The Challenge As a leading provider of technology services to the financial sector, and one of the largest title insurance companies in the US, Fidelity prides itself on having the most innovative technologies. Its system relied heavily on about 60 VAXes used for production, as well as several others used for development. Three years after… Continue reading Fidelity ensures continuity for their data center with Charon-VAX
Local (on-prem) Solaris shifts to the cloud and reaps the advantages Talk to an Expert Project Highlights Find out how the software company moved from on-premise servers to cloud infrastructure using Charon. Challenges A software company wanted to migrate from on-prem servers to a cloud environment. They wished to optimize global operations and eradicate the use of local architecture. Solutions… Continue reading Local (on-prem) Solaris shifts to the cloud and reaps the advantages
Charon-VAX, Support service on a Saturday Talk to an Expert Project Highlights Know how Charon-VAX’s engineering team provided exceptional, extra service for a global company’s North European operations. Challenges After routine maintenance, a mission-critical system failed to turn back online, causing 50 agents with no customer data to sit idle. Their IT manager thought it might be their Charon-VAX. Solutions Stromasys… Continue reading Charon-VAX, Support service on a Saturday
Increased performance and modernization for a business-critical university system Talk to an Expert Project Highlights Check how Gujarat University, supported by its IT consultant, improved performance with the help of Charon-VAX. Challenges Gujarat University’s IT department, aided by their IT consultant, was looking for a solution to protect and lengthen the life of their applications, but… Continue reading Increased performance and modernization for a business-critical university system
The Challenge A large financial services company in New Zealand had been running key life insurance applications on an OpenVMS system since its inception in 1989, but the rapid growth of the company was challenging the capacity of their legacy VAX system. Another concern was that the system was not fully compatible with best-practice disaster-recovery… Continue reading Charon-VAX helps reduce failover recovery time and update legacy VAX system
HP revives the city of Hammond’s aging AlphaServer using Charon-AXP Talk to an Expert Project Highlights The city of Hammond’s legacy AlphaServer was easily replenished with the help of Charon-AXP, thanks to Stromasys. Challenges The AlphaServer 2100 used by the city of Hammond was aging, and finding parts for it was extremely difficult due to time, cost, and complexity. However, the… Continue reading HP revives the city of Hammond’s aging AlphaServer using Charon-AXP
The Challenge Navigant Consulting is a leading global consulting firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with more than 2,500 employees worldwide. Navigant provides customized services and support to address critical business issues and enhance stakeholder value. PACE, a unit of Navigant Consulting, is the market leader in mass tort claims administration. PACE’s IT team was asked… Continue reading GMS and Stromasys collaborate to achieve data-performance goals for Navigant client
University maintains Alpha and saves on maintenance with Charon-AXP Talk to an Expert Project Highlights A private university running an older student records system used Charon-AXP to save space and cost. Challenges The student record system of a private university, used for reporting and archive maintenance, was getting old and costly to maintain, even though there were hardly… Continue reading University maintains Alpha and saves on maintenance with Charon-AXP
The Challenge Most of Wellington City Council’s IT system ran in a modern Windows environment except for rate payments, an important customer-facing service, which relied on 20-year-old VAX and Alpha systems that were reaching the end of their useful lives. As the economic downturn had forced cuts to the city budget, the council’s IT department was keen to avoid… Continue reading Charon provides cost-effective solution for Wellington City Council’s VAX and Alpha systems
