In
line with the NBP President’s vision of technology at the core of banking,
National Bank of Pakistan inked its Data Center Project on turnkey basis with
Getronics (AGCN) Pakistan. The project shall be an International Standards
Certified Tier III Data Center Project. This Data Center facility will
serve more than 1290 online branches for Centralized Banking Applications; to
ensure 24x7x365 (Always Online) IT services across the bank and all its
applications including a 24 hours IT services monitoring & operations
center.
The Project Head NBP Mr. Qasim Y. Khan (Vice President/Wing Head
IT Strategic Planning Wing) and country manager Getronics Pakistan Mr. Faisal
Rao signed the contract in the presence of the President, National Bank of
Pakistan Dr. Asif A. Brohi and senior executives of the bank. Mr. Mahmood
Siddique (Chief Information Officer) and Mr. Yasir Ansari (Deputy CIO)
acknowledged the project to be a success for the future NBP services &
increase customer satisfaction through highest availability and resiliency.
This is one of its kind projects in the financial industry of Pakistan with
latest equipment and technology and an IT milestone for the largest commercial
bank of Pakistan.
