Old Mutual, a financial services giant, has moved its entire IT infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing provider, reducing the average time taken to process financial transactions by two-thirds. The move involved moving more than 2 000 on-premises servers, 215 applications, 1 786 databases and more than 500 websites, and will allow Old Mutual to accelerate innovation, reduce IT infrastructure costs and harness machine learning to deliver more personalised customer experiences. AWS services such as Amazon SageMaker and Information Fabric will enable Old Mutual to generate real-time, personalised financial forecasting and recommendations for customers.
