Softlogic upgrades digital payments with LankaPay SDDC
The Softlogic Information Technologies and LankaPay team members Reza Junaid Director Sales and Marketing Enterprise Business Solutions Softlogic Information Technologies, Dinuka Perera Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO) LankaPay, Roshan Rassool Director/CEO Softlogic Information Technologies, Dilantha Samarasinghe Chief Information Officer LankaPay and Lakshanth Jayasekara Manager IT LankaPay.
LankaPay was established in 2002, under the guidance and supervision of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka as the national payment network. Owned by the Central Bank and all licensed commercial banks in the country, LankaPay is regarded as one of the most successful Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in the region.
With the ever increasing demand for digital payments, LankaPay continues to upgrade its infrastructure as a part of the company’s ongoing technology transformation journey.
LankaPay AGM IT Dilantha Samarasinghe stated; “Upgrading the Common Card and Payment System (CCAPS) to cater to the growing demand and capacity building is high on our agenda. As the operator of the national payment switch, we wish to lead the industry in adopting the latest technologies and the recent infrastructure modernization where we transferred data center infrastructure to a modern Software Defined Data Centre (SDDC) architecture to ensure that the data center infrastructure provides the agility and scalability is one such noteworthy initiative. The new environment provides us with greater agility with few significant exceptions to the traditional data centers, most notably through the use of virtualization, abstraction, resource pooling, and automation. Softlogic Information Technologies delivered a flawless upgrade and data migration from traditional Virtualized infrastructure to a Hyper converged infrastructure at our Disaster Recovery Site with a minimum downtime which is indeed commendable.”
Softlogic Information Technologies Director/CEO Roshan Rassool stated; “Architecting and implementing a highly Agile and secure data centre is central to LankaPay’s strategy in expanding the digital economy of Sri Lanka. The successful development of the LankPay software defined data centre (SDDC) is a monumental achievement for us.SDDCis the next generation of technology in data centers’ and provides key benefits where you can dramatically reduce the time to provision new resources and be vendor independent.”
Softlogic Information Technologies Pvt Ltd’s (SITL) successful completion of the LankaPay data centre is attributed to the 30 years of experience and sustained success in catering to the highly demanding technology market both locally and internationally and its uncompromising dedication to the growth of Sri Lanka’s ICT sector. SITL today is a leader in data centre implementations and virtualization platforms in Sri Lanka. Many banks, financial institutions, manufacturing enterprises and large/mid-size corporates work with SITL to ensure that their data centre solutions are securely implemented according to industry best practices. SITL is also a strong player in the cyber security business in Sri Lanka.
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