by Alex Hindle | Aug 13, 2019
BRYK Group were commissioned to move Now Finance from a traditional co-located data centre setup to a cloud platform that provided greater performance, scalability, flexibility and cost effectiveness.
There were complexities due to the high transaction volume, requirements for minimal down time, legislative compliance and strong disaster recovery requirements. In addition, there were multiple 3rd party integrations and the need to provide secure public facing front-end access.
BRYK Group designed a cloud-based hosting architecture and future cost model. We:
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Designed a Secure Virtual Private Cloud base solution aligned with requirements utilises reserved instances to optimise cost.
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Performed production verification testing, penetration and DR testing, elastic load testing.
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Built monitoring and availability services to allow for 99.999999 uptime.
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Commissioned AWS platform for 20+ elastic cloud computing instances applying load balancing, RDS and Storage services.
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Migrated all data, applications and 3rd party integrations to new the platform.
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Decommissioned old platform, including secure/safe data removal/disposal.
This resulted in an enterprise grade platform that provided 24 x 7 availability, greater scalability and flexibility to Now Finance.
by Alex Hindle | Dec 4, 2018
FinanceManager is a complete end-to-end solution for automated finance – from acquisition to contract management, to collections and recovery. FinanceManager is a powerful collection of more than 30 modules designed to manage business processes and information within the finance organisation. It provides a new method of managing financial processes, removing the need for cumbersome legacy systems or manual procedures. Individual modules can be configured to work with existing systems or with other FinanceManager modules.
The solution was live within 6 month, rolled out to the whole dealer network and accelerated market growth.
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Comprehensive suite of ready made and proven web-modules.
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A holistic solution which goes beyond mere technology to address underlying processes
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An unique level of integration
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A framework for the ongoing expansion and a comprehensive suite of supporting services.
BRYK Group provided the following services:
by Alex Hindle | Dec 4, 2018
Augusta (Purchase & Integration of AGC Business)
GE Money needed to move a legacy application from Westpac Infrastructure (servers and data centre located in NSW) to GE Infrastructure in Victoria in preparation for the 2 systems to be integrate into a single platform.
BRYK Group performed an audit on-site of all relevant components of the architecture, researched the obsolete component, performed an analysis of available options, risks and solutions. This resulted in a detailed report of advice including five options together with associated risks and benefits. GE Money then selected a preferred option to implement and the transition was executed successfully.
The complexities of the project were:
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Undocumented server configuration, mission critical applications, high user numbers
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Utilised hardware that had been obsolete for significant number of years and lacked support, spares etc
by Alex Hindle | Dec 4, 2018
Global Automotive Finance Platform
Conduct Automotive finance in Australia but have all staff and back office functions located in South Africa and wished this to have no negative impact on local experience. BRYK Group were commissioned to provide advice on the platform infrastructure, integration and migration of tools.
Using in-house resources BRYK Group produced a Global Platform Blueprint to advise client on platform. We provided advice on transcontinental phone links, cloud-based infrastructure, network optimisation, innovative internet “tunnel” to provide security & performance. BRYK Group also conducted penetration testing, security reviews, verified by 3rd party audits.
This resulted in Global IT reviewing and accepting BRYK Group’s advice and implement and use as global exemplar template. It was subsequently used in three other jurisdictions.
The complexities of the project were:
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Over 20 interlinked software modules with multiple integrations(eg Credit Bureau, Bank, ERP).
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Front-office applications accessible to public internet, back-office restricted to internal use.
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High local performance required (equivalent to local server).
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High complexity/risk compliance environment (ie Credit Code, Privacy etc).
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All points of contact (including phone) had to appear as based in Australia.
by Alex Hindle | Nov 28, 2018
The mortgage business of NAB decided to invest to consolidate, enhance and expand its Broker Applications and Platforms. BRYK Group began by designing and implementing a single lending platform to operate across all broker groups (including NAB, Plan, Fast and Choice). The consolidated group was in excess of 6,500 broker operators and more than 12,000 users.
Until this project these groups utilised separate Broker platforms, based on disparate technology platforms. BRYK Group had to work in the following streams: portal, sales tools, products, CRM, portfolio management, eLodgement, commissions management and ERP integration.
This project presented a complex environment as BRYK Group needed to work across simultaneous streams of work, manage multiple technologies and stakeholders and work in a multi disciplinary team.
The final product was a consolidated platform that achieved a high degree of user acceptance/satisfaction from key stakeholders including brokers and key users. It also created an enduring ‘barrier to exit’ by members of the Broker Networks and achieved human resource management goals including retaining staff with valuable business experience, building new skill sets and a sustainable team.
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