"Our aim was to build a flexible, scalable, robust networking infrastructure with sufficient redundancy to ensure it stayed up-and-running all the time," said Aydemir Saman, IT group manager.
According to Saman, the choice of ProCurve Networking resulted from the superior price/performance of the switches, combined with a successful track record of using ProCurve technology in the branches. Other key decision factors included ProCurve’s excellent reputation and its ability to deliver consistent, high-quality customer support.
The ProCurve solution was supplied and implemented by Data Market, a Turkish HP partner. At the core of its network, Isbank has 13 ProCurve 5308xl switches in a meshed topology on eight nodes, each of which incorporates redundancy. ProCurve 2650 switches have been installed at the edge. ProCurve Manager Plus is used to manage the network.
Continuous improvement
According to Saman, the new network architecture has met all Isbank’s expectations of improved capacity and performance. Video streaming, for instance, was problematic in the past but now works without a hitch. Similarly, VoIP performance is greatly improved,enabling the bank’s call centre agents to be more productive.
Network reliability and availability have also increased significantly, while network management is now much more straightforward. Taken together, these improvements lead to time savings and, ultimately, to enhanced levels of customer service because customer-facing staff can work more efficiently and effectively.
Looking ahead, Isbank is confident that it has a networking platform for the future, with new firmware upgrades available free of charge and all products covered by ProCurve’s unique lifetime warranty. According to Saman, future growth will be easier and less costly than it would be with a traditional core network.
"ProCurve Networking by HP has completely fulfilled our requirements for a state-of-the-art network," he said. "Furthermore, since the ProCurve Networking team is continuously improving its solutions, we know that we will have opportunities to further enhance the network in future."
Partner
Company: Data Market
Headquarters: Istanbul, Turkey
Number of employees: 150
Business: systems integrator addressing the financial, telecommunications and manufacturing sectors
Products: Full range of ProCurve Networking and Microsoft technologies
Challenge
- To support its real-time operations, Isbank needs to deploy leading-edge technology wherever it can
- It wanted to enhance the bandwidth, performance and availability of services provided to2,400 end-users in its headquarters
- To achieve this, the bank decided to migrate the headquarters’ LAN from ATM to Gigabit Ethernet
Solution
- Isbank decided to base its new LAN architecture on ProCurve Networking’s Adaptive EDGE Architecture™
- Data Market, a Turkish HP partner, supplied and installed the solution
- At the core of the network, Isbank has 13 ProCurve 5308xl switches in a meshed topology on eight nodes, with ProCurve 2650 switches on the edge
Results
- The new network architecture provides improved capacity and performance for VoIP and applications such as video streaming
- Network reliability and availability have also increased significantly
- These improvements lead to time savings and better customer service
- Future growth will be easier and less costly than it would be otherwise
Why ProCurve Networking?
- Superior price/performance of switches
- Successful track record of using ProCurve in the branches
- Ability to provide consistent high-quality customer service
Technology highlights
Hardware
Software
HP services
- Lifetime warranty with next-business-day advance replacement (available in most countries) on most products for as long as the customer owns it *
- Telephone support available during normal business hours
- Technical product support available via e-mail
- Comprehensive network design and configuration services offered at no extra charge
For more information
When you are ready to explore the benefits a ProCurve Networking solution can offer you, call HP at 1-800-975-7682.
To learn more about ProCurve Networking's Adaptive EDGE Architecture™ solutions, visit our home page.
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For as long as you own the product, with next-business-day advance replacement (available in most countries). The following hardware products and their related series modules have a one-year hardware warranty with extensions available: HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9300m series, HP ProCurve Switch 8100fl series, HP ProCurve Network Access Controller 800, and HP ProCurve DCM Controller. The following hardware mobility products have a one-year hardware warranty with extensions available: HP ProCurve M111 Client Bridge, HP ProCurve MSM3xx-R Access Points, HP ProCurve MSM7xx Mobility and Access Controllers, HP ProCurve RF Manager IDS/IPS Systems, HP ProCurve MSM Power Supplies, HP ProCurve 1 Port Power Injector, and HP ProCurve CNMS Appliances. Disk drives in the HP ProCurve ONE Services zl modules, HP ProCurve Threat Mgmt Services zl module, and HP ProCurve MSM765zl Mobility Controller have a five year hardware warranty. Standalone software, upgrades, or licenses may have a different warranty duration. For details, refer to the ProCurve Software License, Warranty, and Support booklet at
www.hp.com/networking/warranty.
