The technology provider said that its Storage Area Network (SAN) and Virtualization solutions will be key components in achieving CBQ’s requirement of a quick Recovery Time Objective (RTO) for bank’s applications.
The solution implemented comprises EMC’s Symmetrix V-Max, CLARiiON, and data momain systems.
The Symmetrix VMAX system introduces a scale-out architecture created to match the future growth demands of virtual IT environments. Commercial Bank of Qatar was the first bank to adopt the V-Max Technology in Qatar.
The three phase project included a six-month consultation period during which EMC executives made a detailed assessment of the bank’s infrastructure and put the design to converge it to technologies such as virtualization and private cloud.
Through this deployment, the CBQ will be able to take advantage of server virtualization capabilities to further advance its high availability and strengthen its IT platform.
CBQ principal technology officer Rafed Al-Ani said that the bank now will be able to move applications to a different hardware (while the application is running and even during business hours) without incurring downtime.
"Moving to private cloud computing gives our applications resiliency over hardware problems. The same technology allows us to switch to our backup site quickly if needed," Al-Ani said.
EMC regional director for North Gulf, Levant & Pakistan area Habib Mahakian said that EMC’s technology will further improve and support the information infrastructure of the Commercial Bank of Qatar to help them achieve the customer services goals as well as their growth plans.
CBQ is a financial institution with a deposit base of QR31.9bn and a network of 32 full service branches and 144 ATMs across the Peninsula state.
