financial and services
Credit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News Sachdev said he has taken on "quite a few projects" over the past few months - including, most recently, an ecommerce web design project for myshoewheel.com - but says the rate and size of project work he gets via the website varies, which means... [22 Jul 2008]
Does open source pose a security risk?
News The report said: "Open-source development can benefit from private industry practices - notably those created by financial services organisations and larger independent software vendors. The study, carried out by application security consultant... [22 Jul 2008]
The Naked CIO: Going public about privacy
Comment This information is readily available, just as credit information is readily available to institutions that offer financial services. My company uses professional services to clean and enhance customer data, identifying attributes such as income... [21 Jul 2008]
Is the UK an open source laggard?
News Another fan of open source, Nick Masterson-Jones, IT director at financial services company Voca pointed out the huge legacy of innovation that has come about through the open source approach. One of the main concerns was the lack of support for... [21 Jul 2008]
Photos: Waging war on the web's bad guys
Photo Commenting on the level of security in different industry sectors Jim Hart, manager with Symantec managed security services, said security is usually tightest within the financial sector, due mainly to the amount of regulation the sector faces. [21 Jul 2008]
Number of free ATMs to increase by a third
News The initiative run by HM Treasury and the ATM Working Group was set up 18 months ago to offset the increase in charging ATMs and currently enables around 1.3 million UK citizens to avoid paying charges or travelling outside their community to... [18 Jul 2008]
AWD's Flexible Architecture and ease-of-use Enables IFDS to Offer Innovative, Shared Service Models to Clients
White Paper International Financial Data Services (IFDS) Limited in the UK has 29 investment clients, and services over 5 million unit holdings, which represents approximately 30% market share in the UK. The challenges facing IFDS in achieving the objective... [18 Jul 2008]
Genesis Financial Solutions Uses Document Locator to Create a Paperless Office Environment
White Paper As a financial services company, Genesis is required to file and manage a lot of paper documents including checks, loan agreements, contracts, payment records, equipment titles, and bankruptcy documents. [18 Jul 2008]
Finding an Effective Sustainable Model for a Wireless Metropolitan-Area Network: Analyzing the Case of Pittsburgh
White Paper City leaders must often balance competing goals, including the desire to maximize the area in which wireless services will be available, to maximize competition among providers, to minimize subsidies from government agencies and non-profit... [18 Jul 2008]
Rapid Response Visa and Getronics Deliver Efficiency With CARE
White Paper Visa EU deployed Getronics for the project as its proven track record in the development of solutions for the financial services sector. In order to be competitive themselves, the financial institutions must be able to provide fast, effortless... [18 Jul 2008]
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Helps to Reduce Information Search and Retrieval Time
White Paper A global brokerage firm with offices located in major financial centers around the world had a critical need to get their documentation under control. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server offered search, document versioning, audit trail, expiration... [18 Jul 2008]
Exclusive: Barclays to offshore 1,800 UK tech jobs
News A spokeswoman for Barclays said: "Barclays ambition is to become one of a handful of universal banks leading the global financial services industry, helping our customers and clients throughout the world to achieve their goals. [14 Jul 2008]
InfoTech Report - Strategies for IP Telephony Evaluation and Migration
White Paper These enterprises span financial services, education, and professional services markets. The intent of the research was to focus on the challenges and success factors encountered after deploying an IP telephony solution. [14 Jul 2008]
Storebrand Improves Agility by Integrating Business Processes With IBM Solution
White Paper Storebrand Group is Norway's oldest and one of its biggest financial services companies, and a leading player throughout Scandinavia. The company wanted to improve business agility, ability to make timely and informed business decisions and provide... [14 Jul 2008]
Borland Software Case Study: Cybersoft Information Technologies
White Paper Cybersoft is the leading software house in Turkey, specializing in enterprise-scale information system development projects for e-government and financial services. The company wanted to increase the quality of services presented to taxpayers and... [11 Jul 2008]
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