In 2007 the ABN AMRO was a major global bank, with some 140,000 employees, activities in over 100 countries and an annual turnover of 71 billion USD, making it the 15th largest bank in the world. ABN AMRO was listed as the 67th largest company in the world in the 2007 global fortune rank. In 2007, ABN AMRO was taken over by a consortium of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Banco Santander and Fortis after a bid of close to 100 billion USD.
Access control over multiple servers
The financial crisis eventually led to a complete break-up of the bank and government bail outs of the Royal Bank of Scotland in the UK and Fortis in the Netherlands and Belgium. After a restructuring, Fortis was merged with the ABN AMRO and the ABN AMRO Group was created, which currently has offices in 15 countries and 32,000 employees.
In the period of 2004 until 2007, Nedap has implemented AEOS at ABN AMRO buildings and sites in 25 countries, primarily in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. A regional server approach was taken where multiple countries connect to a regional server. The AEOS access control system size at the total former ABN AMRO totals to over 3,000 readers.
International banking operations
Despite the amount of takeovers, |
All types of divisions, buildings and sites are included in this project, including high security dealing rooms, cash centres, global headquarters, regional head offices and branches in selected countries. Currently, much of the international banking operations operate under the flag of the Royal Bank of Scotland and continue to work and expand happily with Nedap AEOS in their respective regions and countries. In the Netherlands, the ABN AMRO uses AEOS for all its buildings and sites and with the merger of Fortis also expanded the system to include the Fortis estate.
Despite the amount of takeovers, bail outs and mergers, the strength, flexibility and scalability of the AEOS system has proven itself during this time. The system has been split over multiple servers in multiple countries between Royal Bank of Scotland and ABN AMRO, partly consolidated, extended and changed rapidly throughout the last few years, without fault.
