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Title:
Changing the way Java Application Hosting is delivered at Barclays Bank
Stream:
Customer (3)
Speakers:
Simon Cashmore
Abstract:
Barclays is a major global financial services provider with an extensive international presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. The Bank are establishing a utility framework to provision IT capabilities faster and to reduce cost.
As part of this transition, the Global Middleware Team have identified some key components on which to focus and deliver as utilities. Most Java application hosting at the Bank is done using WebSphere Application Server and there is a very large estate comprising both current and legacy versions of WAS.
In this session we will discuss the work undertaken so far to try and embrace a new way of delivering WAS hosting capability to the business and the move towards a private cloud based solution.
Phase one of the Java Application Hosting Utility went live in November 2010 and was the second utility to be delivered by Global Middleware, following the successful pilot of a data transmission utility.
The session will describe the challenges encountered while delivering this solution and illustrate how automation has helped to deliver on time and within budget. We'll discuss the various tools and technologies that have been considered and the on-going roadmap for the Application Hosting Utility.
As part of this transition, the Global Middleware Team have identified some key components on which to focus and deliver as utilities. Most Java application hosting at the Bank is done using WebSphere Application Server and there is a very large estate comprising both current and legacy versions of WAS.
In this session we will discuss the work undertaken so far to try and embrace a new way of delivering WAS hosting capability to the business and the move towards a private cloud based solution.
Phase one of the Java Application Hosting Utility went live in November 2010 and was the second utility to be delivered by Global Middleware, following the successful pilot of a data transmission utility.
The session will describe the challenges encountered while delivering this solution and illustrate how automation has helped to deliver on time and within budget. We'll discuss the various tools and technologies that have been considered and the on-going roadmap for the Application Hosting Utility.
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Bio:
Simon Cashmore:
Simon Cashmore works as a Lead Engineer within the Global Middleware team as part of Barclays GRCB Technology.
He is currently responsible for the WebSphere Application Server component within Global Middleware and is the lead engineer for the Java Application Hosting Utility.
Simon has 20 years experience in the IT industry and has worked at Barclays for 12 years, although nearly 6 of these were as a contractor or as an outsourced employee of Accenture. He has over 8 years experience of WebSphere Application Server.
