Soneri Bank Limited (SBL) attained the milestone of being the first bank in Pakistan to install Intel Itanium-2 processor based servers in its data centre for the new core banking software application to achieve 64 bit processing performance. The hi-tech leap was made possible by deploying Itanium-2 processor-based HP integrity servers RX 4640's (8-way systems) acquired by the bank through Premier Systems, the distributors for HP in Pakistan.
The deployment ceremony for the new software application was held at the bank's data centre in Karachi.
Speaking at the occasion, Safar Ali Lakhani, President, Soneri Bank Limited said, "Through this enhancement in our infrastructure we intend to serve our customers more efficiently and provide them with more efficient alternative delivery channels of electronic banking."
Arshad Raza, CEO Premier Systems stated, "This scalable solution shall enable Soneri Bank to achieve manifold its operational performance and reduce total cost of ownership through a centralised architecture. It is always a pleasure to work with service conscious organisations."-PR