Rechenzentrale Bayerischer Genossenschaften eG (rbg)

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rbg Consolidates Server Environment with PRIMEPOWER

Thirty-six years of IT experience speaks clearly for rbg (Rechenzentrale Bayerischer Genossenschaften eG), but rbg can point to more than experience. Thanks to its expertise, it also enjoys a broad base of trust, a fact reflected in the number of banks it supports (421). Some 800 employees are the backbone of a range of services that ensures smooth and efficient business processes for the connected banks. The most recent example of rbg's constant adaptation of services to the dynamic demands of the financial sector is its decision to increase UNIX resources at its data center in Nuremberg. Two high-end PRIMEPOWER 2000 models from Fujitsu Siemens Computers are being deployed there.

Forward Looking Action

Forward-looking strategies have always been a hallmark of the actions of those in charge at rbg. In 1997, rbg was the first cooperative data center to offer its partners online banking on the Internet. Today, more than one million accounts are registered with several million transactions and queries each month. It has created one of the country's largest malls in the shape of the virtual shopping center. And VR-Web is now used by over 183,000 customers to access the Internet. These are all examples of change that the data center has addressed by constantly expanding the necessary IT infrastructure and computing power.

Change at the data center: Focus on platform independence

In the face of growing requirements and data volumes, the data center is undergoing a change that, as the customer magazine rbg aktuell comments, is causing the earlier rigidity of its hardware to "burst like a bubble": focusing on platform independence.