The age of Technology

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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DB‘Live’ msgs

‘Completed’ msgs


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HardwareFailure System

Failure


Disk MirroringClusters

Protection

DatabaseRecovery

Against Failure


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DBREDOLog

+CTL

Software

+

MirrorDisk

Backup disk

+

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


Alliance Lifeline

Introducing Alliance Lifeline

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Alliance Lifeline keeps you connected to SWIFT no

matter what happens

Alliance Lifeline – Highlights


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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2

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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?


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


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


“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


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



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 ?


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



Alliance Access

Ap

plic

atio

n

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/ )


http://fusesource.com/

http://fusesource.com/

http://www.tracefinancial.com/

http://www.tracefinancial.com/

http://www.eclipse.org/

http://www.eclipse.org/

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

Getting more out of your messaging interface !30

Productized integrationpackage


Agenda

Q&A

Resiliency

Integration

Connectivity



Alliance Remote Gateway


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*


* 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


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


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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