Microsoft Azure – High Performance Infrastructure for Financial Services

69 Azure regions

  • 300+ Datacenters worldwide
  • 280k+ Kilometers of network
  • 190+ Network PoPs

Massive compute capacity

  • Up to 960 CPU threads
  • Up to 24TB RAM
  • 700+ VM size options

High availability

  • 99.996% Azure single-instance VM uptime, rolling 12-month average

Fast, scalable storage

  • <1ms latency
  • 100K IOPS on shared file storage
  • Up to 200TB individual Blob size

High performance network

  • 100Gbps hybrid connectivity
  • 99.05% Azure inter-region pairs
  • 100Gbps InfiniBand

Advanced security

  • $1B+ annual investment
  • 3,500 security experts
  • >8 trillion signals analyzed daily

Microsoft Azure – High Performance Infrastructure for Financial Services

69 Azure regions

  • 300+ Datacenters worldwide
  • 280k+ Kilometers of network
  • 190+ Network PoPs

Massive compute capacity

  • Up to 960 CPU threads
  • Up to 24TB RAM
  • 700+ VM size options

High availability

  • 99.996% Azure single-instance VM uptime, rolling 12-month average

Fast, scalable storage

  • <1ms latency
  • 100K IOPS on shared file storage
  • Up to 200TB individual Blob size

High performance network

  • 100Gbps hybrid connectivity
  • 99.05% Azure inter-region pairs
  • 100Gbps InfiniBand

Advanced security

  • $1B+ annual investment
  • 3,500 security experts
  • >8 trillion signals analyzed daily

Sustainable, Trusted Cloud Infrastructure

Safeguard data with the trusted cloud

  • Multilayered security across physical datacenters, infrastructure, and operations
  • Industry-leading physical security systems and a comprehensive portfolio of compliance offerings and privacy standards

Achieve sustainability goals

  • Using Azure can be up to 93 percent more energy efficient than using a traditional enterprise datacenter

Run mission-critical systems with confidence

  • Enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure that includes physical elements like redundant power, networking, and cooling, as well as software elements like safe deployment processes, impactless maintenance, and failure prediction enabled by machine learning

Embrace the infrastructure of tomorrow

  • Infrastructure innovations such as underwater datacenters, liquid immersion cooling projects, and hydrogen fuel cell technologies

Finacle on Microsoft Azure

Feature-rich

Finacle has one of the widest range of features and functionalities for digital banking solutions

Faster time to market

Deployment of Finacle solutions on cloud is faster than on-premises, speeding up innovation and time to market for new initiatives

Scalability

Auto Scaling helps traditional banks and startups ramp up digital banking compute services, in line with key areas of business growth

Security

Cloud compliance enables Finacle customers to use robust controls, that meet security and regulatory standards, to ensure data protection in the cloud

Integrations

On cloud, digital banking systems integrate with other large workloads, which can also move to cloud: GL, Content Management, AI solutions, and Risk management

Supported by the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework

The Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure is a full lifecycle framework that enables cloud architects, IT professionals, and business decision makers to achieve their cloud adoption goals. It provides best practices, documentation, and tools that help you create and implement business and technology strategies for the cloud.

Finacle on Microsoft Cloud at Zand Bank

Zand Bank, UAE’s first digital-only bank, subscribed to Infosys Finacle’s Corporate Banking Suite on Microsoft Cloud to deliver new-age banking experiences. The Finacle Suite’s modular framework and expansive suite of features, will significantly accelerate the launch of innovative services, supporting Zand’s objective of continuous innovation and commitment to customer delight.

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