Today, banks are operating in a highly volatile climate. Increasing regulation, continuous pressure on cost, changing business models, mergers and acquisitions, and remaining competitive require a flexible, efficient, and smart IT operation:

• Banks need IT as an accelerator of business growth, not as an inhibitor.

• Bank data centers can and must be made smarter.

• Banks need expert integrated systems.

This IBM® Redbooks® Point-of-View publication analyzes what makes a data center successful and explains how IBM expert integrated systems help to accomplish the goal of hosting a lower cost, more flexible and smarter bank data center.

The need for data centers to become smarter

The importance of a highly efficient and intelligent data center for banks

Helping the data center to become smarter with expert integrated systems

The value of expert integrated systems for banks

What's next: How IBM can help