finance
RSS financeCIOs brave the cold for children's charity
News This year the 'silicon.comrades' team including Steve Clarke, director, systems and operations at AOL Broadband, Graham Benson, IT director at M and M Direct, Nic Evans, European IT director Key Equipment Finance and Richard Steel, CIO of Newham... [07 Aug 2008]
IBM-Linux love-in targets Vista grumblers
News The partnership is targeting specialised markets, such as government, finance and education, where the partners said they see an opportunity due to the unpopularity of Windows Vista and the recent success of Linux-based efforts from IT... [07 Aug 2008]
Welsh Assembly signs e-procurement contract
News In a statement, Welsh Assembly minister for finance and public service delivery Andrew Davies said: "Each year, public sector bodies in Wales spend more than £4.5bn on the procurement of goods, services and capital projects. [06 Aug 2008]
£400m outsourcing deal faces employment tribunal
News The dispute revolves around the transfer of 1,500 local government jobs in Somerset - including more than 130 IT workers as well as finance, HR, property procurement and contact staff - to a joint venture company Southwest One at the end of 2007. [06 Aug 2008]
Marketing Information Systems From a CPG Industry Perspective
White Paper (CPG) organizations have typically invested in inward-looking information systems, such as supply chain and finance, and have shied away from market information systems. While the existing information systems deliver results to a large extent... [04 Aug 2008]
Converging System and Data Protection for Complete Disaster Recovery
White Paper Everything about a company - product development, sales, relationship management, marketing, competitive analysis, investor relations, finance, human resources, and so on-is managed through the information unique to that business. [04 Aug 2008]
Clearswift Case Study: Norman Waterhouse
White Paper Norman Waterhouse provides commercial legal advice across a wide range of industries, including; Local Government, manufacturing, construction, banking and finance, employment and industrial. Widespread internet use and changes in the Australian... [04 Aug 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Cloud computing
Cheat Sheet SaaS applications range from customer relationship management to purchasing, finance, HR and document collaboration. Don't talk about clouds, that usually means rain's on its way… Yeah, sorry about that but don't worry because cloud computing... [01 Aug 2008]
The Fast Close: Achieving Quick Wins and Big Wins
White Paper The "fast close," a concept used to describe a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and close its books quickly, is re-emerging as an important project for today's global finance function. [01 Aug 2008]
HP and Microsoft Help Jim Beam Brands Distill and Manage Information Resources
White Paper However, Jim Beam Brands finance employees faced IT difficulties, such as finding and sharing operational information with their coworkers and vendors. The public knows Jim Beam Brands Company for its flagship Jim Beam bourbon brand. [23 Jul 2008]
Bulletproof Security Without Compromising Functionality
White Paper For over 50 years PinkRoccade has provided ICT (Information & Communication Technology) services in information intensive sectors, such as finance, government, health care and manufacturing. PinkRoccade currently employs over 9,000 employees. [18 Jul 2008]
UK failing to respect computing heritage
News European IT director at Key Equipment Finance, Nic Evans, said: "Heritage counts for naught in the information economy. IT chiefs have hit out at the lack of respect the UK as a nation gives to its computing heritage following the mothballing of... [15 Jul 2008]
Aviva strikes $1bn BPO deal
News WNS will provide life and general insurance processing functions including policy administration and settlement, finance and accounting, customer care and other support services. Insurance giant Aviva is to sell off its offshore operations and... [11 Jul 2008]
Borland Software Case Study: Cybersoft Information Technologies
White Paper The challenge was to integrate the Ministry of Finance with other institutions. Cybersoft is the leading software house in Turkey, specializing in enterprise-scale information system development projects for e-government and financial services. [11 Jul 2008]
TechNet Webcast: Phishers, Spammers and Scammers: Criminals of the Internet (Level 200)
White Paper The presenter also covers Phishing and attacks against the finance sector, Worms and critical infrastructure vulnerabilities, and addresses the issue of "Where are the network police? The attendee of this webcast will learn how criminals use the... [10 Jul 2008]
