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RSS bank cut costsNationwide hands network reins to BT
News David Lister Royal Bank of Scotland In the past, Nationwide has developed and managed its IT operations in-house but is now shifting to a number of suppliers to cut costs and improve flexibility. Nationwide Building Society has signed a seven-year... [30 Jun 2008]
David Lister
CIO Profile The archetypal 'paratrooper' CIO David Lister has once again donned his transformational combat fatigues for a new role at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Given the current credit crunch in the financial services industry Lister will have his... [11 Jun 2008]
Financial Institution Chooses Virtualization to Cut Costs, Improve Business Continuity
White Paper Challenged by recent expansion, the Bank's IT department wanted to reduce costs and better support the business with responsive, reliable IT services. RBA's virtualization solution also reduced hardware, licensing, and data center costs. [26 Apr 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Just how distributed is your business?
Comment The lowest score for a bank, 11, was also from Germany. The Naked CIO: Cut the bull Businesses enable remote working because they expect it to improve efficiency, increase customer and employee satisfaction and keep down costs. [24 Apr 2008]
Why next-gen videoconferencing can mean more travel
Case Study The company's CEO made the decision to deploy telepresence after she saw it in action at investment bank Lazard Brothers. While high-end videoconferencing can play a role in reducing the costs of corporate travel - financial and environmental - the... [24 Apr 2008]
ATM deposits were supposed to cut costs. So what happened?
White Paper The original promise of ATM deposits was cutting costs relative to using a bank teller. But in reality, ATM deposits have proven to be nearly as costly as traditional processing. With new improvements and innovations, banks can finally realize... [11 Apr 2008]
Reuters CIO joins Royal Bank of Scotland
News Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has hired Reuters CIO David Lister to help simplify and drive down tech costs. RBS does not use the CIO title for executives and Lister will join as chief architect, reporting in to the bank's group manufacturing unit... [01 Apr 2008]
Barclays data centres get green with HP
News Barclays is using cutting-edge cooling technology in its new Gloucester data centre to help reduce the bank's energy bill and carbon footprint. The technology is expected to reduce energy costs by 13.4 per cent and save approximately 7,470 tonnes... [13 Mar 2008]
HSBC vows to increase tech investment
News The bank has previously said it expects its annual IT budget to hit $5bn as it invests in core systems to help cut processing and transaction costs. The writedown cast a shadow over the bank's 10 per cent increase in pre-tax profit for the last... [04 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com...Illegal file-sharing, biometrics flying high, ID fines…
Comment After all, there are very large incentives: to gain access to bank accounts, access to buildings and anonymous travel. It will only increase costs and punish the innocent. Responding to Richard's comments, the introduction of biometrics for the... [28 Feb 2008]
Open source gains business credibility
News Investment bank Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International uses open source in a small part of the organisation. The bank's director of technology, Graham Yellowley, said: "The principal applications are vendor supplied packages connected by industry... [22 Feb 2008]
ATM deposits were supposed to cut costs. So what happened?
White Paper The original promise of ATM deposits was cutting costs relative to using a bank teller. But in reality, ATM deposits have proven to be nearly as costly as traditional processing. With new improvements and innovations, banks can finally realize... [05 Jan 2008]
PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk Singapore Branch Lays Foundation for Advanced and Cost Effective Communication Lines With Its Indonesian Headquarter
White Paper PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk is the largest bank in Indonesia in terms of total assets, loans and deposits. PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk wanted to lay foundation for growth with a new telephony system in new office. [18 Dec 2007]
Credit Agricole Unified Communications Solution Significantly Increases Productivity
White Paper Credit Agricole is France's leading high street bank with 21 million personal customers, 9,170 branches, and 1.4 million professional, corporate, and local authority customers. The bank is the market leader in France for savings as well as for... [18 Dec 2007]
ATM deposits were supposed to cut costs. So what happened?
White Paper The original promise of ATM deposits was cutting costs relative to using a bank teller. But in reality, ATM deposits have proven to be nearly as costly as traditional processing. With new improvements and innovations, banks can finally realize... [04 Dec 2007]
