Alliance Access add-ons
Updated 10 July 2009
SWIFT partners provide software add-ons that enrich Alliance Access with business features. Add-ons aims to reduce the operational risks, improve system performance and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
The add-ons tightly integrate with Alliance Access using the Alliance Access Developer Toolkit.
The principal value of Access add-ons relies in the ease of integration. Regardless of the size of the financial institution, geographical location, back-office complexity, an Alliance Access add-on can be installed and configured within days, as opposed to months for software that need integration with the back-office.
Alliance Access add-ons also benefit from the security, resiliency and component management supplied with the Alliance Access framework.
SWIFTReady labels for Alliance Access add-ons
SWIFT verifies the correct integration of partner add-ons into Alliance Access framework, from a security, resiliency, performance and monitoring perceptive.
SWIFTReady Alliance Access Plug-in labels are granted to partner add-ons that relate to various business segments:
The correct integration of the add-on with Alliance Access is validated during the certification process, ensuring smooth add-on installation, security set-up, and system resilience. The critical parts of the source code are also checked to control the add-on impact on the performance of Alliance Access services. The certification process also ensures the adherence to the Alliance Access guidelines in terms of monitoring, reporting, supportability and smooth recovery after failure, guaranteeing in particular that no message are ever lost.
Partners that successfully pass the certification are awarded with a SWIFTReady Alliance Access Plug-in label for the business category at stake.
The SWIFTReady Alliance Access Plug-in qualification does not validate the particular business features exhibited by the application.
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