IBM WebSphere Multichannel Bank Transformation Toolkit, Version 7.1

Reduced application operating costs

After an application is deployed, the costs of operating the application become an important measure of success. IBM® WebSphere® Multichannel Bank Transformation Toolkit offers cost savings that take effect at and continue beyond deployment. Following are some of the ways that the toolkit reduces operating costs:

Preservation of back-end systems
Deployment of a toolkit-based application does not require changes in existing business logic or transactions run in back-end systems. The toolkit uses JCA connectors and invokers to connect existing back-end systems and the application located on a middle-tier server.
Reduced maintenance and operational costs
The use of the network computing architecture, which is based on Internet technologies, results in immediate cost savings on client administration, code distribution, and server management. In addition, WebSphere Multichannel Bank Transformation Toolkit solutions minimize the code distribution that is required for incremental changes.
Operational portability
If operational conditions require that the application be moved to another platform, this can be quickly performed since the application is platform-independent.
Ease of maintenance
During operation, it is common to discover that application changes are required. The environment and the distributed nature of the application supports easy, quick, and universal application updates no matter how many application delivery channels and users are affected.
Adjustments to suit available system resources
Technology and systems are subject to change; toolkit-based applications can quickly be adapted to take advantage of more system resources or compensated for a reduction in resources.
Reduced workstation requirements
The distributed architecture of toolkit-based applications reduces the resources that are required to deliver the application to the user. User workstations need to do little more than support the application presentation and any directly connected peripherals. Adding workstations is extremely cost-efficient since the server-based application can be distributed to any number of client workstations.
Common functionality across channels
An application can be designed to provide a common set of functions across multiple delivery channels. This consistent approach to service delivery promotes user satisfaction and reduces the training time needed if the user moves between channels.


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