CASE STUDY model. The Red Hat OpenShift platform provides a unified runtime layer for both virtual machines and container workloads, replacing fragmented and outdated systems.
What were the most compelling features of the specific Red Hat solutions that made them the right choice for B2 Impact’ s modernisation goals?
In our view, Red Hat’ s solutions stood out for their maturity, flexibility and alignment with the needs of enterprise environments – particularly in the financial sector. Red Hat delivered not just technology, but also partnership throughout the IT infrastructure transformation. The most compelling features included Red Hat OpenShift as an integrated platform for virtualisation and containerisation:
A key architectural benefit was the ability to use Red Hat OpenShift as a shared runtime for both containers and virtual machines. This allowed us to eliminate the need for maintaining separate stacks( e. g., VMware), and to build a unified, streamlined environment that simplifies management and reduces operating costs. acceleration of key IT processes – impacting both data operations and overall organisational efficiency.
Before modernisationETL( Extract, Transform, Load) processes were time-consuming and limited near realtime analytics.
Full data warehouse loads could take several hours, slowing down operational reporting. Provisioning new production environments often took several days, delaying delivery of new services or updates.
After implementation, full data warehouse load times have been reduced by a factor of four, enabling faster, data-driven decision-making. Operational data streaming has doubled in speed, significantly improving data integration and real-time availability. New production environments can now be prepared in under an hour and system failover between data centres takes no more than 30 minutes – previously it could take several hours.
A key goal is to prepare your technology ecosystem for a future based on hybrid cloud and cloud-ready solutions. How far along that journey are you, given the recent partnership?
Red Hat OpenShift also supports flexible deployment of services on-premises and in private or public clouds – perfectly fitting our long-term hybrid strategy. It enabled modernisation without locking us into a specific cloud provider.
Red Hat OpenShift’ s declarative management capabilities allowed us to automate configuration, provision environments in under an hour, and enforce consistency in ways that were previously difficult to achieve.
In the financial sector, security, development transparency and long-term vendor support are critical. Red Hat met all these criteria by offering both open source technologies and enterpriseclass support, which was essential in the context of regulations like DORA.
The implementation has led to a fourfold increase in ETL speed and a significant reduction in the time needed to deploy new production environments. Can you describe the‘ before and after’ in these processes and the tangible impact these accelerations have had on B2 Impact’ s day-to-day operations and overall productivity?
One of the most visible outcomes of the infrastructure transformation based on Red Hat solutions was a major
Thanks to our collaboration with Red Hat and our modernisation strategy, our technology ecosystem is now fully prepared for operating in a hybrid cloud model. We’ ve reached a level where we’ re no longer just‘ cloud-ready’ – we are actively operating in a hybrid, cloud-native model.
Our infrastructure has been re-architected to support dynamic workload mobility across environments, full application lifecycle management, regardless of infrastructure location and regulatory compliance, including mandates like DORA.
How have these infrastructure improvements contributed to strengthening B2 Impact’ s cybersecurity posture and facilitating compliance with EU regulations( NIS2 and DORA)?
A KEY ARCHITECTURAL
BENEFIT WAS THE ABILITY TO
USE RED HAT OPENSHIFT
AS A SHARED RUNTIME
FOR BOTH CONTAINERS AND VIRTUAL
MACHINES.
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