Moving to Cisco UCS gives Zanaco virtual compute platform for sustainable growth.

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Challenge
As soon as Dutch banking giant Rabobank took a majority share in Zanaco, an
expansion program was launched. Yet the company didn’t have the right computing
platform. Mwangala Muyoyeta Palale, Head of IT, says. “There were issues with
power and systems going out of support. As a result we were spending more and
more time on repairs.”
Solution
Zanaco is one of Zambia’s top banks. It leads the way in areas such as automated
teller machines and Internet banking. No surprise then that it also sought a leading
compute platform and chose Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®).
The way VMware is bundled with UCS enabled the bank to achieve the virtualization
levels it wanted from the best cost standpoint. The main data center was upgraded
with Cisco UCS, ASA security devices, and Nexus switches.
“This was a vital project for the bank. The flexible solution and our experience with
Cisco meant it went smoothly,” says Jonah Chege of Seven Seas Technology, which
ran the project.
Results
Once the old hardware is fully replaced, with about 50 percent less servers, the
bank expects to improve service. Dennis Nkula says: “It’s easier to run and we
spend less time fixing things.”
Manlio D’Alessandro, Director of Corporate Support, sums up: “For us to bring down
our cost-to-income ratio, we need to bring down OpEx. Now we’re a lot more
efficient and on track to do that.”
Customer Case Study
African Bank Halves Data Center Size
Moving to Cisco UCS gives Zanaco virtual compute platform for sustainable growth
Customer Name: Zambia National
Commercial Bank (Zanaco)
Industry: Financial services
Location: Zambia
Number of Employees: 1500
Challenge
• Create IT platform for growth
• Simplify admin and upgrade compute
Solution
• Cisco Unified Data Center
Results
• Cut servers by 50 percent
• Less cost and greater efficiency
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2. “For us to bring down our
cost-to-income ratio, we
need to bring down OpEx.
We’re a lot more efficient
and on track to do that.”
Manlio D’Alessandro
Director of Corporate Support
Zambia National Commercial Bank
Customer Case Study
For More Information
To learn more about the Cisco solutions featured in this case study, please visit:
www.cisco.com/go/datacenter and www.cisco.com/go/ucs
Product List
Data Center
•• Cisco Unified Computing System
–– UCS B200 M3 Blade Servers
–– UCS C240 M3 Rack Servers
Routing and Switching
•• Nexus 1000V, 5548UP, and 7000 Series Switches
•• Nexus 2232 Fabric Extenders
•• Catalyst 3560 and Catalyst 6509 Switches
•• MDS 9148 Multilayer Fabric Switches
•• 3925 Integrated Services Routers
Fabric Interconnects
•• UCS 6248UP Fabric Interconnects
Security
•• ASA 5555-X Adaptive Security Appliances
Virtualization
•• VMware vSphere
•• Microsoft Hyper-V
Storage
•• NetApp
•• Dell EqualLogic
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