Raiffeisenbank: how to integrate Salesforce with the bank's internal systems

Raiffeisenbank: how to integrate Salesforce with the bank's internal systems

The need to link the communication of internal company systems with a third-party product is not unique. Our elegant cloud solution for Raiffeisenbank CZ is based on AWS serverless services, the GitOps concept and the Infrastructure as Code standard. Salesforce is calling Raiffeisenbank, get in touch Salesforce is a cloud platform focused on Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Like other companies, Raiffeisenbank CZ (RB)...

Merger of Raiffeisenbank & Equa bank | ORBIT

Raiffeisenbank & Equa bank merger: we have cut off the infrastructure stream

In winter 2020/2021 Raiffeisenbank Czech Republic acquired Equa bank. At the same time, an absolutely unique transformation project in the Czech environment was launched, in which another 488,000 Raiffeisenbank clients were to be added to the 820,000. This is a very quick look back at our contribution. Spring 2021: Raiffeisenbank infrastructure transformation Tomas Roubíček and his team took responsibility for the infrastructure stream of the merger of Raiffeisenbank and Equa bank....

Raiffeisenbank: why does capacity planning pay?

Raiffeisenbank: why does capacity planning pay?

Czech Raiffeisenbank needed to gain maximum control over the capacity planning of its VMware platform. On the one hand, there was a need to find savings over individual clusters and virtual machines, on the other hand there was a requirement to ensure high availability. How did we cope with this and what did the capacity planning bring to the customer in particular? Time for capacity planning As already mentioned, Raiffesenbank's VMware farm configuration did not provide...

Migration of Volkswagen data centre | ORBIT

Volkswagen financial services: how to plan and move DC

One weekend and it was done. No hitches, no consequences and 6 hours faster than planned. The client could finally breathe a sigh of relief - 18 months of analysis, optimization and testing had paid off. Judge for yourself what a lot of patience and care the migration of the Volkswagen datacenter (and elsewhere) takes. MOVING FOR A BETTER STANDARD Volkswagen Financial Services (VWFS), also known as ŠkoFIN, specialises in sales support...

O2 & Network datacentre consolidation | ORBIT

O2: How to properly consolidate a network datacenter

When it comes to deciding how to consolidate the data centre of a telecommunications giant that operates nearly eight million mobile and fixed lines, provides internet connections and operates digital TV broadcasting, you really need a lot of information, experience and courage. This case study is about one such decision. AN ARCHITECT IS BEING SOUGHT. NO MORE Infrastructure spread across multiple sites, different hardware ages and running on different platforms....

Czech Insurance Company & Data Centre Relocation | ORBIT

Česká pojišt'ovna: How to move 1300 servers to Italy

FAST FACTS BACKGROUND At the beginning of the project, Generali Group decided to centralise its IT infrastructure from six countries in a data centre in Italy. The IT team of Česká pojišt'ovna (now Generali Česká pojišt'ovna) thus needed to analyse about 1,150 applications, virtual desktops of about 14,000 users and data centres with more than 1,300 servers in a short time. As the supplier of the data centre relocation study with the appropriate...

Kooperativa & Mobile and Data Security | ORBIT

Co-operative: How to secure mobile devices and data

OUTSIDE The Kooperativa insurance company's sales network consists of over 3,000 salespeople who spend most of their time in the field dealing with clients and concluding contracts. At the same time, salespeople need secure and easy access to company applications and data, anytime, anywhere and from any mobile device. The corporate IT department must therefore adequately secure all data and devices against any discredit. The ambitious task of finding the right mix of technologies to meet...

Raiffeisenbank & IT consolidation and virtualization | ORBIT

Raiffeisenbank: concept of IT consolidation and virtualization

FAST FACTS BACKGROUND Information and communications technology is a strategic tool for a successful bank with rapidly growing revenues to grow and prosper. Raiffeisenbank anticipated that the planned centralisation of its IT infrastructure would help achieve business objectives, improve resource utilisation, increase SLAs and reduce operating costs. To validate these assumptions, determine the right target and plan the sub-steps of the eventual project, the bank commissioned ORBIT to perform a strategic analysis....

Erste Group: how to outsource license management for 15 entities and 8 countries

Erste Group: how to outsource license management for 15 entities and 8 countries

FAST FACTS OUTSIDE The Erste Group Banking Group purchases a huge number of VMware technology licenses. Managing their purchase is administratively demanding and places high demands on perfect knowledge of the manufacturer's licensing policy. The company therefore already launched a tender for the central supply of VMware technology two years ago, which was won by ORBIT, which then succeeded also with the intention of concluding a corporate contract with the supplier...

Generali: How to involve thousands of users in a project

Generali: How to involve thousands of users in a project

Fast Facts OUTSIDE The Generali Group (today Generali Česká pojišt'ovna) radically transformed its IT infrastructure in 2015-2016, which included moving the data centres of all parts of the holding to Italy. The company's management, together with ORBIT, which was involved in the project, identified the need to communicate this change to IT users for whom the project did not generate direct added value. The aim was to design and implement an appropriate strategy,...

OLMA & Server Infrastructure Innovation | ORBIT

OLMA: Modernisation of IT infrastructure as an opportunity for savings

OUTLOOK The recently completed modernisation of operations and the successful completion of several acquisitions of the dairy company OLMA brought with it the need to innovate and modernise the company's IT environment. The company decided to embark on a transformation project changing the concept and the way IT is operated in order to guarantee its constant availability, technological stability in 7×24 mode, a high level of security and to minimize IT administration costs. EXISTING CONDITION The result...