The LzSDM instance of BPER’s application workload (which was initially based on COBOL, Assembler, C, CICS, DB2) will provide comparable reliability, availability, serviceability and security of the mainframe. Without any recompilation or data changes, the switch could be achieved with minimal service interruption. LzLabs’ approach allowed data to remain on BPER‘s mainframe during the first phase. Using LzLabs’ incremental migration approach, the BPER team has been able to focus on migrating services and applications that require modernisation to a Linux operating environment and container technology, in a phased process. The goal is to build a modern IT environment for enterprise applications, through which the bank can reduce its time to market by testing more rapidly and more extensively, and by deploying new features faster.

By the end of 2021, further workloads will be migrated to system testing and, ultimately, production on LzSDM. The services chosen for the first phase of migration control BPER’s front end customer portals, where branch offices and customers manage online banking and credit cards. Working with LzLabs, these services have been migrated, incrementally, to open systems without any recompilation or data changes. The Other Activities division includes the non-banking Group entities.LzLabs, together with CWS, report that Italian retail bank BPER Banca (BPER) has completed the first phase of migrating core banking services to LzLabs Software Defined Mainframe® (LzSDM®). The Corporate Center segment covers activities related to the governance of the Group, to strategic decisions and results thereof, as well as activities not directly connected to other areas of the business. The Finance segment covers the treasury activities and management of the Group’s investment portfolio. The Large Corporate segment covers the banking services with corporate customers and partnerships.

The Corporate segment encompasses public administration, as well as non financial and non-resident companies. The Retail segment offers sole traders, partnerships and limited corporations, among others. The Private segment serves individual and join accounts.

Its banking services are div ided into seven segments. Bper Banca SpA, formerly Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna Sc, is an Italian-based banking group offering traditional banking services to individuals, corporate, freelancers and public entities.

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