100 Percent Intel Architecture: Grupo Elektra Meets Aggressive Deadlines, Cost Objectives for 749 Bank Branches

Overview

Grupo Elektra, Latin America's leading specialty retailer, sought to add full-service, in-store banking targeted to Mexico's underserved low- and middle-income households. Grupo Elektra wanted 749 new Banco Azteca branches up and running when the banking service launched, just three months after the company chose its platform. With $25 million of its own money at stake and rapid growth expected, Grupo Elektra needed a scalable, cost-effective solution. Banco Azteca launched on time and economically on 100 percent Intel architecture-based infrastructure, from point-of-sale (POS) systems to database servers. Intel Solution Services helped Banco Azteca tune its new system for optimal performance, boosting transactions per second (tps) nearly 7x over initial performance runs and average response times by 8x.