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Jakarta, 01 June 2010 - PermataBank, one of the leading financial institutions in Indonesia, has upgraded its banking system to IBM's new POWER7 Systems. With the new infrastructure, PermataBank will be able to manage millions of data-intensive transactions and analyze that data in real time, helping to improve customer service while increasing efficiency and reducing costs.
IBM POWER7, the newest generation of IBM's Power Systems, will enable the bank to analyse customer data helping it to better manage current demand for its products and services as well as predict areas of potential future growth. The new system will also enable PermataBank to manage current applications and services at less cost, with technology breakthroughs in virtualization, increased energy savings and more cost-efficient use of memory.
"PermataBank's customer centric approach requires it to have the most advanced technology available, enabling it to engineer simple and user-friendly processes, create innovative products and services and provide customers with access to greater choices whenever they wish to do so," said Terry Mak, Head of IT Group, PermataBank." We are very proud to become the first bank in ASEAN to implement IBM POWER7 systems, which represents an important step in our ongoing journey to improve IT services and cost effectiveness which will in turn result in enhanced services for both our customers and partners."
POWER7 systems offer industry-leading return on investment through dramatic improvements in price/performance, energy savings and virtualization for server consolidation. The new systems can deliver four times the performance and four times the virtualization capability for the same price -- and are three to four times more energy efficient than previous POWER6 systems. The new POWER7 systems are highly-tuned and optimized to help clients more quickly draw insights from vast amounts of data to anticipate emerging business trends, capture new opportunities and avoid risks.
"With business moving faster than ever, you need an IT infrastructure that allows you to move ahead of the pack. As the first company to benefit from the newest generation of IBM Power Systems in ASEAN, PermataBank is rapidly becoming one of the most technologically advanced and innovative banks in Indonesia and in the region. The breakthrough technology of IBM POWER7 will help PermataBank to improve performance, increase utilization, lower operating costs and tackle the most data intensive challenges," said Fetra Syahbana, Country Manager IBM System and Technology Groups.
POWER7 systems support consolidation for UNIX, i and Linux workloads. By virtualizing the resources on a scalable Power System, the applications can be moved across the entire server, leveraging a dynamic workload-balancing capability.
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Terry Mak
Head IT PermataBank
P: (62 21) 745-5888 ext 09800
E: tmak@permatabank.co.id
About Permata Bank
PT BANK PERMATA Tbk. Profile
PT Bank Permata Tbk (PermataBank) is the result of a merger of 5 (five) banks, PT. Bank Bali Tbk, PT. Bank Universal Tbk, PT. Bank Prima Express, PT. Bank Artamedia and PT Bank Patriot in 2002, and today has grown into a major private bank that offers products and services, innovative and comprehensive delivery channels including Internet Banking and Mobile Banking. PermataBank has aspirations to become a leading financial services provider in Indonesia, with a focus on Consumer and Commercial segment. Serving approximately 1.9 million customers in 55 cities in Indonesia, the Bank has approximately 5,138 permanent employees, 280 branches (including 10 sharia branches) and 571 ATMs with additional access at more than 17,000 ATMs (VisaPlus, Visa Electron, MC, Alto, ATM Bersama , ATM BCA).
The recognition of recent achievements PermataBank are awards from The Asian Banker "The Bank with the Best Cash Management in Indonesia" in 2010, The Most Prestigious Carre 'in the CCSL's Annual Call Center Award 2010 for five times in a row, ranked first Annual Report Award 2008 for the categories listed private banks and the overall champion "Annual Report Award in 2008 for all categories, the first rank the best e-Company Award 2008 for all categories, Corporate Governance Award for Best equitable treatment of Issued The Business Review, the Association of Indonesian Listed Companies and the IICD, second place Best CEO in Asia Best Managed Companies and eight great The Best Corporate Governance in Asia Best Managed Companies from Finance Asia Magazine, Islamic Finance Awards & CUP 2009 (IFAC 2009), ranked first by category of assets UUS> Rp1 trillion and ranked first most profitable companies for asset kategoti> Rp1 trillion, from Karim Business Consulting, Banking Service Excellence Awards 2009 (10 conventional and sharia 7) of the MRI & Described, from MURI Award for saving unison in 12 cities for the student, the Prestigious Service Quality Award in 2009 from Diamond Carre - Center for Service Satisfaction & Loyalty (CCSL) & Marketing Magazine and Banking Business Efficiency Award 2009 from Indonesia. Corporate website can be accessed at http://www.permatabank.com.
