Grid systems speed Wachovia transaction apps

22.05.2006
Wachovia Corp. has freed some of its Java-based software from dedicated servers to let the transaction applications draw computing power from a pool of 10,000 processors spread across cities in the U.S. and U.K.

The financial services firm began the grid effort more than a year ago with the installation of FabricServer adaptive grid infrastructure software from New York-based grid technology vendor DataSynapse Inc.

The FabricServer software virtualizes transaction applications and enables them to scale across hardware resources as needed. DataSynapse announced the Wachovia implementation last week.

The Wachovia system taps into computing resources available on multiple systems, allowing the company to avoid dedicated hardware costs and make better use of underused processors, officials said.

The servers are located in New York, Philadelphia and London and at Wachovia's headquarters in Charlotte, N.C.

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