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Context

The client initiated the modernization of its Initial Margin application, a critical solution used for calculating and monitoring collateral margins in financial operations. This program aims to transition the existing environment to a Microsoft Azure-based Cloud architecture, while ensuring continuity of Collateral operations and stability of processing. To secure this transformation and ensure consistency between legacy and Cloud environments, the client relies on Avaliance to support application maintenance, manage progressive migration, and integrate new technical components.

Challenges

The client needed to carry out a sensitive application transformation within a demanding financial environment, while maintaining a consistent level of service for a critical margin management application.

Key challenges included managing the coexistence of legacy and Cloud platforms, progressively integrating Azure components, preserving calculation performance, and securing data flows related to collateral operations.

Avaliance Intervention

Achievements

Avaliance deployed a structured approach combining application expertise, Cloud migration, and control of critical financial environments:

  • ensuring operational continuity of the Initial Margin application within its legacy environment

  • progressive migration toward a Microsoft Azure Cloud architecture and component integration

  • adaptation of application components to ensure interoperability between legacy and Cloud systems

  • optimization of performance related to margin calculation processes

  • securing data flows and stabilizing exchanges across the Collateral system components

Technologies & Frameworks

Microsoft Azure
Cloud Migration
Collateral Management
Initial Margin (IM)
Hybrid Architecture
Capital Markets IT

Results

Thanks to Avaliance’s intervention, the client achieved concrete and measurable results:
1
full continuity of Collateral operations throughout the transformation period
2
secure, progressive Cloud migration without service disruption for the business
3
stability of Initial Margin calculations despite major architectural changes
4
reduction of operational risks linked to hybrid environment coexistence
5
modernized application foundation ready to support future regulatory and business evolutions

Context

The client operates a critical trading application supporting its market activities. This platform, used daily by business teams, requires a high level of availability, performance, and reliability. To secure the operation of this application and support its evolution within a controlled framework, the client relies on Avaliance to strengthen DevOps operations and ensure the ongoing stability of the platform.

Challenges

The client needed to ensure the availability and performance of the trading platform for users with high operational demands, while securing the underlying technical environment.

The challenges also included the ability to anticipate and resolve incidents quickly, ensure reliable operations within an Agile environment, and embed the platform in a continuous improvement approach without compromising service stability.

Avaliance Intervention

Achievements

Avaliance implemented a DevOps approach focused on reliability and performance, through:

  • management of the technical operations of the trading platform and its hosting environment

  • securing and optimizing technical operations related to system stability and maintenance

  • proactive management of incidents and performance issues

  • integration of DevOps and Agile practices to improve platform resilience and scalability

  • continuous contribution to improving the operational environment in coordination with business and technical teams

Technologies Used

DevOps Agile High Availability Trading Application Continuous Improvement

Results

Thanks to Avaliance’s approach, the client achieved concrete and measurable results:
1
significant improvement in the availability of the trading platform, reducing the impact of incidents on market activities
2
reduced incident resolution time through more proactive and structured operations
3
long-term stabilization of the technical environment, ensuring consistent performance for end users
4
strengthened platform scalability, embedded in a continuous improvement approach without service disruption
5
improved operational control of a critical application at the core of the client’s business challenges
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