Global Tier 1 bank reduces migration time to just four hours with HighPoint
Published:
September 2025
Category:
Financial
Client:
Anonymous
Partner:
Client Summary
A leading global Tier 1 bank with 80,000+ employees across 40 countries, serving 48 million customers worldwide. The bank offers a full suite of financial services including retail, corporate, and investment banking.
Challenges
The bank faced significant hurdles in modernizing its network infrastructure:
- Limited internal capacity for service mapping and migration execution
- Disconnected efforts between network segmentation and transformation programs
- Complex change control due to the critical nature of financial services
- Inaccurate asset databases, making service mapping risky and unreliable
To overcome these challenges, the bank aimed to:
- Enhance its security posture
- Eliminate technical debt from legacy systems
- Align with stringent financial services compliance requirements through Cisco ACI adoption
Solution
HighPoint deployed a 35-person expert team to deliver:
- Automated, multi-source data discovery and correlation
- A live, continuously updated audit process
- A proprietary toolset to create a dynamic, accurate service map
- A streamlined, automated change control process
Impact
HighPoint’s automated, data-driven approach enabled the bank to:
- Minimize downtime and risk
- Accelerate technology adoption
- Reduce program costs
- Enhance internal team capabilities
Key Achievements
Migration time reduced from 24 to 4 hours
17 ACI fabrics deployed across 6 global data centers
6X acceleration in migration speed
Weekly successful migrations by project end
Improved CMDB accuracy and operational knowledge
