EQUIPPING the FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY to BE FUTURE-READY Enabled Workforce IT Infrastructure Solutions for the ﬁnancial Sector

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Security EQUIPPING THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY TO BE FUTURE-READY Enabled workforce IT infrastructure solutions for the ﬁnancial sector

In the ﬁnancial sector, the proliferation of technological advancements – and the speed at which these take place – is remarkable. To keep pace with the transformation, and to meet the digital customer’s expectations, the ﬁnancial services industry (FSI) is proactively adopting agile, future-ready IT ecosystems and increasing spends on advanced technologies.

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The FSI is in a state of transition. Innovative technologies decision making and compliance like IoT, robotics, behavioral analytics, and convergence The FSI must take advantage of the vast Data security has become even technologies to integrate historical and real time financial repository of big data being generated more important than before. data are changing or posing to change the business due to large scale digiti/ation. Technological advancements have landscape. It is imperative for financial companies to start Advanced analytics and digital behavior pushed the sophistication of data preparing for this onslaught of technology. tracking have provided wide scale breaches to extreme levels. Data access to customer information and security is critical in preserving patterns. Financial services (FS) firms brand equity and a competitive must use this data to develop innovative edge, as well as to be in compliance services for customers. with regulatory norms.

Deployment of Preparing for Third-platform Workforce cloud and technologies technologies enablement New FSI IT models will require legacy In an attempt to catch up with cloud-first apps like AI and IoT systems to be replaced by cloud, big the digital trend, many FS firms Customers are going completely digital AI and IoT are opening up new data, and social media solutions. This are trying to enhance their and expect enhanced levels of realms in operational processes in turn will help to increase efciency customer interaction. But this can interactive technology. FS firms must by streamlining and enhancing and improve time to market for new be achieved only when FS keep pace – they cannot remain trapped customer understanding and products and services. employees are well equipped in in an outdated banking system while interactions. Given the potential the new age work environment. FinTech companies step in and lure of these technologies to impact customers to the cloud. business, FSIs have already started investing in them.

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In the ﬁnancial sector, an important way to enhance the experience for customers is to equip customer-facing staf with mobile computing devices that provide anytime, anywhere access to information and solutions. Such mobile devices enable your workforce to service customers instantly and respond to critical Infrastructure situations efectively. for the next Factors to consider generation of solutions

The right technology for the Thin and light Safe and secure right departments. Devices that can be carried End-point security to ensure around easily and do not that customer and ﬁnancial compromise on user experience information is safe and robust performance

Long battery life WiFi

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ThinkPad X1 Carbon

The lightest notebook in its class at less than 2.5 pounds (1.14kg), it is also the smallest. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon ﬁts a high-quality 14-inch IPS display into a 13-inch form factor, without compromising on performance or durability. A full complement of ports, infrared camera, connectivity, and security ensure that the X1 Carbon delivers maximum performance on all fronts. powered by Intel® Core™ processor

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Banking and asset Factors to consider management VDI solutions for quick access to customer information without compromising on security Scalability Security Customer information is highly conﬁdential, and you need to ensure that only authori/ed personnel have access to it. This can be An ideal VDI platform VDI solutions enhance security by enabled through a Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI) environment. should be able to scale centrali/ing the storage and easily to meet your needs computing functions that would as you evolve and grow normally be distributed throughout your IT environment

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Select a virtuali/ation platform that supports a range of virtual desktop and virtual application scenarios using a combination of industry-proven hardware and software

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Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series powered by Intel® Core™ processor Cloud-like agility that is cost effective and easy to use ThinkCentre Designed for easy deployment and manageability in scale-out clusters, the Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series integrates Nutanix software onto Lenovo’s M Series Thin Clients highly reliable and scalable servers. These appliances ship fully integrated, tested, and conﬁgured so that you can dramatically accelerate your time to Gives your network the ﬂexibility of a client value and reduce your infrastructure maintenance time and costs. computer running from your server, but with native PC capability and power.

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Customer analytics High-throughput Robust end-point security Capacity that enables Restricted access to faster response time, data to help you avoid and CRM lower cost of ownership, security breaches high availability, and Scalable server infrastructure for a disaster recovery competitive advantage

Today’s ﬁnancial service providers are acquiring and analy/ing large volumes of data from multiple sources. Analysis of this big data is being used to unlock insights that help personali/e interactions with customers, develop customi/ed banking products, create marketing campaigns, and even identify trends that lead to new or untapped markets. Resilience

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Leverage Lenovo System x servers with validated reference architectures that deliver outstanding scalability, industry-leading transaction processing, and high-throughput Most airtight Highest efciency Reduced cost and powered by Intel® Xeon® processor capacity for faster time to value. platform security; with Platinum increased agility most reliable and power supplies, through uncompromised ranked #1 in uptime extended operating design for generations temperature range of CPU, memory, and low power memory and networking

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High-frequency trading

Powerful, extremely reliable, Support for multiple displays and funds management and easy to service Native support for multiple High-performance workstations that execute trades faster Workstations with modular independent monitors; support designs for efcient tool-less for up to 16 displays using With the average daily number of trades going through serviceability and upgradeability; cloning and the GPU specs to the ceiling, ﬁnancial service institutions require the right patented tri-channel cooling for power all displays efectively technology with the capacity to take care of increased lower noise and higher reliability volumes, speed in trading, and ﬂexibility to be able to integrate trading across asset classes and across markets. To do this, you need highly speciali/ed software like MetaStock or TradeStation®, which need high graphics and performance capabilities for uninterrupted work.

ISV certiﬁcations

Financial solution ISV certiﬁcation to ensure software and hardware compatibility; stable and reliable operations; highest level of support from the software

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ThinkPad P Series: the power of a workstation with the portability of a laptop. Cutting-edge technology to handle your compute-intensive needs with ISV-certiﬁed applications, lightning-fast graphics and processing.

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Low-latency trading

Make every microsecond work to gain Speed access to data Streamline deployment and the competitive edge that you need ongoing management Deploy storage technologies that From high-performance servers and storage systems to speed up data access – such as For complex trading platform networking equipment and management software, Fusion-io PCIe Gen 3 cards to help requirements, deploy Lenovo and its ecosystem of partners ofer a broad accelerate I/O-bound applications, Intelligent Cluster, which portfolio of solutions that can help you create, deploy, and NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory provides pre-integrated and and operate the latest generations of technologies for express), which provides a standard tested conﬁgurations with the low-latency trading. PCIe interface to SSDs for lower ability to customi/e systems to latency and better performance. meet speciﬁc needs.

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