Technology SessionBangladesh Business Forum
Rahul Jain, Technical Analyst, Sales Services, Asia Pacific
13th August 2014
Agenda
Q&A
Resiliency
Integration
Connectivity
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Q&A
Integration
Connectivity
Agenda
Resiliency
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Alliance Access Database Recovery
Imagine, it’s 1 PM and your system fails…
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Cutoff
Escalation
Reporting
Reconciliation
Recovery procedures
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Database Unavailability Causes
DB ‘Live’ msgs
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Database Unavailability Causes
DB‘Live’ msgs
‘Completed’ msgs
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Database Unavailability Causes
HardwareFailure System
Failure
Database Unavailability Causes
Disk MirroringClusters
Protection
DatabaseRecovery
Against Failure
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DBREDOLog
+CTL
Software
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MirrorDisk
Backup disk
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Database Recovery option
What is DB Recovery?Alliance Access
No stop/start
of servers for
maintenance
24/7
licensed
option
Recovery
DBBackup
Contains configurationData only
Copy of REDO LogRecovery Backups
Database Recovery Benefits
• Full content recovery up to the last committed state• Native feature• Based on Industry proven technology• Single command to recover• Complement to Mirroring or Cluster options• Supported and qualified by SWIFT• Further enhanced with release 7.0
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Database Recovery option
MirrorDisk
BackupDisk
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Alliance Lifeline
Introducing Alliance Lifeline
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Alliance Lifeline keeps you connected to SWIFT no
matter what happens
Alliance Lifeline – Highlights
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Always ready, activated on demand
All SWIFT message types and standards
Peace of mind with SWIFT’s world-class security, reliability, service and support
Manual and automated operations
Cost-effective cold standby solution
Alliance Lifeline – Light footprint
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Standard broadband Internet connection*Option to connect using VPN
Standard Internet Explorer browser
Standard Windows PC / laptop
4 SWIFT security tokens (USB)
What is Alliance Lifeline?
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InternetOptional:
Alliance Connect
Alliance Lifeline
HSMInterfaceMV-SIPN
Connect to SWIFT via
Alliance Lifeline
Browsers
@
AutoClient
Primary / backup / DR infrastructureat customer site
Alliance Lifeline light ‘footprint’ at customer site
Application
When your main SWIFT connection becomes
unavailable
Alliance Lifeline – Key features
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Cost-effective ‘cold standby’ connection to SWIFT (based on Alliance Lite2)
Secure Internet connection from any location; option to connect over SWIFT VPN
Global 24/7/365 connection activation on request – GUI always available
Easy-to-use browser-based screens; light footprint
Deployed from SWIFT Operating Centre for maximum availability and resilience
Basic message reconciliation – copy of messages exchanged over Lifeline during outage, report of last sent messages before outage available upon request
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“Alliance Lifeline provides cost-effective insurance in case of disaster and delivers an end-to-end solution built around SWIFT’s world-class security, reliability, resilience and customer service.”
Stephen Leung, Managing Director, Head of Operations, Daiwa Capital Markets in Hong Kong
Alliance Lifeline – Activation process
• The Alliance Lifeline user interface (GUI) is always available
• The SWIFT connection is dormant and must be activated to be used
In case of emergency / disaster:
• You must contact SWIFT to request activation of your connection
• You can already prepare messages so they are ready to send
• SWIFT validates your request in line with normal security procedures and activates your connection
• Your connection remains live until you ask SWIFT to deactivate it*
* A daily usage fee will apply for each day your connection is active
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Alliance Lifeline Premium
• Premium option within Alliance Lifeline
• The SWIFT connection is always active to SEND messages
• You must request activation in order to RECEIVE messages
In case of emergency / disaster: • You can send messages immediately
• You must contact SWIFT to request activation if you want to receive messages
• SWIFT validates your request in line with normal security procedures and activates your connection
• Your ability to receive messages remains live until you ask SWIFT to deactivate it
* A daily usage fee will apply for each day that you send and/or receive messages
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How can SWIFT Help
How efficient and resilient are you?• SWIFT consulting can help you in assessing your current
infrastructure and identifying area for improvements– Infrastructure review– Health checks– DR architecture assessment and procedure– Operational procedures and incident management
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Increasing the Resiliency of your SWIFT infrastructure has never been easier.Implementing Alliance Lifeline and Database Recovery will substantially help you to minimise the risk of downtime.
Agenda
Q&A
Resiliency
Integration
Connectivity
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Alliance Access Integration Platform
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Business applications not designed to
connect to SWIFTNet
Discrepancy between internal message formats and SWIFT formats
Yearly Standards Releases cause applications to be updated
Specialised SWIFT skills are hard to find
Complications are multiplied: multiple systems, multiple internal and external teams involved
SWIFT
Clients
Service Providers
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Your integration challenges ?
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SWIFT’s answer to the integration challenge
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Consulting Services
Integration
Platform
Alliance Access
Combining SWIFT services and SWIFT products
to offer a true end-to-end solution!
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SWIFT Consulting ServicesDelivering an end-to-end solution
Analyse Design Implement Test Go-Live Care
• Bring SWIFT Skills & Experience & Approach
• Then you are free to focus on running your business
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Key Features of the Integration Platform
• Connect with external systems using MQ, file, JDBC, SOAP, JMS, email
• Manipulate complex message structures in a graphical way
• Maximum re-use of robust, reliable Access features
• Enhance existing Access flows with validations and enrichments
• Use the validations provided by SWIFT or easily create your own
• Use content-based routing to handle complex routing requirements
• Bulking/debulking
• Support for all message types on the SWIFT network
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Alliance Access
Ap
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Inte
rfac
e
Integration Platform
IPLA Internal API
FIN
In
terf
ace
SW
IFT
Net
In
terf
ace
SWIFTNet
Message store Message queuesMessage routing
Validation Transformation
Application 1
Application 2
proprietary format
SWIFT format
Co
nn
ecto
rs
proprietary form
at
Enrichment
Alliance Gateway
Application 3
Alliance Access Integration Platform (IPLA)Overall architecture
Getting more out of your messaging interface!
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Key technologies used
• FuseESB application server– Commercial distribution of open-source projects, with Apache
Camel being the key one– Support delivered by FuseSource (http://fusesource.com ),
recently acquired by Red Hat• Message transformations done by Trace Transformer, from
Trace Financial (http://www.tracefinancial.com/)• Development environment: Eclipse (http://www.eclipse.org/ )
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Benefits of the Integration Platform
Validations and reference data usageEqually applies to manually entered messages
Integrated in Access
No need to update your own systemsLess risk in implementing SWIFT
End-to-end SWIFT products and services offeringfor end-to-end SWIFT communication
Footprint and TCO reduction
Exchange proprietary
messages with Access
One stop shop
solution modelEnhance existing
flows
Community enablement
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Productized integrationpackage
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Agenda
Q&A
Resiliency
Integration
Connectivity
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Alliance Remote Gateway
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Alliance Remote Gateway is Alliance Gateway
in the cloud
Introducing Alliance Remote Gateway
What is Alliance Remote Gateway?
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AllianceConnect
Alliance Access
HSMs
Alliance Gateway
Customer premisesSWIFT
Customer premises
Service Bureau
Alliance Remote Gateway
Back-office applications
Replace SB with Alliance
Remote Gateway
Alliance Connect*
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* All Alliance Connect versions are supported (Bronze / Silver / Silver+ / Gold), optional internet
Service Bureau
Alliance Remote Gateway – Light footprint
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SWIFT security tokens (USB)* support for software certificates coming soon
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SWIFT VPN boxes (Alliance Connect)• All options supported (Bronze/Silver/Silver+/Gold)
allowing to connect using leased lines and/or internet• Secure & reliable, with resiliency built-in
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Alliance Access or Entry on Windows, Linux, AIX and Oracle Solaris
Alliance Remote Gateway is designed for customers with up to five BIC-8 destinations, up to 20 concurrent users,
and low-to-medium message volumes (up to Alliance Gateway band 5)
Alliance Remote Gateway – Highlights
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Alliance Gateway hosted by SWIFT
Peace of mind through SWIFT’s highly secure and reliable operations and support
Less complexity, effort, and infrastructure for you
No change to features, screens and integration capabilities of Access or Entry
All SWIFT messages, all SWIFT flows including FIN, InterAct, FileAct and Browse
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Direct connection to SWIFT
Non-repudiation through personal tokens
24/7 SWIFT Support and Remote Support
Deployment from SWIFT OPC for maximum availability, resilience and security
Low upfront investment and usage-based yearly fee
Benefits over Service Bureau
Agenda
Q&A
Resiliency
Integration
Connectivity
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Q&A
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Thank you
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