Martin Brokers cashes in on back-up swap
Broking firm Martin Brokers has saved money and improved the management of critical data by moving to a new online back-up provider
VocaLink makes virtualisation pay
ATM operator and payment processing company VocaLink is using virtualisation to improve flexibility and reduce emissions and costs.
Co-op Group kicks "server sprawl" into touch
Mutual retailer the Co-operative Group has cut its datacentre maintenance and support costs by deploying HP virtualisation tech and consolidating its "server sprawl".
Torex tech treats Thorntons to quicker sales
Chocolate chain Thorntons has speeded up transactions and slashed customer queuing times by rolling out a new chip and PIN-friendly point of sale system.
Nottingham Building Society revamps mortgage applications
Nottingham Building Society has replaced legacy systems with a new mortgage application supplied by Finnish software specialist Tieto
RSA rings the changes with Salesforce.com
Insurance group, RSA (formerly Royal Sun Alliance) is using technology from Salesforce.com to keep customer service and support staff up to date with its products.
Kiln builds a bigger insurance data pot
Case study: IT overhaul, root and branch
Scottish Re evaluates risky data
Case study: Reinsurer knows who it's dealing with
Comparison site gets smart to beat that competition
Case study: Smart marketing future for comparison sites?
Denplan bites hard on document automation
Dental payment plan provider Denplan has implemented a document automation system to update communications with customers more flexibly and comply with new regulations.
How Norwich Union computes pay-as-you-drive
As far back as 2003 word got out that insurer Norwich Union was working on a pay-as-you-drive in-car 'black box' device.
Betfair betting engine goes supersonic
Case study: Extreme transaction processing at nose-bleed speeds...
Philips' brings travel expenses down to earth
Case study: savings on air travel through benchmarking
Betbrokers fancies Sapphire's form
Find out how Betbrokers has used a Russian services company to develop its back end systems
Virtual staff speed up bank queues
Co-operative Financial Services has automated its credit checking process to free up staff into more customer-facing roles, give customers a more consistent answer and speed up its service.
BlackBerrys juicing up work/life balance
Standard Life has embraced home and mobile working by dishing out thousands of laptops and BlackBerrys to staff worldwide.
Standard Life goes virtual
Standard Life has found server virtualisation an effective way of improving its IT services while controlling costs.
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Agenda Setters 2009
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Nick Beecham and Belinda Doshi
No more tax breaks for offshoring?
Financial services firms must prepare now for 2010 legal changes
Tim Ferguson
On a new Voyager, tackling fraud and the intellectual challenge
Interview: Nationwide IT director, Peter Stafford
Nick Heath
David Lister on smart grids and why he left RBS
Interview: National Grid CIO
Andy Jones
Why banks will push ahead with offshoring
Comment: Even if they don't want to
Catherine Stagg-Macey
Legacy IT holding back insurers
Comment: Economic crisis means finance giants must step lively
Julian Goldsmith
The City fund manager with no IT department
Q&A: How asset management is embracing the cloud...