies.

About Customer

Produban Mexico, part of the Santander Group, has been providing banking infrastructure services including auditing, consulting and information technology to more than 800,000 customers since 2004. Headquartered in Madrid, Produban employs 8,000 workers in more than 13 countries, making it one of the largest banks in Mexico. Providing financial services to individuals, companies, and institutions, Produban has almost 6,000 servers in a web 2.0 architecture that offers services for customer-facing applications as well as back office applications.

Solution

After five months of searching, Produban solicited Radware solutions to enable horizontal growth and create high availability for their online banking system. Produban deployed 14 Radware AppDirectors in active-standby to support important business channels on each device. The solution provided high availability and uninterrupted service to all of Produban’s platforms and offered the company flexibility to grow over time. In addition to the reliable support and commitment that has been provided, Radware products offered an easy deployment and competitively priced solution.

Impact #1	Produban has achieved flexibility, high availability and the capability to grow on demand.
Impact #2	The deployment of Radware’s AppDirector solution was quick and easy with minimal effect on our customers.
Impact #3	Produban has achieved improved visibility which has allowed them to maintain service availability even during high transaction periods caused by external triggers.

Impact #1

Produban has achieved flexibility, high availability and the capability to grow on demand.

Impact #2

The deployment of Radware’s AppDirector solution was quick and easy with minimal effect on our customers.

Impact #3

Produban has achieved improved visibility which has allowed them to maintain service availability even during high transaction periods caused by external triggers.

Benefit #1	Handling more than 1.5 million transactions per hour
Benefit #2	Serving 300K concurrent users

Benefit #1

Handling more than 1.5 million transactions per hour

Benefit #2

Serving 300K concurrent users

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Providing High Availability to Produban’s Customers

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