Accelerating Digital Innovation with IBM WebSphere Liberty and MicroProfile
A leading European financial institution partnered with Nexright to accelerate application modernization, reduce deployment times, and deliver next-generation banking services using IBM WebSphere Liberty, MicroProfile, and Red Hat OpenShift. This collaboration empowered the bank to launch new services in minutes rather than months—without the need for costly migration.
Business challenge
As consumer expectations evolve, financial institutions face increasing pressure to modernize legacy applications and offer personalized digital experiences.
The bank struggled with:
- Long application deployment cycles.
- High maintenance costs for traditional monolithic systems.
- Limited flexibility to innovate and scale efficiently.
- Compatibility issues between legacy workloads and cloud environments.
To remain competitive, the institution needed a cloud-ready platform that supported rapid innovation, open standards, and zero-downtime modernization—all without disrupting mission-critical banking services.
Solution
Working with Nexright, the bank leveraged IBM WebSphere Liberty and MicroProfile on Red Hat OpenShift to create a flexible, scalable platform for hybrid-cloud banking innovation.
Solution Highlights:
- IBM WebSphere Liberty: Provided a lightweight, modular Java runtime that reduced startup times and simplified cloud deployment.
- MicroProfile APIs: Enabled faster development of microservices using open standards.
- Red Hat OpenShift: Delivered container orchestration and scalability for production-grade applications.
Zero Migration: The bank maintained full compatibility with existing WebSphere applications while shifting toward a cloud-native environment.
Solution components
- IBM WebSphere Liberty
- MicroProfile APIs
- Red Hat OpenShift
Cloud-Native Agility
By adopting containerized microservices, the bank achieved faster updates and easier scaling across digital banking platforms.
Zero-Downtime Modernization
Applications were transitioned to modern architectures without disrupting ongoing operations.
Developer Efficiency
Teams gained the flexibility to build and test new features using open APIs and continuous integration pipelines, significantly reducing release cycles.
Result
- Reduced new feature deployment from months to minutes.
- Achieved zero migration downtime across core banking workloads.
- Increased development speed and innovation agility by 60%.
- Improved resilience and compliance through standardized cloud environments.
By combining IBM WebSphere Liberty with MicroProfile and Red Hat OpenShift, we were able to slash deployment times dramatically. Our teams can now deliver innovative banking services faster than ever—without complex migrations.
— Head of IT Modernization, Leading European Bank