Askari Bank, one of the leading banks of Pakistan, signs an agreement with Inbox for acquiring IBM products from Inbox.

As per the agreement, Inbox will be providing hardware infrastructure products  and application monitoring software to Askari Bank which is the key step for the bank to setup their new IT systems.

The proposed solution is based on IBM Power Systems’ Power 595 and Power 570 servers along with IBM DS8300 Storage System. The project is divided into 3 phases; in the first phase, Inbox will be setting up IBM Power 570’s and DS8300 Storage box at Askari Bank’s Head Office for their Development, Testing, and Staging of Core & Non Core banking application, and Production of Non-Core Banking applications.  In the second phase, Inbox will deploy IBM Production Servers Power p 595 and x3550 Servers for supporting their Production for Core-Banking Applications.

In the final phase, Inbox will setup IBM Power 570 servers, DS 8300 storage systems, Hardware Management Console, and Backup Tape  Library for Disaster Recovery. Inbox would also provide IBM x3550 M2 servers to act as Reporting and Interface Servers.

The complete solution also covers implementation services for IBM Tivoli products which include Composite Application Manager, Monitoring Processor, Storage Manager, and Service Request Manager.

As part of their new strategy, the multi-million dollar signoff will help Askari Bank in moving to a completely new and automated environment, speed up their internal operations and centralize their banking systems.

Mr. Javed Iqbal, CIO of Askari Bank shaking hands with Mr. Shahzada Kamran, Regional Sales Manager North of Inbox Business Technologies for the agreement signed between the two companies