The challenge
Founded as an independent software vendor (ISV),
FSL has developed a range of innovative applications for
investment management and taxation. Changing market
trends, however, have driven an increase in the demand
for more innovative service delivery models.
"What we have seen recently is that more and more
companies are moving away from the traditional model
of simply buying software and then installing it on their
own systems," remarked Joe Hughes, Senior Technical
Consultant at Financial Software Limited. "We realised that
one way to help our customers maximise efficiencies was
to broaden the scope of our service offerings and develop
a software-as-a-service [SaaS] solution. Now, in addition
to selling software, we also provide hosting services
for our application portfolio."
Response to FSL's new service offerings has been
impressive, and the company realised that if it was to
maintain the high levels of service that customers had
come to expect, it needed to improve the scalability
and flexibility of its existing IT environment.
The solution
Claranet worked with FSL to design and implement
a fully managed solution, running on IBM System x3550
servers with a dedicated storage area network (SAN).
Claranet began by converting FSL's physical architecture
to a virtual environment, using VMware vSphere.
FSL
Financial Software Limited (FSL) is a leading financial
software company that has supported clients in the UK
financial markets for over 16 years. FSL currently delivers
its applications and services to more than 75 clients, who
range from some of the UK's largest financial institutions
to smaller investment management funds and banks.
Claranet case study FSL
Financial Software Limited transforms service
delivery with a hosted solution from Claranet
