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SPECTRUM-Modified
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Domain: Retail Banking
Category: Product Migration
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Client Description:
Client delivers advanced technology solutions to more than 310 credit unions located throughout the United Slates. According to Callahan data, client serves more of the top 50, top 100 and top 200 U.S. credit unions than any other core-processing provider The Client system supports more than $55 billion of credit union assets and the financial services requirements for more than 8.6 million credit union members located around the world.
Its product, SPECTRUM is a modular software application that automates virtually every aspect of a credit union from image processing to on-line loan application, mortgage lending to integrated general ledger fixed assets to shares, lending, collections, certificates. EFT transactions, audio response, voice response, ATM processing, ACH processing, shared branching, disaster recovery, asset/liability management connectivity and more.
SPECTRUM operates on Hewlett Packard HP3000 computer systems. CLIENT is the only Hewlett Packard Premier Service Partner (PSPJ serving the credit union industry. This prestigious designation is awarded to CLIENT based on the excellence of company, product and staff ? all exceed HP's rigid standards of excellence.
Solution:
Our Partner with its extensive expertise on both the HP3000 (Source) and Java platforms (Destination), was able to recommend an attractive cost-effective and time-bound solution to SIS by
leveraging its offshore centers. Our partner set up a team of both source and destination experts along with domain experts to undertake the migration. The team, after reverse-engineering the Reactor code, implemented the required functionalities using Java. In addition to the existing functionality, Our partner provided the following additional features:
- Authentication and Access control
- Role-based access control will be enforced at screen-level granularity
- Features to add and administer users
- Online Help
- Automated test cases
On its own initiative. BSl deputed a consultant to SIS in order to streamline the following:
- Local interface between SIS and BSl
- Facilitate the SDS review process
- Participate in the framework design with SIS representative and ensure that the required components are made available to the offshore team in a timely manner
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Requirement :
With HP announcing the end-of-life for its HP3000 range of servers. SIS had to roll out a migration plan for all its installed base in order to ensure that this event has no impact to their banking operations. In addition, SIS also started porting all its front-office applications from a standard HP3000 terminal based screen to GUI. Its most critical and largest module, Modified, provided the interfaces to manage the data components that defined a client's operational aspects and business rules. Modified was earlier implemented on the now-obsolete Speed ware Reactor software. Modified consisted of over 200 screens managing over 150 Turbo mage datasets. SIS wanted this module to be migrated to Java and HP-Eloquence on HP-UX platform in the shortest timeframe possible so as to enable them to meet their migration plans effectively. Cost was another consideration for SIS. In order to ensure that the existing clients remained loyal, the cost of migrating them was to be kept as low as possible. As such, this was an investment on their part which would be realized only from new product sales.
Key Success Factors:
- Weekly telecon with Senior Management representation on both sides to facilitate decision making and resolve critical issues impacting the schedule
- Deputation of 8SI consultant to SIS to provide local interface
- Timely injection of Java architects into the team to take over the framework design and development
- Open Communication at both ends
- Cross-platform skills of the offshore team
- Provision of both target (HP9000) and source (HP3000) infrastructure which is a key factor in any migration
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