The Central Bank of Uruguay’s commitment to a SharePoint platform promoted collaborative work, both internally and with external users. The project had a very positive impact on the flow of information.
We thank our client BCU for allowing us to share the experience and for more than 6 years of working together, ensuring the security, operation and infrastructure of its web portal.
Project Start
The Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU) came to Siderys through Microsoft, with the aim of migrating the public web portal, developed on the SharePoint platform, in a version prior to 2010.
Rodrigo Astiazarán, General Manager of Microsoft Uruguay, recognizes Siderys’ expertise in managing the platform and highlights that Fabián Imaz, the company’s CEO, has shown great ability to frame the solution within the client’s business reality.
As the original development of the platform presented opportunities for improvement in the use of the tool, the organization decided to trust Siderys to work together and address the difficulties and needs that the bank presented.
Álvaro González, head of the Technological Communication Unit of the BCU Institutional Communication area, summarized the value that working with Siderys represents for his team: «We have support that allows us to provide the service in the best way, to internal users and external. We are certain that in the face of any difficulty we will have a quick solution. The world of technology is quite particular, one assumes that all solutions are there, but sometimes it is not so”.
Public Web Site
One of the strong bets of the BCU was the redesign of the visual identity of the portal and the development of the Registries System of the supervised entities within the “Financial System” subsite. For this, Siderys put into operation an interface that automatically displays all the information that the supervised entities present to the bank and also performs queries and searches that facilitate access for users.
El Sistema de Registros, es para el BCU un gran salto con la tecnología incorporada. En la lógica anterior del portal, cargar la información implicaba un trabajo manual, que ahora, de la mano de Siderys, está automatizado y se muestra al usuario según sus necesidades y de manera accesible.
“The portal has an average of ten thousand daily visits. This implies the need to be available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. With the support of Siderys we have achieved that. Tranquility, not only due to technical solvency and knowledge about the tools, but also in advising on different situations and particularly a quick response”, emphasizes González.
Latest Developments
As a recent incorporation and with the contribution of Siderys, a web service was made available to clients for downloading coin quotes. It allows automatic access to the data, download information in different formats and perform historical queries.
In addition, and with particular interest from the organization, the Bank’s Intranet is being migrated, also developed on the SharePoint platform, version 2016, together with the development of a new look and feel. It is hoped that this will allow greater interaction with officials and that the Intranet will consolidate itself as the main communication tool for the internal public.
It is a pleasure for the Siderys team to contribute to the improvement of the BCU portal with the preponderant role that it plays for all citizens. From the expertise in SharePoint technology, we assume as a duty to ensure the security, operation and infrastructure of our client’s portals.