Critical Issue Following the recent implementation of a Core Takaful System for the General and Group businesses, Takaful Malaysia contracted IBM and Preciselyto provide smooth migrations from their IBM DB2 for i databases to the Microsoft SQL Server databases, and from obsolete IBM hardware and legacy applications to the latest IBM technology and CSC Insurance software. Business Challenge Takaful Malaysia’s core application system consisted of Group Takaful, an application hosted on an IBM Power 5 iSeries server with internal storage, and a General Takaful application (PREMIA) running on an IBM Power 5 AIX server and DS8000 storage platform. The ageing hardware not only imposes a performance penalty, it also generally incurs higher maintenance costs, said Patrick Wong. “In

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