1. Case Story
IBM i on a Power System
Banking on Stability.
“Thanks to Clear Technologies our „core‟ banking hardware
and software systems upgrade was a huge success.”
The Customer:
Ron Williams, CIO, North Dallas Bank & Trust Co. North Dallas Bank & Trust Co.
Recently reaching the billion dollar mark in assets, North Dallas Bank, a large
The Environment:
regional bank located in Dallas, Texas, is considered to be one of the safest banks
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by Bauer Financial, an institution that sparingly grants a 5-star rating to those banks
that passes its independent analysis of the bank’s financials. The bank prides itself • Jack Henry SilverLake
on providing branded exceptional service with integrity and responsiveness. This System®
commitment is apparent: their employees have never had to endure layoffs, and • Runs the bank’s core
their customers have enjoyed 50 years of continued stability. customer services
The Challenge:
The Challenge • Software upgrade requires
newer OS.
To prepare for an impending Jack Henry SilverLake System® release, North Dallas • New FDIC requirement on
Bank had to make certain their current AS/400 system met the software provider’s vendors
new OS requirement. Unfortunately, they learned that it did not. To make matters • Tight time-constraint
more complicated, they recently reached a billion dollars in assets, which meant • Stable, efficient, and
that each of their vendors had to meet certain stringent FDIC requirements. “In reliable.
the matter of a couple of weeks, we found out that our AS/400 had to be
replaced and that we would need to change the IBM reseller we had used in the The Solution:
past to implement and service our system…In the back of my mind I knew our • IBM i on a Power System
employees and customers access rely on the banking applications that run on our • Solid State Drives (SSD)
AS/400 everyday…I wondered how we were going to be able to have a seamless • Hardware implementation
transition…” said Cathy Thornton, Vice President Information Systems. • Deep System i expertise
• Cost Containment
The Solution
“We decided to upgrade from our current AS/400 to IBM’s latest version of the
System i hardware because of our confidence in its speed, reliability, and most of
all, dependability,” said Cathy Thornton, “the only missing piece was to find a
value-added reseller to install it without any service disruption and eventually
service the hardware.” Ultimately, they chose Clear Technologies.
“We were immediately impressed by Clear Technologies professionalism and level
of expertise, and most importantly, their willingness to ensure a seamless transition
of our core systems” said Ron Williams. The end result is that the transition was a
huge success, “…normally this type of transition would be nerve-wracking, but For more information
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Clear’s team was able to anticipate and minimize pitfalls, which in the end,
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ensured a successful project,” said Cathy Thornton, “…we are most definitely a
happy and satisfied customer.”
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