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INFINITY




          AVAILABILITY SERVICES                                                                      Infinity – Cloud
                                                                                                     brings growth
          CASE STudY                                                                                 opportunities




    “We continually strive to          Business problem
     offer our customers the           Infinity required an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider that could
                                       ensure continuous uptime and the secure storage of its customers’ highly
 best solutions possible and           sensitive data to assist with compliance to European data regulations.
 our information technology
                                       Solution
infrastructure plays a crucial
                                       SunGard Availability Services’ fully-managed, enterprise-class private
 role in making this happen.           cloud-based IaaS.
 We needed a provider that             Business benefits
   could deliver the security,         Infinity now has a resilient, secure and scalable infrastructure from which
    resilience and uptime for          its platform and all of its Software as a Service (SaaS) customers can operate.

 our back-end infrastructure
                                       Infinity is part of SunGard Availability Services’ sister
      that our clients expect.”        company, SunGard Financial Systems, which provides
                  Mats Lillienberg
          chief technology officer
                                       software and IT services to institutions across the
                            Infinity   financial services industry. Its systems support the
                                       accounting and management of more than $25 trillion
                                       in invested assets, and process more than five million
                                       trades each day. Infinity provides the technology upon
                                       which their customers’ SaaS solutions are hosted.
INFINITY
        Infinity – Cloud brings growth opportunities                                                                               CASE STudY         2




Some of Infinity’s new SaaS customers are based in Europe,                       “The financial argument for investing in
including the UK. As a consequence, these European
customers require assurance that the Infinity platform
                                                                                  a private enterprise-cloud model was
adheres to data governance regulations, such as the EU                            very persuasive. We have saved a huge
Data Directive, which states that all European data must
be stored within Europe. Previously, Infinity’s entire data
                                                                                  amount of money compared to what
centre infrastructure was located in the USA, therefore it                        this would have cost to do in-house.”
was necessary to find an IaaS provider whose service was                                                                         Mats Lillienberg
able to support EU regulatory compliance and also had                                                                    chief technology officer
the scale, flexibility and resilience to manage the continual                                                                              Infinity
growth in demand for Infinity’s platform services.
Infinity recognised that, with businesses becoming                               SunGard’s enterprise-class private cloud service model is
increasingly concerned with the security of their outsourced                     able to manage the ever-changing amounts of processing
data, they needed to provide their SaaS customers with                           power needed to support Infinity’s customers’ day-to-day
a solution that would deliver greater transparency and                           transactions. As its business continues to grow, Infinity
control of data. Therefore, SunGard’s enterprise-class                           remains flexible in a highly competitive marketplace with
private cloud approach to back-end infrastructure was                            access to scalable compute, storage, security, network and
a very attractive proposition.                                                   internet protocol (IP) services.
Along with security and compliance, it was also important                        SunGard’s cloud-based IaaS helps enable Infinity to
for Infinity to source a service that did not require a significant              present its customers with a highly resilient and secure
capital investment and would be cost-efficient given the                         platform. The ability to leverage the cloud to provide
current financial climate.                                                       SaaS solutions to all European customers has helped to
                                                                                 increase Infinity’s competitive edge and target market.
                                 Given the sensitive nature
                                 of the data processed                           Importantly, Infinity can now offer its customers the assurance
                                 by Infinity’s financial                         that European data regulations can be met as its cloud
                                 services customers, it is                       infrastructure is physically hosted inside Europe. Compliance
                                 essential that Infinity can                     to European data storage regulations ensures that Infinity can
                                 verify its private cloud                        continue to support the growth of its existing customer base
                                 infrastructure’s security                       and provides a solid platform as Infinity looks to expand into
                                 and resilience can match its                    European markets.
                                 customer’s own exacting
                                                                                 By selecting SunGard’s enterprise-class private cloud
                                 standards. Infinity chose
                                                                                 service, Infinity has increased its agility and scalability,
                                 SunGard’s private cloud
                                                                                 able to grow its infrastructure capabilities in response to
                                 service as it offers high
                                                                                 demand. This plays a significant role in enabling Infinity to
                                 availability and resilient
                                                                                 maintain its competitive edge in an increasingly fast-moving
                                 connectivity as standard.
                                                                                 marketplace. Mats Lillienberg, chief technology officer for
SunGard’s enterprise-class data centre infrastructure
                                                                                 Infinity, comments, “We recognised that in order for our
is well recognised as part of five decades of heritage
                                                                                 customers to be able to utilise true cloud-based, SaaS solutions
in Information Availability.
                                                                                 while minimising their operational risk, we needed to re-assure
The level of upfront investment required was another key                         them that we had the secure cloud infrastructure in place
consideration for Infinity. Not only was SunGard’s cloud                         to protect their data at all times. Now, thanks to SunGard
offering competitively priced, its OpEx model eradicated                         Availability Services’ private cloud offering, we are able to
the need for Infinity to expend capital purchasing their                         offer fully scalable, secure, high performance computing.”
own IT infrastructure and hiring additional staff. Instead,
SunGard’s private cloud service supplied all the necessary
hardware and a team of technical specialists, available 24
hours a day, 365 days a year, to maintain the data centre.



                      united Kingdom & European Head Office, 12-13 Bracknell Beeches, Old Bracknell Lane West,
                      Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 7BW 0800 143 413 infoavail@sungard.com www.sungard.co.uk

© 2010 SunGard Availability Services (UK) Limited
SunGard and the SunGard logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the
US and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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SunGard Case Study Infinity

  • 1. INFINITY AVAILABILITY SERVICES Infinity – Cloud brings growth CASE STudY opportunities “We continually strive to Business problem offer our customers the Infinity required an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider that could ensure continuous uptime and the secure storage of its customers’ highly best solutions possible and sensitive data to assist with compliance to European data regulations. our information technology Solution infrastructure plays a crucial SunGard Availability Services’ fully-managed, enterprise-class private role in making this happen. cloud-based IaaS. We needed a provider that Business benefits could deliver the security, Infinity now has a resilient, secure and scalable infrastructure from which resilience and uptime for its platform and all of its Software as a Service (SaaS) customers can operate. our back-end infrastructure Infinity is part of SunGard Availability Services’ sister that our clients expect.” company, SunGard Financial Systems, which provides Mats Lillienberg chief technology officer software and IT services to institutions across the Infinity financial services industry. Its systems support the accounting and management of more than $25 trillion in invested assets, and process more than five million trades each day. Infinity provides the technology upon which their customers’ SaaS solutions are hosted.
  • 2. INFINITY Infinity – Cloud brings growth opportunities CASE STudY 2 Some of Infinity’s new SaaS customers are based in Europe, “The financial argument for investing in including the UK. As a consequence, these European customers require assurance that the Infinity platform a private enterprise-cloud model was adheres to data governance regulations, such as the EU very persuasive. We have saved a huge Data Directive, which states that all European data must be stored within Europe. Previously, Infinity’s entire data amount of money compared to what centre infrastructure was located in the USA, therefore it this would have cost to do in-house.” was necessary to find an IaaS provider whose service was Mats Lillienberg able to support EU regulatory compliance and also had chief technology officer the scale, flexibility and resilience to manage the continual Infinity growth in demand for Infinity’s platform services. Infinity recognised that, with businesses becoming SunGard’s enterprise-class private cloud service model is increasingly concerned with the security of their outsourced able to manage the ever-changing amounts of processing data, they needed to provide their SaaS customers with power needed to support Infinity’s customers’ day-to-day a solution that would deliver greater transparency and transactions. As its business continues to grow, Infinity control of data. Therefore, SunGard’s enterprise-class remains flexible in a highly competitive marketplace with private cloud approach to back-end infrastructure was access to scalable compute, storage, security, network and a very attractive proposition. internet protocol (IP) services. Along with security and compliance, it was also important SunGard’s cloud-based IaaS helps enable Infinity to for Infinity to source a service that did not require a significant present its customers with a highly resilient and secure capital investment and would be cost-efficient given the platform. The ability to leverage the cloud to provide current financial climate. SaaS solutions to all European customers has helped to increase Infinity’s competitive edge and target market. Given the sensitive nature of the data processed Importantly, Infinity can now offer its customers the assurance by Infinity’s financial that European data regulations can be met as its cloud services customers, it is infrastructure is physically hosted inside Europe. Compliance essential that Infinity can to European data storage regulations ensures that Infinity can verify its private cloud continue to support the growth of its existing customer base infrastructure’s security and provides a solid platform as Infinity looks to expand into and resilience can match its European markets. customer’s own exacting By selecting SunGard’s enterprise-class private cloud standards. Infinity chose service, Infinity has increased its agility and scalability, SunGard’s private cloud able to grow its infrastructure capabilities in response to service as it offers high demand. This plays a significant role in enabling Infinity to availability and resilient maintain its competitive edge in an increasingly fast-moving connectivity as standard. marketplace. Mats Lillienberg, chief technology officer for SunGard’s enterprise-class data centre infrastructure Infinity, comments, “We recognised that in order for our is well recognised as part of five decades of heritage customers to be able to utilise true cloud-based, SaaS solutions in Information Availability. while minimising their operational risk, we needed to re-assure The level of upfront investment required was another key them that we had the secure cloud infrastructure in place consideration for Infinity. Not only was SunGard’s cloud to protect their data at all times. Now, thanks to SunGard offering competitively priced, its OpEx model eradicated Availability Services’ private cloud offering, we are able to the need for Infinity to expend capital purchasing their offer fully scalable, secure, high performance computing.” own IT infrastructure and hiring additional staff. Instead, SunGard’s private cloud service supplied all the necessary hardware and a team of technical specialists, available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to maintain the data centre. united Kingdom & European Head Office, 12-13 Bracknell Beeches, Old Bracknell Lane West, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 7BW 0800 143 413 infoavail@sungard.com www.sungard.co.uk © 2010 SunGard Availability Services (UK) Limited SunGard and the SunGard logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the US and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. V1:07/10