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Why you must rein in your power users
Comment An example here includes the UBS systems administrator Roger Duronio, who was convicted in 2006 for sabotaging his employer's IT systems in retaliation over a compensation dispute. The privileged users that manage your... [25 Nov 2009]
Windows 7 won't mean massive hardware sales
News History would tell us that generally as you ship a Windows release into the market.the bump is very modest," Microsoft senior vice president Bill Veghte said in a "fireside chat" at the UBS Global Technology and Services... [08 Jun 2009]
CIO Job Report: Movers and shakers
News Banking group UBS appointed a new CTO and head of information technology infrastructure. Peter Sany, formerly group CIO at Deutsche Telekom, will take on UBS's technology strategy from 1 April. Let... [27 Jan 2009]
UBS gets new CTO
News UBS has appointed a new CTO, who will take over the bank's technology strategy later this year. Peter Sany, who will take up the position of chief technology officer and head of information technology infrastructure from... [09 Jan 2009]
Q&A: Schroders CIO, Matthew Oakeley
Comment He started as a junior programmer at Phillips & Drew (now UBS Global Asset Management) and rose to head of investment IT before moving to Schroders in 2005.silicon.com recently caught up with Oakeley who shared his... [06 Jan 2009]
Cisco shuts shop for four days to save some pennies
News Networking giant Cisco Systems plans to shut down its offices for four days at the end of the year to help save money, according to a research note by UBS analyst Nikos Theodosopoulos. The company plans to close its... [26 Nov 2008]
Ian Thompson
CIO Profile Although he has techie experience in BIS applied systems and project management at CSC, Ian Thompson's career has mainly stayed in the realms of investment banking, with stints at UBS Investment Banking, NatWest Markets... [11 Jun 2008]
Banks lay off IT staff as big tech projects get the chop
News At investment bank UBS Global Asset Management Richard Thwaite moved up to global CTO, and at ING Steve Van Wyk became group CIO. Tech jobs in the financial services sector are being hit by the credit crunch, with many... [22 Feb 2008]
CIOs and lawyers 'must speak the same language'
News David Lodge, global head of IT risk control at UBS, said it is vital the IT crowd is consulted, agrees with and has ownership of any policies that directly affect them - and technical teams must make the effort to try... [20 Sep 2007]
Banks waging global tech talent war
News Some of the key financial-services CIO-level appointments highlighted from the last quarter include Fida Chishti moving to emerging-market hedge fund Spinnaker Capital as CTO from UBS Alternative & Quantitative... [20 Jul 2007]
Where next for TomorrowNow?
News TomorrowNow had fewer than 400 customers in 2006 and generated sales of $16m, according to a research note by UBS Securities. According to the UBS report: "Until SAP can satisfy the [US Department of... [04 Jul 2007]
UBS to offshore 750 jobs to India and Poland
News Swiss-based investment bank UBS is to offshore around 750 jobs to India and Poland over the next year because of a shortage of local skills. UBS already has its own knowledge and business process... [25 Jun 2007]
Banks gang up for MiFID reporting
News Dubbed Boat, the consortium is made up of ABN AMRO, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS. A consortium of nine investment banks has awarded BT and Colt... [04 Apr 2007]
Negative image hinders Russian IT outsourcing
News Current customers include Citibank, Deutsche Bank and UBS. Russia is bidding for a bigger slice of the lucrative global offshore outsourcing market but is being hindered by the continuing negative international... [15 Feb 2007]
Photos: Outsourcing to Russia
Photo Luxoft's key market is financial services and customers include Citibank, Deutsche Bank and UBS. Russia's share of that market is still fairly small - about $1bn in 2005 - but the strength of the country, according to... [15 Feb 2007]
