ObjectSharp Named Finalist by Microsoft for Application Innovation Impact Award in FinTech
ObjectSharp is thrilled to be named as a finalist by Microsoft for Application Innovation in FinTech for the 2019 Microsoft IMPACT Awards.
ObjectSharp’s work for Finastra is a large part of the reason for the nomination. Formed in 2017 by the combination of Misys and D+H, Finastra is a global Fintech force, providing the broadest portfolio of financial services software in the world today. Finastra’s FusionFabric.cloud platform for open innovation aims to change the way that modern banking software is created and deployed. With FusionFabric.cloud, Finastra is championing collaboration and encouraging innovation by opening up its core systems via APIs so third parties can develop applications on top.
Finastra’s pioneering platform — built on top of Microsoft Azure — received mention and praise by Microsoft earlier this year. Finastra has evolved from packaged software to micro-services, open APIs and continuous delivery. ObjectSharp’s innovative work with the Azure Kubernetes Service to create a platform of open interfaces, standards and architecture has helped with the journey.
Finastra chose ObjectSharp to help implement this solution based on their deep expertise in the Microsoft Azure Cloud and proven implementation track record for building applications cloud-first, and leveraging automation where possible, from the outset. ObjectSharp provided Finastra with an engineer on the ground (Gui Martins)to help its in-house team with the development of the platform’s infrastructure. According to Timothy Sutherland, Senior Director, Cloud Enablement, Enterprise Architecture, R&D at Finastra:
“This project is business critical for Finastra, so it had to be done right. ObjectSharp has a proven track record of providing the right people, processes and tools to help deliver high-quality cloud solutions based on Microsoft Azure. We needed a partner we could trust as we continue to make our open vision a reality with FusionFabric.cloud.”
Indeed, at the outset of the project, the Azure Kubernetes Service was not yet available. All that existed was the Azure Access Control Service Engine (“ACS Engine”), which was not able to deploy clusters privately. ObjectSharp — always technical and results-driven — forked the Microsoft Git repository for ACS Engine and wrote its own code to enable deployment of secure clusters. And this code was ultimately merged into Microsoft’s GitHub repo, broadening Azure’s capabilities for all.
With Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), ObjectSharp has since been creating automated pipelines with AKS and Azure Cosmos DB that save every development team within Finastra precious time for deployments and the provisioning of secure clusters. AKS brings a fundamental benefit to the development team at Finastra. As Félix Grévy, Global Head of Product Management, explains:
“AKS gives us a pure Kubernetes and Docker imaging environment that we don’t have to manage ourselves. Our team has regained the resources to accelerate deployment and maximize our platform offering.”
The team uses Azure Container Registry (ACR) to simplify container development, while geo-replication helps run disaster recovery procedures for different locations. The ACR can also audit whether data residency is running in the same jurisdiction as the banks. Inbuilt application auto-scaling allows the team to manage cost burden and react quickly to meet spiked demands of partners and customers.
ObjectSharp is Toronto’s premier cloud-first digital transformation company, with particular expertise in the Microsoft Azure stack. A truly end-to-end solutions provider — from product ideation, to user experience design, to cloud-first and serverless application architecture and development, on through to devops, governance and data protection — we are your one-stop shop for succeeding and leading with cloud native solutions. To learn more about ObjectSharp, please visit us at https://objectsharp.com/ or say hello on Twitter and LinkedIn @objectsharp.
