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RSS bloor perspectiveThe Bloor Perspective: Trojan horses, legacy systems and IBM's new clients
Comment Trojan horses threaten to defraud home PCs users when accessing online bank accounts and e-tail sites, or simply to steal their identities. The actual level of such activity is unknown and probably very high if the level of identity... [17 May 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Easy mobile minutes, corporate compliance and Google's IPO
Comment The Royal Bank of Scotland, which includes Nat West bank, has launched a service that allows customers with debit cards to top up their pre-pay mobile phone accounts directly from any of 4,650 cash machines. [10 May 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: CIO tactics, Hi-Fi using Wi-Fi and free software
Comment IT governance is a key concern today, yet vendors of IT governance software tell Bloor Research that their IT customers are strangely reluctant to expose their plans to the business - perhaps feeling they are giving a... [29 Mar 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Financial sector IT upturn, Basel II and web services quality
Comment From a general perspective there are really two aspects to this: the ability to ensure that you have accurate and well-understood data, together with an understanding of where that data has come from (data lineage), and... [22 Mar 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: BPM, software industry consolidation and Google’s monopoly?
Comment Campaigners in the Clinton era had a saying - "It's the economy, stupid" - to emphasise that the economy was the most important issue facing voters. For the IT industry, it's the process. Only by improving business processes can you... [29 Feb 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Symbian's future, US regulatory demands and spam strategy
Comment There was always likely to be tension when several hardware companies teamed to sponsor a common software platform. But how successful has the process been and what does the fall out now mean for the players involved? [22 Feb 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Dangerous technology, Sun's one and search engine shenanigans
Comment There are a variety of dangerous and questionable practices that IT can introduce, both at the user and technical levels. The most obviously dangerous practice is the use of spreadsheets. Consider how rigidly controlled your general... [16 Feb 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Frog kissing, relationship banking and the decline of TVs and papers
Comment After kissing a few frogs with some heavyweight laptops that didn't quite transform into princely sales, Tadpole is hoping for more success with its latest product family, Talin. Tadpole has taken its long-standing relationship with Sun... [01 Feb 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Governance checklist, back-up for utility computing and Nauticus
Comment Bloor Research recently visited a back-up and disaster recovery, outsourcing company called Live Vault. By common consent, regulatory compliance will be an important application area for 2004. As can be expected at this... [25 Jan 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Parmalat makes a ham-fist of it, Offshoring and Customs and Excise
Comment In discussions about outsourcing, most of the attention has been paid to the performance of the offshore supplier rather than on managing the outsourcing relationship once the contract is signed. Management of outsourced activities is... [19 Jan 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Wi-Finding, dirty money and techs in the City
Comment Many of the 'people risks' derive from the short-term perspective of the financial institutions, admittedly much of which is the consequence of shareholder pressure for short-term rewards. They're not all here today but... [09 Jan 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Biometric choices, 3G+WLAN and EMC buying VMWare
Comment Biometrics have been used for many years for a variety of applications across a range of industries, including the use of fingerprint or iris scans for personal verification in the financial services industry, such as for withdrawals at... [22 Dec 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: ID theft, infrastructure modelling, new breed of consultants
Comment Traditionally, the most common way for thieves to obtain ID information is carelessness on the part of individuals and not taking sufficient care to safeguard personal information, especially when disposing of it. [10 Dec 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Mobile ringtones, power blackouts and corporate governance
Comment Mobile phones, once the business tool of only yuppies, are now the most carried item of technology as a lifestyle accessory. They also provide a portable personal purchasing point, with a rapidly growing market for downloadable content... [01 Dec 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Programme management, car mobile ban and Office XML
Comment Many people are unclear about the difference between project management and the broader activity of programme management. No one should be confused about the purpose of programme management when we see examples of failed projects in the... [23 Nov 2003]
