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News At investment bank UBS Global Asset Management Richard Thwaite moved up to global CTO, and at ING Steve Van Wyk became group CIO. Tech jobs in the financial services sector are being hit by the credit crunch, with many companies cancelling or... [22 Feb 2008]
Internet NOC-ing shop opens in London
News ISP iBahn has opened a network operations centre (NOC) to monitor its hotel broadband services.iBahn's NOC opened in Hammersmith, London, and monitors every piece of equipment attached to iBahn's European network via management tools that can... [12 Jun 2007]
UK outsourcing gets banking boost
News ING Direct recently moved into mortgage lending and worked with CapGemini to help integrate the new services into their infrastructure. UK outsourcing is being boosted by investment banks as they expand into new business areas. [26 Feb 2007]
Banks fight e-fraudsters with two-factor authentication
News Earlier this month, savings bank ING Direct said it is to step up its online security by giving customers a stronger authentication process for logging into their accounts. Banks are adding additional layers of security to lock out fraudsters from... [05 Sep 2006]
ING Direct steps up online security
News Savings bank ING Direct is stepping up its online security by giving customers a stronger authentication process for logging into their accounts. The bank will use RSA Security's technology, which requires more information from customers than just... [17 Aug 2006]
ING picks suppliers for €800m IT deal
News Dutch banking group ING is outsourcing its European desktop installation, maintenance and support in a deal worth around €800m. ING has signed a memorandum of understanding with preferred suppliers Accenture, Atos Origin, Getronics and KPN for the... [04 Jul 2006]
Creative opens new front in iPod patent war
News The pair have been indulging in some legal to-ing and fro-ing of late. The legal sparring between Apple and Creative has become even more heated, as the Zen maker announced it has lodged a complaint about the iPod-maker with the US International... [15 Jun 2006]
Yahoo! fuming over trade secrets theft claim
News Yahoo! has filed a lawsuit against wireless content company MForma, charging it and a group of ex-Yahoo! employees with theft of trade secrets. According to the lawsuit, which was filed on Monday in a Santa Clara County state court, the group of... [28 Feb 2006]
Ballmer vowed to "kill" Google CEO, court hears
News I'm going to f***ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f***ing kill Google. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer vowed to "kill" Google in an expletive-laced, chair-throwing tirade when a senior engineer told him he... [05 Sep 2005]
ABN Amro in €1.8bn outsourcing bonanza
News ABN Amro joins other European banks including ING, BNP Paribas and Societe Generale who now source IT expertise from India," he said. Dutch bank ABN Amro is outsourcing its infrastructure and application development in a series of deals, with... [01 Sep 2005]
CIO Jury: Are high compliance costs worth it?
News Vincent Chatard, IT director at ING Direct, said: "We used SOX and similar initiatives to drive improvement in our overall security and processes. Vincent Chatard, IT director, ING Direct The high IT cost of compliance projects has proved worth it... [25 Aug 2005]
Barclays moves helpdesk jobs to India
News Dutch bank ING has also announced it is "streamlining" its processes by axing 450 jobs in Europe. Barclays Bank has said up to 140 jobs will be affected as it moves its internal UK helpdesk to India. The bank will try to re-deploy workers before... [19 Jul 2005]
Banks create 500 new call centre jobs in Wales
News In a separate announcement, savings bank ING Direct will officially open its new £3.5m call centre in Cardiff today. The 38,000 square foot call centre will create 300 jobs, more than doubling ING's customer service staff. [01 Mar 2005]
ING Direct buys Informatica 'single view' software
News ING Direct is using data integration software from Informatica to tie together various types of other technology at its operations in the UK. Vincent Chatard, IT director at ING Direct UK, told silicon.com that the PowerCenter software had already... [27 Jan 2005]
"We want Britney" say web surfers
News The royalty demanding software outfit outpaced some giants of industry to lead Google's top five, ahead of Johnson & Johnson, ING, GE Aircraft Engines and Fleet. If the term "zeitgeist" is applied as it is defined -- an era's intellectual, moral... [24 Dec 2004]
