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Scotiabank Streamlines Business Processes Using IBM Software

Overview Among the top five Canadian banks, Scotiabank is a leading player in the nation’s retail, commercial and corporate financial services markets. Scotiabank spent several years updating and developing its business processes. It wanted to streamline business processes across nearly 1,000 domestic bank branches and back-office support centers. They deployed IBM WebSphere MQ Workflow running on IBM eserver pSeries and zSeries systems and integrated with legacy IBM hardware and software technologies.

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Publisher	IBM	File Format	HTML
Date Published	March 2004	Downloads	3
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Mainframes, Bank Management, Groupware - Workflow

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