DPR teams up with Six Degrees to expand Azure integration

By Megha Bhattacharya

DPR, a UK-based banking software provider, today announced a technical partnership with Six Degrees in a bid to further its Microsoft Azure integration. The companies stated that the new partnership will utilise Six Degrees’ cloud pedigree, security capabilities and track record in working with the financial services sector to provide DPR clients with performance, agility, security and cost benefits across the DPR applications.

Richard Marsh, Client Infrastructure and Services Director, DPR, said, “The market demand for Cloud hosting has changed significantly in the last two years. Speed of deployment, security, and converged service demand is increasing. We need multiple partners to meet our customers’ objectives and deliver on time; our latest project has demonstrated our Cloud hosting abilities.”

Richard continued, “As DPR becomes the prime hosting partner for new and existing clients, it is vital we extend our technology base into the Microsoft Azure technology stack and use the true benefits of cloud. We are re-architecting our product suite towards cloud-native applications and strengthening our security and service stance. Six Degrees brings a ‘best of breed’ approach with an excellent depth of Microsoft-focused engineering skills and services to compliment the DPR hosting services, and we are delighted to have them as a partner.”

Last year, DPR announced a partnership with Hanley Economic Building Society in a bid to replace and enhance their savings and mortgage banking platforms. The partnership will enable the building society to improve its propositions and customer service. The FinTech aims to replace Hanley’s manual processes with functionalities and integrations for improving the operational efficiencies. It will also facilitate the provision of rich data for driving service propositions.

David Howson, CEO, Six Degrees, said, “Six Degrees is trusted by a number of leading software providers to deliver the secure cloud foundations that support the delivery of their software in a secure, high performance and always-on manner. We are proud to partner with DPR, an innovative and trusted provider to the finance sector, and we believe we are the perfect partner to ensure the continuing success of the DPR proposition in the UK.”

Janet Jones, Head of Industry Strategy, UK, Financial Services, Microsoft, said, “DPR and Six Degrees benefit from the automation and development capabilities available through Microsoft Azure. We are pleased to see this integration already delivering tangible benefits to DPR’s clients.”