A large-scale financial institution offering retail and commercial banking, investment services, and digital lending platforms. With operations regulated under Basel III and DORA, the business required a high-availability digital environment with real-time performance, risk visibility, and infrastructure-level auditability.

The Challenge.

Legacy infrastructure was slowing down their digital transformation. Core banking applications lacked fault tolerance, data silos limited real-time risk reporting, and regulatory pressure was intensifying. Internal teams struggled to maintain consistent uptime while preparing for more aggressive capital adequacy stress testing and audit trail enforcement.

The Solution.

We designed and implemented a resilient VMware Cloud Foundation-based private cloud, integrating vSphere HA and Site Recovery Manager to ensure continuous uptime and disaster recovery readiness. VMware NSX enabled micro-segmentation of payment processing and high-value transaction systems, reducing fraud exposure. Aria Operations and Aria Automation introduced real-time performance dashboards and automated compliance policy enforcement.

The Result.

The institution now benefits from 99.9% uptime across digital services, real-time liquidity visibility, and full Basel III and DORA alignment. Fraud surface area has been reduced through architectural segmentation, and compliance teams are equipped with traceable, audit-ready infrastructure metrics. Their IT environment is now a stabilising force in a highly scrutinised financial operating model.