“This is why we use grid computing, Intel Quad-Core processors, and SQL Server 2005. We need to provide the fastest computational environment we can because adding compute cycles improves model accuracy.”
- Joe Sass, Director of Product Strategy, ALM, SunGard BancWare.
Situation: With annual revenue exceeding U.S.$4 billion, SunGard is a global leader in software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector, serving more than 25,000 customer organizations in 50 countries. The company’s BancWare application suite provides financial institutions with modular, integrated solutions for asset/liability management, profitability, strategic planning, credit risk, operational risk, economic capital and regulatory compliance. BancWare ALM solutions are used by banks, mortgage and credit lenders, and other financial services institutions worldwide, providing the analytic tools and scalable processing power to enable rapid and complex calculations for better risk management decisions…
Solution: SunGard, working with partners Intel and Microsoft, conducted benchmark testing to determine the best ways to enhance scalability, which had encountered IO bottlenecks with previous attempts to grow the grid beyond 48 computing cores. Test loads were created simulating a balance sheet of 120,000 positions grouped into 1,700 portfolios (accounts), through 1,000 randomly generated interest rate paths. The databases were purposely selected based on the complexity of the business aim and balance sheet composition, which included large portfolios of structured mortgage and derivative products…
Find out more for SunGard
- Powered by Article Dashboard herb garden
- powered by SMF army general staff badge
- powered by SMF alaska consumer counseling credit
- Powered by Article Dashboard army general staff badge
- Powered by Article Dashboard growing herbs garden
- Powered by Article Dashboard alaska job listings
- powered by SMF bbc gardening
- powered by vBulletin army general counsel
Related Case Studies:
- Case Study for Advance Computing Pty Ltd Advance Computing Pty Ltd, based north of Melbourne in Australia,...
- Case Study on Payment Processing Solutions Payment Processing Solutions (PPS) is one of many lines of...
- Case Study about CCK Financial Solutions Ltd CCK Financial Solutions Ltd. (CCK Financial) is a company engaged...
- Case Study on Emerson Emerson reshapes its IT infrastructure for future growth, consolidating approximately...
- Case Study for Open Grid Services Architecture Introduction: We discuss our experience re-engineering a scientific application using...