Being actively involved with architecture design projects in a number of financial institutions means that MERIT TS is exposed to all the latest technology developments on an ongoing basis. This results in hands-on experience and consequent in-depth knowledge on a wide range of IT products that can be leveraged to the customer's advantage.
System Architecture Design Services:
Backup (Hardware and Software options) (Hardware:IBM, StorageTek)(Sotware:VERITAS, Legato)
Enterprise Storage (All major suppliers including EMC, IBM, Hitachi, HP)
SAN (Storage Area Networks) (All major suppliers including Brocade, McData, Inrange)
SWAN (Storage Wide Area Network) DWDM, CWDM. (Canoga Perkins)
NAS (Network Attached Storage) (IBM, EMC, HP, Netapp)
Servers (IBM, HP,SUN), Operating Systems (MS Windows, Solaris, AIX, Linux)
LAN (Local Area Networks) (IBM, CISCO, 3COM)
WAN (Wide Area Networks) (IBM, CISCO)
System Availability design and implementation (VERITAS cluster, HACMP, MS Cluster Server)
Disaster Recovery design and implementation (VERITAS cluster, HACMP, MS Cluster Server)
Architecture consolidation and management services (Storage, Backup, Server, Oracle, MS-SQL)
Dealing Room design and implementation (All aspects)
SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES
System design takes on a new meaning when the system architects are responsible for implementation. This ensures that the system that was specified during the user requirement phase, actually works and that there are no after sales shortfall that were not catered for during the design phases. MERIT TS have as a result of our exposure to Banks, developed a unique methodology that takes aspects like reliability, redundancy, scalability, performance, flexibility, interdependency and cost into consideration. MERIT TS will assist customers up to the point where their business objectives are met. The following is a list of some of the implementations that we have been involved with:
Bank Treasury (Front, Middle and Back Office)
Balance Of Payments (BOP)Continuous Link Settlement (CLS)
National Payment Systems (NPS)
SAMOS
Real-time Gross Settlement System (RTGS)
PayPlus Integration
SWIFT
Basel II Compliance
Automated Data Collection and MIS Reporting
Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS)
SPECIALISED FINANCIAL AND GENERAL IT SUPPORT SERVICES
Having been involved with system support services for Bank dealing rooms means that these individuals understand the importance of providing excellent service, in demanding trading environments where; sub-second response times, guaranteed market data delivery and highly available trading facilities are essential. Expertise includes the maintaining of market data feeds, electronic trading systems, installation of digital delivery systems and providing integration and support services for front- middle- and back office systems. Because business continuity is essential in the Banking environment local system mirroring and remote replication to fully functional, on-line disaster recovery facilities forms part of the daily activities of this group. System Support Services are provided with the explicit objective to drive down Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Unix System Management and Support (Solaris, Linux)
MS Windows Server Management and Support (All Versions)
MS Exchange Support
MS SQL Server Support
Desktop Support
LAN and WAN Support
SAN and SWAN Support
TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
MERIT TS has a team of highly experienced Technical Project Managers who are able to advise customers on the viability of technicl decisions because they are able to distinguish between essential and or nice to have requirements in a project. The MERIT TS Technical Project Managers also act as relationship managers during projects
