According to IBM, its business partner De Novo will supply Pravex-Bank a data center and IT infrastructure hosting site that meets international data center security standards.
In addition, the new data center will ensure smooth processing of card operations, servicing of customers accounts, and mobile and online banking for Pravex-Bank.
Pravex-Bank’s new data center will be based on an IBM Power 780 server running AIX to support database servers, an IBM BladeCenter H chassis with 11 HS22 blade servers to run a reporting and accounting application, an IBM System Storage DS5300 disk storage system, and an IBM System Storage TS3310 tape library.
IBM Systems Director and Tivoli Storage Manager will be used for server infrastructure and data storage systems management. The data center will support the new automated banking system.
Pravex-Bank chairman of the Supervisory Board Silvio Pedrazzi said Pravex-Bank’s new core IT system, the new data processing center, as well as strong training and development of human resources, are key tools of this strategy. Moreover, it confirms Intesa Sanpaolo and Pravex’s commitment to contribute, according to their corporate social responsibility principles, to the economic development of Ukraine.
Pravex-Bank has more than 400 branches serving over 1,000,000 clients across Ukraine. In 2008, the Bank became a member of Intesa Sanpaolo Group.
