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Datacraft gives IT makeover to Lakshmi Vilas Bank

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BANGALORE, INDIA: Datacraft,  a provider in IT solutions and services, has today announced that  it has been given IT security infrastructure and datacentre upgrading project by Lakshmi Vilas bank.

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Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) is one of the most established banks in South India and has a network of 273 branches, one satellite branch and eight extension counters, spread over 16 states and the union territory of Pondicherry. With a strong focus on customer service, the bank has invested heavily in strengthening its IT infrastructure and service delivery over the past few years.

With further expansion in the plan, LVB has called upon Datacraft to upgrade its IT security infrastructure and datacenter. LVB realized that its existing infrastructure needed a complete overhaul in order to cope with rising traffic and meet high service level guarantees for a rapidly expanding customer base, said a press release.

“We have recently doubled our presence in other states and it was very critical to keep our IT infrastructure, expansion ready. RBI (or Reserve Bank of India) guidelines also call for end-to-end data security for all financial transactions and we wanted to ensure that the IT network backbone had the capacity to cope with increased demand,” said VS. Reddy, managing director for LVB.

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He further said that they were looking for a fault-tolerant, resilient, and highly available infrastructure which involved switching and routing, and security for all branches. In addition, it needed to accommodate future technology advancements with increasing customer base calling for the need to upgrade the datacentre,

“Datacraft had the requisite experience in the financial services sector and an in-depth understanding of deploying advanced Cisco solutions to implement this next-generation datacenter solution,” he added.

The contract required Datacraft to design and implement the datacenter upgrade as well as to provide ongoing support to ensure a high level of operational performance. As reliability and scalability are a challenge, MPLS-based network was deployed for all core connectivity, and using ISDN as a fallback.

“The Datacraft team adopted a consultative approach to identify the gaps in the existing network and security infrastructure, and provide a modular solution to fix the gaps by re-architecting the existing infrastructure. This has resulted in significant financial savings for the client,” said Sunil Manglore, CEO of Datacraft India.

“Our expertise in addressing the specific needs of the financial services industry is evident in the success of this project and the work done for other major banks in the country. Working closely with Cisco and other vendors, the team put together a solution that served to enhance LVB’s business efficiency, operations and services to its customers, whilst paving the way for future expansion throughout all its operations,” he concluded.