Case Study
Case Study: German Pension Fund Baden-Württemberg
Overview Part of the national German Pension Fund, this regional organization manages the statu- tory pension insurance scheme for 6.6 million citizens in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Employing over 3,600 people, German Pension Fund Baden-Württemberg pays out billions of Euros in pension plans every year. Challenge The German Pension Fund Baden-Württem- berg relies on core processes running smoothly to provide pensions and information services. Falk-Oliver Bischoff, Head of IT at the German Pension Fund Baden-Württemberg, said: “Our most critical business applications were developed decades ago in COBOL, running on mainframes. Over the years, we’ve added to the logic to update the applications as re- quirements change. As cost pressures are in- creasing while our organizatio