System Operations

Flexible and scalable system support

IT departments are continually under pressure to reduce operational expenses and minimise infrastructure risk, while striving to achieve maximum efficiency. As a result, many IT departments are now exploring innovative ways to cut costs and develop more efficient processes. SimCorp Dimension is a process-automation solution that enables IT departments to reduce operating costs while providing a comprehensive set of tools that minimise a company’s infrastructure risk.

Comprehensive, high-performance system support

SimCorp allows users to streamline and simplify all business processes throughout an organisation, helping it to achieve high performance at a marginal cost. SimCorp Dimension efficiently supports system operations for all investment management processes, with a comprehensive and flexible set of tools for:

User administration
Authorisation administration
Server administration
Data clean-up and archiving
Background job administration
Configuration administration
System option administration
Service request administration

Easy and cost-efficient adjustment for peaks and troughs

All investment management companies experience days of higher and lower activity. Sometimes, the swings can be extreme. SimCorp Dimension reduces operational sensitivity to volume peaks, and optimises the use of hardware resources for cost-efficiency. The system is essentially a client-server application built on an open Oracle™ database. A special load-balancing technique provides full scalability for time-consuming processes such as Net Asset Value (NAV) calculations and end-of-month reporting.