Flexible physical layer infrastructure ensures VUB keeps pace with the future
Originally established as the Slovak Republic state financial institution in 1990, Všeobecná úverová banka (VUB) was privatized in 2001 with the majority stake being acquired by the Italian banking group, Intesa Sanpaolo (formerly IntesaBCI). VUB is one of the largest banks in Slovakia and the only universal bank with a licence to provide the entire range of banking services to the general public, corporate and institutional customers. With 1.2 Million clients and around 4,000 employees, the bank focuses on mortgage and consumer loans, deposit and payment products and services, corporate banking and foreign trade financing. These are provided through an extensive sales network including 193 retail branches, 7 Magnifica centres and 32 corporate branches, designated for small and medium enterprises. In addition, VUB bank operates 11 mortgage centres, specialised in comprehensive housing finance services.
Project requirements:
- Provide a high quality standards based universal physical layer infrastructure for Bank’s campus and production data centers
- Ensure high reliability and long term ease of maintenance
- Enable optimized IT systems performance and higher cooling efficiencies in data centers
- Allow faster moves, adds and changes of IT assets