DXC Luxoft — the leading global Murex practice

We have 20 years of experience as a Murex integrator, and we’ve been a top-tier Murex Alliance Partner since 2008. Over the years, we have successfully completed 300+ Murex projects of all levels of complexity for a variety of capital markets clients. 

As the largest global Murex practice, we currently have over 1,000 Murex experts ready to meet our clients’ integration, implementation, maintenance and optimization needs. Our Murex teams are ready to serve clients in over 70 countries. 

Murex accelerators are software tools developed by companies like DXC-Luxoft to streamline the delivery of their Murex-related services to clients. Accelerators can be designed to speed up upgrades, bespoke code implementations or drive cloud migrations. 

For instance,our cloud Murex accelerators are essentially a bespoke toolkit that: 

• Automates cloud migration processes according to the Murex DevOps methodology 
• Provides our clients with a full range of cloud monitoring tools for their Murex environments, including automated scaling and performance monitoring 

Developed by our Murex Cloud and DevOps Center of Excellence, this toolkit allows our clients to reap the benefits of the cloud faster without compromising on the implementation quality. 

Test automation, a cornerstone of DevOps practices, allows for: 

• Speeding up quality assurance. Automated tests are executed faster while enduring high accuracy rates, allowing for accelerated time-to-market as a result. 
• Improving testing accuracy. Automated tests are standardized and minimize the risk of human error, making test results more consistent and reliable. 
• Boosting cost-efficiency. Faster and more accurate tests enable you to maintain your quality assurance standards with fewer resources. 
• Catching issues early on. When executed early in the pipeline, automated tests can alert you to bugs or errors when it’s less expensive and easier to fix them. 
• Facilitating software releases. As a part of the continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline, test automation allows for faster, more frequent software updates.

Migrating the Murex MX.3 platform to the cloud allows Murex clients to reap these four benefits: 

• Cost savings. Pay-as-you-go pricing, combined with automated scalability, allows Murex customers to pay only for the computing resources they consume. Running MX.3 in the cloud also means the cloud provider takes on infrastructure maintenance .
• Faster scalability. Adding computing power can be done within minutes on the cloud. Infrastructure management can be set up to automatically scale resources up and down based on demand. 
• More advanced calculations. With instant, unlimited provisioning of computing resources, capital markets organizations can calculate portfolios more frequently and use larger data sets for their calculations. 
• Readiness for Murex SaaS. Running Murex in the cloud allows for switching to the SaaS model. It includes continuous updates and cutting-edge new features across the board, from banking and asset management to risk management functions. 

A Murex version upgrade allows you to reap the following benefits:

• Up-to-date vendor support. If your current Murex version is no longer supported, it becomes a source of security vulnerabilities.
• Access to new features. Murex adds hundreds of new features to each quarterly MX.3 update that allow you to comply with the latest regulations.
• Improved efficiency. New Murex versions come with better performance, more robust automation capabilities and user experience improvements to give your operational efficiency a boost.
• Enhanced customer experience. New functionality, along with improved efficiency, allows you to serve your customers more effectively.
• Future-proofed solution. Transitioning from a legacy solution to a modern Murex architecture allows you to further secure your investment in Murex and make the most out of it.

Implementing automation and CI/CD for a Murex upgrade:

• Speeds up the upgrade process. Version control and release automation accelerate integration and deployment, all while mitigating risks and ensuring software quality.
• Reduces costs. While implementing automation and CI/CD is an investment in and of itself, you’ll recoup the costs as the upgrade will require fewer resources and be completed faster.
• Ensures quality. Automation paves the way for standardization, which, in turn, reduces the risk of human error and maximizes quality assurance efficiency.

This step typically involves a single-time investment into new automation tools and revamping some workflows or whole processes. You can implement automation and CI/CD for a Murex upgrade in multiple ways, including but not limited to the vendor’s MxCI toolkit.