Security Service Federal Credit Union Implements IBM System Storage DR550

IBM announced that Security
Service Federal Credit Union has implemented a new archive
and data
retention solution to dramatically improve data storage
performance,
scalability and reliability — as well as improve archive
solutions for its
more than 600,000 members who access the technology system.

Founded in 1956, Security Service Federal Credit Union (SSFCU)
serves over
600,000 members through 42 locations across Texas and Colorado.
SSFCU
requires a robust data storage platform to archive loan
contracts, account
agreements, checks and other financial documents for its
members. However,
rapid growth caused the credit union to surpass its optical
data storage
capacity and retrieval system. As a result, end users couldn’t
access
images of financial documents, records and banking information
exactly when
they wanted. They experienced longer wait times for such
data and images to
be retrieved — up to a day in some cases. There was limited
scalability
and frequent system downtime due to maintenance.

SSFCU turned to IBM Premier Business Partner Mainline Information
Systems
to find a new way to archive its data efficiently. Mainline
considered
SSFCU’s stringent data retention and security policies and
recommended the
IBM System Storage DR550. Designed to provide a security-rich,
scalable
and cost effective solution, the DR550 is a policy based
system that
maintains data as non-erasable and non-rewritable until
deletion is
permitted by retention policy. Since the implementation
was completed in
2006, SSFCU has met its storage goals to improve reliability
and
manageability. Employees don’t have to wait for a day to
retrieve their
work or stand by to make sure that the archive system operated
properly
which immediately freed up valuable time and resources.

"Mainline Information Systems delivered the service only
a local solution
provider can deliver, with the backing and support of a
19-year
relationship with IBM. We found the best data storage solution
to meet our
needs. Now I don’t have to worry about whether I have the
storage capacity
to meet SSFCU’s growing image archive every day of the week,"
said John
McFall, Assistant Vice President, Network Services, SSFCU.
"With the IBM
System Storage DR550, requests are handled instantaneously
which
dramatically reduces retrieval times, improves productivity
and increases
storage capacity."

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Systems

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