Case Study: Leading European Bank avoids millions in external connection costs with IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server

A leading financial services group in Europe avoids millions in external connections costs by using IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server software to create virtual test environments

A leading European bank needed a way to test new applications and integrations across a large, evolving IT landscape without paying costly fees for every external service connection. As transaction volumes grew, those connection costs could run into the millions, creating a major testing challenge. IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server was used to address this issue.

IBM implemented virtual test environments internally with IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server, eliminating the need for external connections during testing. This helped the bank avoid millions in external connection costs, with the IT analyst stating that IBM’s service virtualization tool eliminated those costs totally.