Lagos - First Inland Bank has announced the adoption of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 as part of its commitment to simplifying the work process and increasing productivity.
According to the Chief Information Officer of the bank, Mr. Gabriel Obaji, the new business environment and world of work demands that staff collaborate more efficiently and stay connected at all times, adding that after a detailed and in-depth analysis of the previous Lotus Notes messaging system within the bank, the management saw the need for significant improvements in information security, regulatory compliance, service availability, organisational agility and employee productivity.
“The previous system was very slow, taking up to 5 minutes to download simple emails. The complaints from users had become unbearable. We needed to do something about it fast,” said Mr. Obaji.
The bank’s network of over 4000 users was running on Lotus Notes and Domino v7.0. working with Dimension Data, First Inland Bank migrated its messaging network successfully to Microsoft Exchange 2007 that scales across a couple of Intel-based 64-bit server hardware. Mr Jide Agbaje, Head of Microsoft Division at Dimension Data Nigeria said “First Inland Bank improved its security and efficiency by using Directory services as a central point of authentication and resource management.”
Obaji revealed that the user experience at First Inland Bank has been phenomenal. A recent company-wide survey shows almost 100 per cent satisfaction for all users interviewed. The bank has already witnessed improved productivity through access to information, e-mail, voice mail, calendar and contacts from anywhere, at anytime.
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