Case Study: Mainzer Volksbank eG cuts IT costs by EUR 100,000 a year with Suse Linux Enterprise Server

Mainzer Volksbank eG - Customer Case Study

Mainzer Volksbank eG, a German cooperative bank, needed to cut IT infrastructure costs without sacrificing the availability, stability, or performance of its business applications. Its in-house analytics, intelligence, and database systems were running on expensive IBM z Systems environments, putting pressure on the bank to find a more cost-efficient platform. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server was the product used to help address this challenge.

Mainzer Volksbank eG migrated more than 500 applications to IBM Power Systems servers running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, with SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension supporting resilient operations. The result was a smooth implementation with minimal business impact, 99.999 percent system availability, and savings of EUR 100,000 per year in licensing and maintenance costs, while also reducing administration time through tools like YaST.

Mainzer Volksbank eG

Bernhard Hübner

System Architect