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It is a minor revolution. In the past, the RCB network operated on
proprietary technology. The transaction flow capacity was less than
2 billion transactions a year. Today, CB has adopted IP technology
for its e-rsb network. This Internet standard provides several advantages
along with Unix servers. This technology enables the e-rsb network
to process up to 10 billion authorisations a year by simply adding
extra hardware. It is an open architecture that provides its users
with a high degree of flexibility. The fact that those banks still
operating under X25 were able to switch to e-rsb without any problems
is proof of this flexibility.
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| Gilles Grière, Deputy
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"We put interconnection systems in place to enable e-rsb to process
flows in parallel with the old RCB system", explained Gilles
Grière, Deputy Director IT and Networks at Cartes Bancaires.
Banks have a period of grace through to the end of 2006 in which to
migrate their system from X25 to IP.
The switch to an open architecture provides another advantage for
Cartes Bancaires: the possibility of effectively developing new services
without being tied to any given manufacturer. All this growth capacity
is made available to banks; they will take advantage of it to develop
new services for their personal and retail customers. |
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