CU*Answers, the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based core data processing CUSO, recently assisted Farmington, Utah-based Horizon Federal Credit Union with the deployment of its new disaster recovery high availability data replication process. As part of its strategic investment in business continuity, the credit union replaced its installed IBM backup server with IBM’s latest POWER8 server. The server was installed at Horizon’s new hot site located in St. George, UT.

CU*Answers Executive VP Scott Collins noted: “While Utah is a long way from the recent natural disasters in the Southern US, the investment in business continuity is top of mind for our industry. Randy (CEO Randy Gailey) and his team at Horizon have always made prudent investments to ensure their member data is secure and their systems are operational. This project has been in the planning stages for several months and I am proud of both teams for deploying the new IBM technology at the St. George hot site in a seamless manner.”

Both the production and backup core servers at Horizon FCU leverage IBM’s POWER architecture, the IBMi operating system and IBM’s DB2 Universal Database. Collins added, “The IBM core environment provides our credit unions with tremendous scalability, reliability and cost-effectiveness.” For more information on business continuity solutions, visit the CU*Answers website.