Case Studies
Centralized Account Authentication
One of the Largest Brokerage Firms in the US Reduces Mainframe Costs by $7 Million Dollars
Customer
One of the Largest Brokerage Firms in the US
Business Challenge
The bank wanted to build a centralized account authorization mechanism for applications supporting multiple languages with low latency & high performance.
They required:
- An always-on account authorization with low-latency response times for the growing number of users from new mobile applications
- A solution to reduce queries from mainframe, to lower TCO
- Centralized account information from various databases
Technical Challenge
- Millisecond business requirements
- Mission critical availability
- Elastic scalability
- Ability to support multiple applications, and handle large amount of mobile users
Solution
GigaSpaces in-memory real-time data and analytics platform delivered a seamless, always-on, millisecond response times for a superb customer experience specifically from the growing usage from mobile applications.
- Seamlessly integrated with existing mainframe
- Provided elastic scalability for growing and peak loads
- Microservices architecture powered fast-to-market modern services
Results
- Centralized account authorization information
- Reduction of $7 million annually on MIPS usage
- No downtime since deployment
- Excellent user experience for over 10 million users
- 1 TB data grid, stores accounts, user sessions, profiles