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Web unites bundles of lost cash with forgetful owners

News The mylostaccount.org.uk website has been jointly set up by the British Bankers Association (BBA), the Building Societies Association and National Savings and Investments (NS&I) and allows people to trace bank accounts they may have lost track of.

Tags: bank, savings, website, building society

[01 Feb 2008]

MiFID: No boon for small and private banks?

News According to the British Bankers Association (BBA), the City of London will be well placed to take advantage of the borders breaking down across Europe that the update to investment banking regulations is expected to achieve.

Tags: mifid, bba, bank, banking

[30 Oct 2007]

MiFID: The unanswered questions

News As for the legal situation if companies are not compliant by November, Philip Buttifant, director of wholesale policy at the British Bankers Association (BBA), said: "It's really up in the air. The BBA's Buttifant said France and Germany are...

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[08 May 2007]

CIO Jury: Mobile device as security risk

News John Odell, group IT director at the BBA Group, said: "We always keep abreast of security developments in this area and implement any that are affordable and effective. John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group

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[02 Oct 2006]

CIO Jury: Businesses face ID management headache

News But most of the problems are with the end users, according to John Odell, group IT director at the BBA Group. John Odell, group IT director at the BBA Group A "radically new approach" to identity management is needed to address increasingly complex...

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[21 Sep 2006]

CIO Jury: Corporate blogs more than a fad

News John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group Corporate blogs can be a useful communication and collaboration tool but businesses need to approach them with caution, say leading CIOs. With companies increasingly using blogging to communicate both...

Tags: corporate blogging, cio jury

[08 Sep 2006]

CIO Jury: M&As bad for innovation and competition

News John Odell, group IT director at the BBA Group, added: "For us, we now negotiate with one large player who has a business model that helps us, reduces our upgrade costs and cuts our management efforts.

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[10 Aug 2006]

CIO Jury: $100 laptop is "fundamentally flawed"

News John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project to distribute the wind-up Linux laptops to children in developing countries was dealt a blow last week when India ditched plans to order a million of the...

Tags: $100 laptop, cio jury

[31 Jul 2006]

CIO Jury: SOA ready for prime time

News John Odell, group IT director at the BBA Group, said fourth generation programme languages (4GLs), object orientation and web services are just "yet another attempt at reusable code". John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group

Tags: soa, cio jury

[14 Jul 2006]

CIO Jury: Is it safe to use small IT suppliers?

News John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group Small suppliers can be a more cost-effective source of innovation and cutting-edge technologies than the traditional big vendors, though there are also some risks involved, according to IT chiefs.

Tags: sme procurement, sme, cio jury

[06 Jul 2006]

Password Hell (Part 1): The IT chief's nightmare

News John Odell, group IT director at BBA Group, said a lot of time and money is still being wasted by businesses responding to end user problems, such as having to reset passwords. The perennial problem of password management is still proving a major...

Tags: id fraud, id checks, banking, biometrics

[16 May 2006]

CIO Jury: Employees are biggest security headache

News John Odell, group IT director at the BBA Group, said it requires constant vigilance. John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group Employees still pose a bigger threat to corporate security than hackers, according to UK IT bosses.

Tags: security, cio jury

[28 Apr 2006]

CIO Jury: Is industry experience vital for IT chiefs?

News John Odell, group IT director at the manufacturing organisation BBA Group, said: "In IT I've found it relatively painless to move from the oil industry, to banking and insurance then manufacturing and transport.

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[13 Apr 2006]

CIO Jury: IT bosses ban Google Desktop over security fears

CIO Jury: IT bosses ban Google Desktop over security fears

News John Odell, group IT director at the BBA Group, described it as a "necessary consequence" of managing "consumer tech" in the enterprise. John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group UK IT bosses are already taking measures to ban employees from...

Tags: google desktop search, cio jury

[02 Mar 2006]

CIO Jury: Businesses face consumer tech revolution

News John Odell, group IT director at the BBA Group, welcomed the influence of consumer technologies but said: "They won't be half as much fun or as cheap in the enterprise world more's the pity. John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group

Tags: google, consumer electronics, cio jury, skype

[12 Jan 2006]

CIO Agenda, part 3: The battle for credibility

News John Odell, group IT director at the BBA Group, said the IT department's struggle for credibility is partly its own making because "IT is still far too complex and prone to failures" and this will impact on the evolution of the CIO into a more...

Tags: business, cio

[20 Dec 2005]

CIO Jury: Data roaming rip-off slammed

News John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group IT bosses have slammed mobile operators over the excessive roaming charges and confusing tariffs for data download services, warning that it could become too expensive for staff to use.

Tags: roaming, cio jury

[03 Nov 2005]

CIO Jury: Tough enough to negotiate with suppliers?

CIO Jury: Tough enough to negotiate with suppliers?

News John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group Increasingly complex contracts and licensing models are making it tough for IT departments to get a fair deal when negotiating with and managing suppliers. Two UK universities are looking at offering MBAs...

Tags: suppliers, cio jury

[13 Oct 2005]

CIO Jury: Microsoft licensing slammed by UK IT chiefs

News Microsoft's customer relations appear to have taken a severe knock from SA and John Odell, group IT director at the BBA Group, said: "Microsoft's business objectives are not aligned with its customers' and it will stay that way while Microsoft has...

Tags: software assurance, licensing, microsoft

[21 Sep 2005]

CIO Jury: Businesses give open source a reality check

News John Odell, IT director, BBA Group CIOs are still divided on whether the cost benefits of using open source software in a business IT infrastructure outweigh the risks. Just this week Unilever said it has ditched a three-year plan to migrate its...

[01 Sep 2005]

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