European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

“The use of a reliable, J2EE industry standard platform, together with the advantages associated with open source solutions, are important issues today within the I.T. departments. Open Source middleware is selectively used at EBRD as part of its I.T. infrastructure.”

-EBRD I.T. Director.

Company Overview: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was established in 1991 when communism was crumbling in central and eastern Europe and ex-soviet countries needed support to nurture a new private sector in a democratic environment. Today the EBRD uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in 29 countries from central Europe to central Asia.

Challenge:

• The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in 29 countries from central Europe to central Asia.
• As part of their critical infrastructure the EBRD uses a J2EE infrastructure.
• Some areas of the new system environment required pro-active support during implementation.
• All technologies employed needed to be proven and industry standard applications.

Solution:

• Through the EBRD IT department’s experience with Java, and J2EE, the JBoss Application was evaluated and selected for implementation.
• A number of JBoss training courses were attended, with JBoss Support Services used during the set-up process.

Results:

• The EBRD have a reliable I.T. infrastructure that includes an unrestrictive, Open Source environment.