Manama, Bahrain – Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, today announced that Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB), the Kingdom of Bahrain’s leading provider of Islamic digital banking services, will standardize on Nutanix technology solutions to accelerate its digital transformation. I announced what I was doing. With Nutanix’s broad suite of solutions, we’ve increased the performance and availability of our critical workloads by 70% and increased backup speed by 90%, with backups now completing in minutes. Database provisioning time has also been reduced from 5 days to less than 1 hour, and maintenance resource requirements have also been reduced by 75%.
Building on its heritage as Bahrain’s first Islamic bank, Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB) continues to ‘challenge the everyday’ through innovation and continuous development. It is therefore no surprise that “digitalization” is one of the five pillars on which the bank builds its highly regarded brand. For BisB to be a pioneer in this field, we need to continually invest in our IT infrastructure, which is a solid foundation on which to build innovation. So when it became clear that traditional physical servers and storage were no longer meeting the bank’s high performance benchmarks and that maintenance was taking resources away from innovation, it was decided to overhaul the environment. I did.
Before deciding to invest in a complete solution that includes Nutanix Database-as-a-Service, the bank tested the technology to understand its powerful capabilities and experience first-hand its incredible performance and reliability. We’ve been running Nutanix in our environment for a year. (NDB), Nutanix File, Nutanix Data Protection, and Nutanix AHV.
A complete overhaul of our IT infrastructure using Nutanix significantly reduced the time required to provision databases. “It used to take up to five days to provision a database cluster, but now it can be up and running within an hour. So if a business unit wants to develop and test new applications, we can This ultimately means we can bring innovation to market faster,” said Ahmed Sami, Services and Delivery Lead at BisB.
Additionally, the bank, which once required up to four dedicated engineers to perform database provisioning, now only allocates one resource. “The impact on our ability to innovate is significant. These are valuable IT hours that can be redirected to higher-value initiatives that drive business growth,” said Sami.
Performance of critical workloads such as Microsoft SQL migrated to Nutanix has improved by 70%. Nutanix environments are now easier to manage and scale, eliminating the need for planned downtime.
The enhancements to banks’ backup and recovery capabilities have been quite impressive. With his 90% performance increase, the bank’s backup time has been reduced to just a few minutes. This exceeds regulatory requirements and gives customers confidence that their hard-earned funds are safe and protected from the threat of cyber-attacks.
The performance and manageability of Nutanix’s solution has impressed all BisB stakeholders, but for the IT team, the “best of Nutanix” shines through when faced with challenges with other vendors. Masu. Whether it’s our bank’s Oracle database or Microsoft database, Nutanix takes full responsibility for troubleshooting. So instead of multiple tickets and complex remediation efforts, IT teams now have a single support case that is quickly resolved by Nutanix’s world-class support team.
“Partnering with Nutanix was definitely the right decision for our bank. Their solutions and support will enable us to provide a seamless banking experience to our customers for the next 10 years,” said Sami. .
Ali Adel, database lead at BisB, echoed similar sentiments: We intend to fully standardize our infrastructure on Nutanix so you can get the value of other solutions available in our industry-leading portfolio. ”
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