Skandinavisk Data Center Greatly Reduces Costs by Migrating Core Banking Systems to Microsoft Platform
*Scandinavian IT center expects to save $20 million annually by replacing its mainframe technology with Windows platform.*
REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 13, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Skandinavisk Data Center (SDC) is expected to save $20 million annually by moving its core banking system from its mainframe platform to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008. SDC was formed in 1963 and is owned by 150 financial institutions in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the Faroe Islands, and is responsible for providing core banking services to these banks across Scandinavia.