Having selected global digital transformation company Atos to support its cloud adoption journey through the Google Cloud, Banco Mercantil has successfully completed the first phase of its cloud migration.
In a move to migrate all of its data centre servers to the cloud, Banco Mercantil penned a five-year agreement with Google Cloud. With the bank looking to modernise its operations and optimise its entire technological infrastructure, it divided the project into various phases according to the appropriate strategy for each type of workload.
For the implementation of the first phase of its cloud migration, Banco Mercantil partnered with Atos to support it with planning the migration strategy, governance and execution, with a number of cloud specialists dedicated specifically to the project. The bank says that this partnership marks an important step towards completing its digital transformation and realising significant efficiency gains.
After twelve months of execution, the bank completed the first stage in December 2024, relying on Atos’ expertise to successfully migrate over 750 machines from Banco Mercantil’s data centre, based on the on-premises VMware environment, to Google Cloud using Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) technology, currently considered as a major market differentiator.
“Since our first contact with the bank, the intention has been to align strategy and planning to the point that the institution itself was able to raise its digital maturity throughout the project and, with that, was gaining even more autonomy in this new cloud technology platform,” explained Fabio Beato, director of cloud computing at Atos South America.
Complexity in future plans
Banco Mercantil is now preparing for the final phases of the project, which involves migrating between 400 to 500 more machines from data centres. It expects the next steps to prove more complex and estimates it will happen in the long term, benefiting from the scalable infrastructure of Google Cloud and the continuous support of Atos, which plays a key role in the customer’s gradual evolution process in the cloud environment.
Beato concluded: “With the first step successfully completed, we reflect on the commitment of both Atos and Banco Mercantil to ensuring a secure and efficient transition, driving digital transformation even more strategically in order to allow a unique experience for the bank’s customers and employees.”
“The collaboration with Atos reinforces our commitment to adopting cutting-edge technologies and ensures that our transition to the cloud is secure, scalable, and aligned with market best practices,” Ramon Oliveira, IT superintendent of Banco Mercantil, also added. “This partnership underscores our vision for the future, prioritising value delivery to our clients, partners, and employees.”
Banco Mercantil, a financial institution focused on customers aged over 50, aims for faster application migration and implementation, as well as centralised data security, providing a more efficient and innovative experience for all areas of the institution and its customers throughout Brazil. Currently, its portfolio includes over 8.7 million customers.
