Danske Bank migrates infrastructure to cloud with AWS

By Gloria Methri

Danske Bank has signed a multiyear agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS). As part of the deal, Danske Bank will migrate selected infrastructure, applications, and data, including systems for personal, business and institutional customers, to AWS.

The collaboration will give the bank access to applications, services, and functionality on the cloud and allow it to optimise and modernise its applications by applying AWS technologies.

“We are and continue to be a leading bank in a digital age, and therefore, we are investing significantly in digitalisation and technology to provide a better banking experience and drive operational efficiency. Our customers are becoming increasingly digital, and we focus on addressing their expectations for online services and on becoming a simple, efficient, and secure bank in line with our Forward’28 strategy,” said Frans Woelders, COO of Danske Bank.

He continues, “AWS’s global infrastructure and comprehensive cloud capabilities will enable our developers to quickly build, test and launch next-generation banking services in compliance with security, regulatory and sustainability requirements.”

The bank will also provide AWS training to more than 1,500 employees and embed cloud skills into management courses to accelerate cloud adoption.

To better serve our customers in an increasingly digital world, the bank has launched a company-wide tech transformation focused on greater use of cloud technology, data, and AI to speed up the development of innovative customer solutions. By moving to AWS, the bank aims to scale these productivity gains across its organisation.

The plans include migrating over 16,600 virtual and physical servers and more than 1,000 applications from our private cloud to AWS. It will leverage AWS’s full range of cloud technologies, including AWS’s artificial intelligence/machine learning and Generative AI services, to boost internal developer productivity, power conversational interfaces, provide personalised recommendations, and gain insights from customer interactions to enhance the digital banking experience for our customers continually.