Financial Services

Grid solutions are used to optimise compute intensive applications such as risk management and portfolio evaluation. Investment banking divisions rely heavily on technology to meet the computing needs of its traders around the world. By effectively managing application workload, measuring system performance and dynamically distributing workload across system resources, Financial Institutions can process and perform greater volumes of analyses in a shorter period of time.

But there is a second area where the rollout of grid can add significant value.
Traditionally being the heaviest users of IT, Financial Institutions are seeking for more integrated cost effective solutions, leveraging the entire compute infrastructure across the enterprise for maximum results and lower TCO. The first step towards improved TCO is measuring the actual IT efficiency; how are resources across the bank utilised? By installing grid components for performance measurement the organisation gets access to detailed information about system and user behavior and the steps that are required to improve performance and overall IT efficiency.