1980 – 1989First IT Achievements

1980

It was in 1978, eight years earlier, when the decision was taken at the Raiffeisen computer center, that the four existing banking booking programs were replaced it with a common product.

1981

The demand for paper was 30 million pages per year over the 90 years of printing daily lists and excerpts, and despite the increased use of technology, it increased to around 300 million A4 pages per year from 2001 onwards.

The silver was also recovered from the microfiche and recycled.

1981

This sociable platform for those  who were interested in computers had its own newspaper and even gained television presence. Through sponsorship of the central bank, an attractive club pub was procured. Chipsi Computer Club was an Austrian trendsetter well into the nineties – when the Internet made the world a single computer club. With up to 300 members, Chipsi was a small forerunner of the World Wide Web. In the computer camps Basic was programmed until late in the evening.

1982

In the early years of data processing, the capture of data using tape was a cheap and secure way to successful data processing. Around 200 such devices were in use at the Raiffeisenkassen in the catchment area of ​​the RRZ. New capture terminals and reusable magnetic tape cartridges displaced the punched card devices. In April 1983, the last punching equipment of the RRZ was taken out of service.

1982

The Raiffeisen computer center now serves more than 800 Raiffeisen bank branches in three federal states. For the Raiffeisenkassen, including the central and top-level institutes of the money sector, approx. 2.5 million accounts and more than 50 million bookings per year, with daily peaks approaching below the 500.00 mark.

1982

6 disk drives of the new thin-film technology with a storage capacity of 2.5 GB each rented a total of 15 GB. In order to be able to support this disk type by software, it was necessary to use the operating system version BS 3000 / MSP.

1983

40 online Raiffeisenkassen have already been converted to the Gebos-Dispo-Online program. Nearly parallel, the live operation was recorded with the nationwide agreed on-line access method to the federally compatible large computer systems.

1983

Not only the incident of the fire in the National Bank, but also the increasing data volume and the increasing number of daily transactions, caused the RRZ at a very early stage to intensively deal with the topic of security. In addition, video surveillance systems have been installed and access to the system rooms even better secured.

1983

COMCAT was the first in-house startup with the goal of an expanded range of services. For some years, ComCat sold personal computers at attractive employee terms. ComCat was also the very first participation – many were still following.

1984

In such a routine situation, the machine could replace the human labor excellent and was also accepted gladly, because the automated printing and a certain privacy was maintained. This service to the customer prevailed long-term and completely and was supplemented by further possibilities of information retrieval.

1984

As part of the federal project Gebos, the balance queries, bank statement queries of the last 25 transactions, transfers and the ordering system for various forms or checks were realized via the new medium screen text to the customers in home banking transactions.

1986

At the same time, this change marks the beginning of the online age for Burgenland, because at the same time Podersdorf also switched over. These striking events fall within a period in which the first online connection commits its 10th anniversary. In May 1975, after the completion of the Raiffeisenhaus, Raiffeisenbank Wien Hollandstraße became the first Raiffeisenbank to go online.

1986

If the fair was not a classic selling tool, it was an annual highlight, a popular come together of the industry. The RRZ booth including sausage stand and beer tap proved itself fair by trade fair, as an excellent contact exchange for the entire EDP industry and for the finalization of purchase deals. Thus, the stand was maintained as a mere communication opportunity, without any value added on the balance sheet.

1987

Like with the hidden camera, the first bank statement printers in the stores were unobtrusively watched through a glass wall. An exciting situation: The first customer was an elderly lady came to the new machine. To the delight of the responsible observers, the lady effortlessly picked up her move. Then she walked resolutely to the counter to have him read aloud.

1988

The then Sugana closed its data center and moved to the RRZ host. The associated SAP R / 2 host solution could now also be offered for use on the open market. This led to an SAP cooperation with Fiducia Karlsruhe. A new business consultant scenario had emerged.

1989

In the course of the construction of Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich, a second branch of the RRZ was set up at the „Stadtpark“ location, which normally functions as a development computer center. In the event of a disaster, the most important processing operations can be initiated there within 24 hours.

1989

10 years later, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the RRZ, the last Burgenland main institution and the online network were connected. The conversion of the last Lower Austrian headquarters was also planned for the 4th quarter. Due to problems with the postal service this could not be done until March 1990. This concluded the „dialogue process“ initiated 3 years ago.

1989

The entire data network would be strung together at a distance of about 8,000 kilometers. This corresponds approximately to the distance between Vienna and New York. Based on this network, electronic services could be increasingly offered. The entire data network would result in a distance of about 8,000 kilometers. This corresponds approximately to the distance between Vienna and New York. Building on this network, electronic services could be increasingly offered.