sterling connect:enterprise to sterling file gateway migration · 2016. 5. 12. · including ibm...
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KEYBENEFITS
CASE STUDY – FINANCIAL SERVICES
SOLUTION
RESULTS
SERVICES
Sterling Connect:Enterprise to Sterling File Gateway Migration Increasedsecuritywithminimaltradingpartnerdisrup4on
• Providemoresecurefiletransferop4onstocustomers
• Decreasethe4metoonboardnewtradingpartners
• Minimizeimpactofsystemmigra4ontoexis4ngtradingpartners
largeUSbasedBankneededtoprovideitstradingpartnerswithnewer,more
securefiletransferalterna4veswhilemaintainingitsexis4ngconnec4vityop4ons,includingIBMSterlingConnect:Direct(C:D).
TheBankalsowantedtoreducethe4meittooktoonboardnewtradingpartnerssotheycouldtransactbusinessmorequickly.
Thismeantreplacingthebank’soutdatedIBMSterlingConnect:Enterprise(C:E)environmentwhichwasunabletosupport
IBMSterlingFileGateway
• Significantlyreducedtradingpartneronboarding4me
• Eliminatedneedforthirdpartymappingtool
• Leveragedexis4ngSterlingConnect:Directenvironmenttominimizetradingpartnerdisrup4on
• Systeminstalla4onandconfigura4on
• Tradingpartnermigra4on A
Withover200exis4ngtradingpartners,oneofthebank’skeyconcernswasminimizingtheimpactofasystemmigra4ononthosetradingpartners.
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newertransferprotocols.
Withover200exis4ngtradingpartners,oneoftheBank’skeyconcernswasminimizingtheimpactofasystemmigra4ononthosetradingpartners.
Securetransac9onprotocolsTheBankselectedIBMSterlingFileGateway(SFG)toreplaceC:E.SFGsupportsnewerprotocols,including:• SFTP• FTPS• HTTPS• MQ
Toimplementthenewsystem,thefirststepwasacurrentenvironmentandtradingpartneranalysis.
EnvironmentanalysisTheenvironmentanalysisenabledustodesignthemostappropriateenvironment(inthiscase,aclusteredenvironment),tosupportthebanksfailoverandloadbalancingrequirements.Italsoenabledquickerthroughputoftransferdata.
TradingpartneranalysisAnalysisofthetradingpartnershelpedusdeterminewhatbusinessprocesswouldberequired.Wheneverpossible,westandardizetradingpartnersoncommonbusinessprocesses,whichreducesthenumberofprocessesthatneedtobemaintainedover4me.
Thispar4cularmigra4onwassignificantlysimplifiedbecause80%oftheBank’strading
80%ofthebank’stradingpartnersusedC:D.Thissimplifiedthemigra4onandenabledustomovetradingpartnerstothenewenvironmentmorequickly.
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partnersusedC:D.Thisletusmovetradingpartnerstothenewenvironmentmorequickly.
Installa9on,configura9onandimprovedtransferefficiencyAXerinstalla4onandconfigura4onofthenewSFGenvironment,wecreatedmapstosupporttradingpartnerfileformats.
AsSFGcontainsitsownbuiltinmappingtool,anaddedbenefitofthemigra4onwasthatthebanknolongerneededit’san4quatedthirdpartymappingtool.
TheBankalsohadseveralcustomC:Eshellscripts.While20%neededtobeconvertedintocustombusinessprocessesinSFG,theother80%wereaccommodatedusingtheSFG'sdefaultbusinessprocesses,whichstreamlinedmigra4on.
Wealsocreatedcustom,moreefficient,businessprocessestomovefiles,executethemaps,andprovide4ghterbackendintegra4on.Thenewbusinessprocessesautoma4callytransferredfilestotheappropriatebackendsystem(e.g.,z/OS,iSeries)uponreceipt.
Next,wesetuptradingpartnersinSFGandmigratedthemtothenewenvironment.Thetwosystemsraninparallelun4lthemigra4onwascomplete.
ReducedonboardingOneofthebenefitsofSFGisthatitautomatesmanyofC:E’smanualprocesses.Infact,thefollowingstepswerecompletely
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eliminatedfromtheonboardingprocess:• Crea4onofshellscriptsdirectly4edto
daemonsforeachtradingpartner• Crea4onofmailboxforeachtrading
partner.
ThisenabledtheBanktosignificantlyreducetheamountofworkand4meinvolvedinonboardingnewtradingpartners.
MinimalImpactInkeepingwiththeBank’sgoaltominimizeimpactofthemigra4onontheirtradingpartners,thesystemwasconfiguredsuchthattheonlyworkthetradingpartnershadtodowasupdatetheIPaddressandport.
Weconductedthetes4ngwitheachtradingpartner.Sometookaslijleasanhour.Wealsocompletedcustomiza4onsforthosetradingpartnerswithenhancedsecurityrequirements.AXer3months,tes4ngwascompletewithalltradingpartners.
Theendresult?TheBankisnowabletotransactbusinesswiththespeedandsecurityexpectedofa21stcenturyfinancialins4tu4on.
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