Migrating a tier-1 microfinance bank’s core banking platform to a redundant dual-site architecture, with zero unplanned downtime during cutover.
The bank’s core banking platform ran from a single data centre with no redundant failover site — a growing risk as transaction volume increased and regulatory expectations around business continuity tightened. A single power or hardware failure risked taking core banking services offline entirely, with no documented recovery path.
Compounding the risk, the existing server environment was aging, undocumented in parts, and sized for transaction volumes the bank had already outgrown two years prior.
Rather than a single high-stakes migration weekend, the engagement was sequenced to de-risk the cutover at every stage.
Full assessment of the existing server estate, dependencies, and undocumented configurations.
Redundant data centre architecture with automated failover between primary and secondary sites.
Core banking workloads migrated in stages, validated at each step before proceeding.
Simulated failover events tested and timed before go-live, not left to chance.
Full as-built documentation delivered so the bank’s internal team could operate the new environment.
24/7 monitoring during the stabilization period following cutover.
"IBHAMU rebuilt our core infrastructure without a single day of disruption to banking operations. Their engineers understood our compliance requirements as well as our own IT team did."
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