DNS Bank deploys IBM PureSystems

BANGALORE, INDIA: Dombivli Nagari Sahakari (DNS) Bank has deployed IBM PureSystems to integrate its hardware, cloud capabilities, network management and virtualization.

Along with its partner Brisk Infovision, IBM provided a solution built on PureFlex and including System x, storage and WebSphere. This will allow the bank to expand its reach, gain new clients and reduce operational expenses by 10 per cent without increasing IT infrastructure footprint, says a release. DNS chose IBM over HP and Dell, adds the release.

"For DNS Bank, IBM provided the perfect platform to expand our mobile services such as Internet, mobile and SMS banking," said Milind Varerkar, head, IT, DNS Bank. "PureFlex provides the security, flexibility and integration capabilities we needed to leverage cloud technologies to rapidly and efficiently deliver these mobile services across cities and remote areas of Maharashtra, address completely new client segments and even allowed us to reduce power consumption by ten percent."

DNS Bank, headquartered in Dombivli in Mumbai, Maharashtra, operates more than Rs 3,750 crores ($ 695 million) of business in its 37 branches spread across 11 districts in Maharashtra. Established in 1970, today the bank serves more than 500,000 clients.

"Working with DNS Bank required a holistic approach to IT infrastructure that would match the bank's goal to provide a next generation of banking to its clients," said Rahul Bindal, Country Leader, PureSystems, Systems and Technology Group, IBM India South Asia. "IBM PureFlex allowed DNS to simplify their experience, increase overall performance, and significantly reduce operational and management costs."

The IBM PureSystems family offers clients an alternative to current enterprise computing models, where multiple and disparate systems require significant resources to set up and maintain, adds the release.