Standard Chartered has entered a long-term strategic partnership with Broadcom to modernise its global banking infrastructure using VMware Cloud Foundation. The bank has already transitioned 70% of its footprint to a software-defined private cloud, reducing deployment times from weeks to a single day across 54 markets.
As a leading international bank, Standard Chartered requires infrastructure that delivers operational consistency at global scale while staying ahead of evolving regulatory and security requirements. Standard Chartered has realigned its infrastructure delivery to a fully integrated software-defined private cloud environment using VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). VCF embeds intrinsic zero-trust security directly into the infrastructure layer, providing uninterrupted availability and compressing infrastructure deployment from weeks to a day.
With 70% of its global infrastructure footprint already running on the new architecture, Standard Chartered has demonstrated that a consistent private cloud is successful at a global scale—laying the foundation for the next frontier in secure, resilient and compliant banking innovation.
John Sharratt, Global Head of Technology and Infrastructure, Standard Chartered, said, “Standardizing a fully virtualized software-defined infrastructure across our global operations enables Standard Chartered to meet the evolving demands of our clients while strengthening our technological core with the responsiveness, resilience and regulatory compliance that global banking demands. Our client-centric, long-term investments with global service providers, such as Broadcom, strengthen our ability to deliver always-on banking services in an ever changing and dynamic landscape, while accelerating innovation with a secure private cloud foundation.”
“Global financial institutions require infrastructure that combines resilience, security and operational simplicity at scale,” said Krish Prasad, senior vice president and general manager, VMware Cloud Foundation Division, Broadcom. “Standard Chartered is at the forefront of digital banking innovation, and we are proud to support their journey toward a highly automated, AI-driven, modern private cloud with VMware Cloud Foundation,” he added.
By modernizing the infrastructure that underpins its core banking, payments and digital services, Standard Chartered has enhanced its future-ready technology platform for sustainable growth and client-centric innovation one that is anchored on a secure and resilient private cloud foundation.
