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News Financial services firms' IT budgets fell by 8.3 per cent between 2008 and 2009, meaning the banks have cut their budgets more than other industries, and saw spending fall by 6.8 per cent year-on-year. [04 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News David Supple, head of IT and creative services at Ecotec Research & Consulting, said the UK won't turn out the next software powerhouse "until the government puts a more supportive framework in place to help our creative... [03 Nov 2009]
Full steam ahead for plans to cut off file-sharers
News Speaking at a cabinet creative industries conference yesterday, the business minister said proposals made back in August will feature in the Digital Economy Bill expected before Parliament in November. [29 Oct 2009]
Augmented reality's time is coming thanks to smarter smartphones
News The revenues from such industries, however, will soon be outstripped by advertising and mobile apps sales, ABI research said. Today's increasingly feature-packed smartphones are likely to propel the use of augmented... [26 Oct 2009]
Barclays CIO finds a new home with SAP
News Trotta has been appointed the ERP company's SVP and global head of financial services, responsible for product strategy, development and overall market positioning activities in the banking and insurance industries... [22 Oct 2009]
The why behind going green. Midsize companies speak.
White Paper More than 1,000 IT professionals in midsize businesses, from 12 countries and eight industries, were consulted through surveys and interviews to understand why Green IT initiatives are undertaken. This white paper... [21 Oct 2009]
Discover real-world examples of how an SOA infrastructure can lower costs
White Paper See how organizations in several different industries have put an SOA infrastructure to use and discovered untapped value within their businesses. This white paper reveals strategies learned from experience to relieve... [20 Oct 2009]
It's down to you to save the world, IT industry
News The EC marks out the buildings, transport and logistics industries as areas where IT could be used to help cut energy use. The ICT industry must lead the way in conserving energy and reducing carbon emissions, according... [13 Oct 2009]
Working with Telecommunications: Churning in the Telecommunications Industry
White Paper Industries such as credit card issuers, insurance companies and ISP's are all subject to increasing levels of churn. Churn is the process of customer turnover. In the mobile telecommunications market, a 1995 report by... [07 Oct 2009]
Insider Risk Management: A Framework Approach to Internal Security
White Paper Internal security risks are a complex challenge facing organizations of all industries and in all regions. Unfortunately, no single technology will solve the wide range of risks posed by "insiders. Insiders are... [05 Oct 2009]
An Information Risk Management Approach to Fighting Fraud
White Paper The growth across many industries in opening up business processes to access by third parties, whether they be customers, suppliers or other third parties, inevitably expands the opportunity for fraudsters to exploit... [05 Oct 2009]
Securing Sensitive Data With Tokenization: An Emerging Technology
White Paper It can be applied across a broad range of industries and applications for protecting credit card number in the retail environment, sensitive medical and personal information of patients in a healthcare environment, and... [05 Oct 2009]
Layered Security: The Right Prescription for Internet-Based Healthcare Initiatives
White Paper While other industries have made inroads in establishing consumer trust - online retailers for example - today's consumers don't feel the same way when it comes to their medical data being online. From Internet-based... [04 Oct 2009]
Burgmann Industries GmbH & Co. KG Cuts Processing Times by 50% With Performance Management Solution
White Paper Burgmann Industries GmbH & Co. Burgmann Industries GmbH & Co. KG wanted to minimize the time and staff resource costs associated with replacing the company's legacy product and improve the company's... [02 Oct 2009]
The Early Warning Project on Predictive Maintenance: Advance Warning and Problem Avoidance in Complex Industrial Processe
White Paper Complex, capital-intensive industries (such as oil and gas, chemical, steel, paper, aerospace, the military) as well as high-value, long service-life product manufacturers face a pressing demand to minimize unplanned... [02 Oct 2009]
