NETWORKING & IT

INFRASTRUCTURE OF
STANDARD CHARTERED
BANK
 INTRODUCTION
• Started in 1969
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• Location – Headquarter at Singapore
and London
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• Largest International bank in INDIA in
terms of branch , network and
profits
 Capabilities
1. Transaction banking
2.
3. Financial markets
4.
5. Corporate finance
6.
7. Principal finance
8.
 Storage Networking
• Current - Fiber Channel (FC) protocol.
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• Database - Oracle’s recent Exadata V2
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• SAS data warehousing and analysis s/w
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• In addition to SAS they use MDDB server s/w
which gives multiple dimension to data for
online analytical processing
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 SOFTWARES
• Security gateway technology
– Secured Java Applet
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 eBBS provides an easy-to-use browser based

Graphical User Interface (GUI)
• eBBS has been developed using the IBM's
eBusiness framework on J2EE, which
includes software components like the
Websphere Application servers, MQ
series, Secureway LDAP, Websphere
edge servers, Linux servers, DB2
database and hardware servers like the
pSeries and iSeries.
• Tie up with Spectrum LTD for Financial S/W
system
• FIX is the most widely used API supports multiple
instruments FX Spot, Forward and Swap
transactions.
• Enhance their e-trading capabilities, without
using a web interface.
• CATS – Financial engineering toolkit (FICAD)
which helps users to make new application
more easily
• Internal S/W development - SPARC SERVER1000
(Sun Microsystems)
 E-COMMERCE
• Business dealings related to sales of
product and services using
electronic media
• 3 types of E-Commerce provided
– Straight 2 bank
– OLT
– Straight 2 bank stream
• Straight2Bank Web via internet
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• Straight2Bank Link via dedicated computer
connection to the bank
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• Straight2Bank Access via back-end system

integration
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 ARCHITECTURE
• Built on open architecture
– SwiftNet (MACUG)
– SCORE
– Twist
– ERP integration via SAP XI.
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• Security
– Vasco or GTI
– GTI is world class and IdenTrust TM certified
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 STRAIGHT2BANK WEB
• A wholesale internet banking service
combined with convenience and
security
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 Straight2Bank Stream

• Straight2BankStream is their proprietary

streaming electronic platform for Foreign
Exchange.
– multi-bank portals such as FXall, FX
Connect, Currenex, 360T and Bloomberg
FX, as well as acting as an EBS Prime Bank
• IM
– To provide instant messaging solution
to enable real time collaboration
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– Parlano MindAlign messaging
application
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– Based on Microsoft windows Server
2003
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 References
• www.standardchartered.com
• www.google.com
• www.sas.com
• www.tau.ac.il
• www.thefreelibrarysoftware.com
• www.allbusiness.com
• CASE STUDIES
THANK YOU