Seylan Bank first to enter market with SD-WAN Networking System
Marking the next step of their transformational journey into digitalisation, Seylan Bank becomes the first organisation in the local banking industry to adopt SD-WAN (Software Defined Wide Area network) Technology in partnership with Citrix and V S Information Systems (Pvt.) Ltd (VSIS).
As technology continues to drive and influence the banking industry, banks continue to integrate technology into both back-end and front-end activities to ensure higher security, better operational efficiency, control and enhanced quality. This is done with the sole purpose of providing customers with innovative and timely solutions to satisfy their banking requirements in a very secure manner.
Commenting on this, Seylan Bank Chief Information Officer Harsha Wanigatunga said: “We are delighted to work with VSIS to further amplify our transformational journey into digitalisation. As one of our valued partners over the years, VSIS has consistently delivered and has continued to assist us with the best technical and business support. As the first bank to adopt SD-WAN technology, we aim to further strengthen our branch network security, availability and faster speeds that will facilitate greater customer convenience and security. As the banking industry moves towards automation and digitalisation, we place great priority towards innovation, security, enhancing customer services and defying the traditional norms of banking.” V S Information Systems (Pvt.) Ltd Managing Director Priyanga Gunasekera said: “We are proud to work with Seylan Bank and assist in their digital transformation journey. As the leading ICT solutions provider in the country, our goal was to provide Seylan Bank with the best of breed solution to fit their requirements and network architecture. To do this, we studied several competing products to identify and implement the best strategy to amplify their journey towards digitalisation.
We take great pride in delivering technology solutions with the best value outcome for our clients. Therefore, we are delighted to say that this implementation with Seylan Bank is the first such implementation in the country, it is also the largest SD WAN deployment up-to-date in Sri Lanka.”