• The volumes of data movements within the group is significant, typically 100,000 records in 20 minutes, with individual records up to 300MB in size.
• Maximum performance is required to cope with such volumes, and there is also the requirement that the systems be scalable in order to handle the peak data movements typical of end of month operations.
• A new regulatory structure requires a number of consecutive phases be accommodated.
• The first phase of reorganising the corporate banking service focuses on receiving, converting and normalising the data that arrives from the corporate clients to the Customer Connection Centre, from the consortium banks and from the public networks.

Working with Consorzio Operativo Gruppo MPS personnel, Avanade and Microsoft Consulting Services have developed:

• A solution which implements a conversion service capable of managing incoming data from the banks, and can normalise and transmit data to the central system mainframes.
• An architecture that is based on the use of Microsoft BizTalk Server – which is already an integral part of management applications developed on framework .NET.
• A suite of software tools capable of taking data inputted in one particular structure and then outputting it in a different structure. Avanade consultants defined the objective and scope of the project and managed and implemented the conversion service.

• A unique system for the normalisation of data movements and formal controls, and processing to meet the new standards.
• A unique engine for all the banks – with multi-bank/multi-company functioning.
• High performance guarantee and faster data transfer rates.
• Scalability of architecture and capacity for transferring data between departmental and host systems.
• Modular structure that allows external components to be plugged in allowing for rapid implementation of new functionality.