Worldline selected the VMware platforms for network virtualization and management of a cloud

On February 16, 2018 the VMware company announced deployment by Worldline company of virtualization platforms of network and management of a cloud quicker to bring services to the market, to enter international markets and also to ensure to clients safety and compliance to politicians. Unrolled as a part of the program configured architecture of a data processing center, Worldline companies will provide to VMware NSX and VMware vRealize Suite coordination of cloud infrastructure and operational processes, having created, thereby, conditions for adaptivity and flexibility of the IT necessary for support of business innovations in the dynamic market of payment services.

Worldline works in 29 countries in which payment services are started. In these conditions of the company it is necessary to accelerate implementation of innovations constantly. A priority for Wordline are the flexible and adaptive IT applying approach of DevOps to acceleration of an application development cycle and rapid response to requirements of customers. According to Worldline, thanks to solutions of VMware on automation of tasks labor-consuming and subject to errors, time necessary for deployment of workloads was reduced by 75% and also time necessary for providing network services — from several days was reduced to read minutes. It will positively influence business as Worldline will be able quicker to develop, test, unroll applications and to bring them to the market.

"With VMware NSX and vRealize Suite we could increase flexibility of our IT and focus on more important tasks. Having connected these technologies to our experience of creation of services, we can quicker bring new services to the market that provides us development in international market". Frédéric Papillon, head of production department of Worldline company

Worldline provides a number of services, using the IaaS platform ("Infrastructure as service"), and increase in demand for the cloud services expects. As different levels of control and administration are required for customers, the Worldline company is forced to configure and configure networks for maintenance of the high level of flexibility for customers on what a lot of time leaves.

Thanks to opportunities of cloud and network automation of VMware NSX and vRealize Suite as note in Worldline, customers will be able to select between series of the unified service projects. With already previously configured politicians these services can be provided instantly — in minutes, but not in days. It considerably reduces load of Worldline IT resources, and customers receive high-quality service and faster output of service to the market.

The increased standardization of the systems and processes which are the cornerstone of payment services increased capability of Worldline to reproduce similar services in other regions. According to the statement of the company, its exit to international markets is partially caused by merges and absorption, and use of solutions of VMware as a single platform promotes integration of IT infrastructures. Worldline uses VMware vRealize Suite for management and operation of a cloud. vRealize Operations allows the company to understand better the IT infrastructure due to forecasting of requirements to capacity and management of peak traffic. Thanks to vRealize Automation the company excludes manual accomplishment of tasks and increases efficiency of IT. Worldline reports that it with VMware NSX implemented the distributed active-active solution for accident prevention that will help the company to support the reliable security level and to conform to such requirements as PCI DSS.