Masking Migration to Data Virtualization for a Global Financial Firm
800
refreshes a year, up from 4 at most
Measured in hours
not months, to get a masked copy to the dev team
4
onshore people, replacing 20 offshore and 5 onshore
The client
A global financial services firm with millions of customers and institutional clients. Its test data covered more than 100 applications and hundreds of terabytes of databases.
The problem
The firm's old masking tool was expensive and needed a lot of storage.
Refresh and masking cycles were slow and heavy, so test data could only be refreshed once a quarter, 4 times a year at most.
Supporting the old tool took 20 offshore and 5 onshore people.
What we did
Moved the firm from its old masking tool to a data virtualization and masking platform.
Moved masking for more than 100 applications to the new platform.
Set up refresh and masking that runs on demand, instead of once a quarter.
Package: Masking Migration
The result
Petabytes of databases now run on only a few hundred terabytes of storage.
A refresh and masking cycle now takes hours.
About 800 refreshes a year for the same 100 databases, up from 4 at most.
A team of 4 onshore people replaced 20 offshore and 5 onshore people.
Tools and systems
A data virtualization and masking platform, replacing an older masking tool.