Banco Santander and Google will help large companies from multiple sectors simplify their transition to the cloud

Mainframe migration to the cloud

Google Cloud has launched Dual Run, a novel service based on unique technology developed by Banco Santander.

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Google and Santander Bank are working together to help other large companies in multiple sectors

to simplify your transition from traditional technology systems (mainframe) to the cloud.

Dual Run, which will be marketed by Google, has already been tested in the highly regulated financial sector, and

Santander has started using Dual Run to incorporate data and uploads to Google Cloud. Santander too

will leverage Google's deep knowledge and technological capabilities in the use of cloud and
software to accelerate your digital transformation.

In the coming months, Google will hold several customer events to showcase its Dual Run service with

the help of software developers and engineers from Santander who have participated in the creation of the

bank technology.

 

Santander is one of the first large banks in the world to digitize its core banking, which helps improve service for its 157 million customers and efficiency

 

Dirk Marzluf, global head of Technology and Operations at Banco Santander, said: “The migration of

traditional technology to modern technology is a key challenge for banks and many other sectors. This

new Google Cloud service, which takes advantage of innovation that we have developed internally at Santander,

It will be fundamental for the digital transformation of many companies and is a reflection of the great work they have done

our teams.”

Sachin Gupta, Head of Infrastructure at Google Cloud, said: “The modernization of infrastructure

Traditional technology is a key milestone towards the world of the cloud for many companies. The migration of

'mainframe' to the cloud offers companies the opportunity to better use their data, implement

stronger cybersecurity protection and build a foundation for its transformation. This innovation

Santander's revolutionary innovation has helped us create a new service in record time.”

Santander It is one of the first large banks in the world to digitize its core banking, which helps improve service for its 157 million customers and improve efficiency. To transform and modernize the core

banking, Santander is using Gravity, a custom software that has been developed in-house and allows

processing data simultaneously, so the bank can run workloads on its

mainframe and in the cloud at the same time for real-time testing without disrupting the business. Once

Once stability and performance are proven, the bank can change traditional technology to the cloud. The group

expects to complete this transition across all of its core markets and businesses within two to three years.

Google Cloud has created its Dual Run service based on Gravity.

The core banking platform is the most critical part of a bank's IT infrastructure and is where

The main financial operations are processed, such as money transfers, deposits or loans. The transformation will enable easier and faster access to data, greater simplicity, and faster release.

Fast delivery of new features, in a matter of hours instead of days, and faster app updates

frequent, while helping the bank realize value with real-time analytics and provide better products

and services. This change also reduces the cost of core banking for Santander.

Santander's successful cloud platform is built with the best capabilities, both proprietary

from the bank as well as from suppliers. This gives the 16.500 software developers and engineers

Santander a high performance environment to create customer-centric applications and increases the

ability to attract the best talent. Santander's cloud technology program reduces consumption

of the bank's energy for technological infrastructure by 70%, which contributes to banking objectives

responsible for Santander.