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Effectiveness Through E-Payments: Current Learning and Suggested Best Practices: This paper focuses on e-payments which are the heartbeat of many e-government applications today. In order to transact business electronically with citizens, employees, other governments, and businesses, governments must develop secure ways to transfer value. Because citizens are skeptical about the security of electronic transactions, payment applications must convey competence...; Tags: Payment, Electronic Payment, Best Practice, National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council, E-government, Government; White papers 2004-10-19
E-mail electronic payments to generate $326 mln in 2005: E-mailed payments for e-commerce transactions will continue to grow rapidly, generating $326 million in revenue for service providers like PayPal in 2005, an increase of 139% from $134 million in 2003, firm Celent Communications reports. E-mailed payments will account for 13% of all U.S. e-commerce transactions in 2005, up from...; Tags: Value at Risk, e-commerce transaction, total value; Blog posts 2004-09-10
Electronic Payments and the Future of Electronic Commerce: We discuss market implications of adopting electronic payment systems and digital currencies in electronic commerce. The key to understanding and exploiting electronic commerce is to recognize it as a market mechanism where all components of a market interact and must be analyzed collectively. For example, electronic payment systems bring more...; Tags: Electronic Payment, Electronic Commerce, Electronic Payment System; White papers
Case Study in Procurement: With government modernisation initiatives providing an ongoing catalyst for councils to deliver government services at Best Practice, in August 2003 Woking Borough Council undertook an assessment of how it was going to meet the growing list of legislative and statutory initiatives targeting procurement. In considering how to embrace these initiatives...; Tags: Electronic Payment, Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies
Oracle9i RAC on Sun Meets the Availability and Performance Demands of Bacs, the UK's Electronic Payment Clearinghouse: Bankers Automated Clearing Services BACS, the clearinghouse that enables electronic payments for the entirety of the UK, chose SunPlex systems and the Oracle9i Real Application Clusters RAC Database as the basis for its New BACS technology renewal program. These systems have the capacity, scalability and performance to comfortably manage BACS'...; Tags: Electronic Payment, Performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle9i Real Application Cluster, Clearinghouse, Oracle9i, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Case studies

Food Pavilion in Popular Mall Turns to Wi-Fi to Meet Customer Card Demands: The Food Pavilion, operated by MSE Branded Food Systems, is located in the popular North Georgia Premium Outlets, north of Atlanta, Georgia, where customers increasingly request the convenience of paying for meals and snacks by credit card. With more and more customers asking to use credit cards to pay for...; Tags: Food, Electronic Payment, VeriFone Inc., Wi-Fi, HP Pavilion, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing; Case studies
w-HA (France Telecom) Grows Mobile / Electronic Payments Ecosystem With Valista Technology: Combining technological expertise and aggressive service innovations, France Telecom has grown into one of the world's top 5 communications carriers with revenues exceeding ?34 billion and operations in over 60 countries. France Telecom needed to create a world-class eCommerce service enabling purchases of goods and services via mobile, fixed-line and...; Tags: Payment Processing, Payment, Electronic Payment, Mobile, France Telecom, Operational Accounting, Internet, Finance; Case studies
Advanced Electronic Payment Systems and Dial-Up Technologies: In today's fast-paced consumer retail market, analog dial-up payment processing systems account for the majority of all electronic payment configurations. The analog dial-up technology, among others offered by GAO Research, continually support systems such as Point-of-Sale POS, Automated Teller Machines ATMs, Multi-purpose Kiosks, Vending Machines and internal transactions processing, which...; Tags: Payment, Electronic Payment, General Accounting Office, Operational Accounting, Finance; White papers
How Companies Derive Cost Savings From Sound Supply Chain Management and Electronic Payment Systems: Until recently, financial flows and supply chain systems have developed independently. Because many current systems do not adequately address the financial flow, while placing primary focus on the flow of goods, unrealized savings exist in many supply chain systems. Automated payment systems close this gap by providing a convenient bridge...; Tags: Supply Chain, Electronic Payment, Financial, SCM, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts
Voca Supports Over 100 Million Global Transactions Each Day With New Technology Platform: Founded in 1968, Voca, formerly BACS Limited, is one of the world's largest and most advanced providers of payments services to banks and corporates. Voca wanted to replace existing technology infrastructure - hardware and software - with a flexible technology platform able to support global volumes in excess of 100...; Tags: Electronic Payment, Oracle Corp., Operational Accounting, Databases, Enterprise Software, Finance, Software, Data Management; Case studies
TransFonD Brings Romania's National Banking System Into the Electronic Era With IBM Infrastructure Solution: TransFonD S.A. TransFonD - a private company owned by 27 Romanian banks and the National Bank of Romania - is a Romanian organization. To compete in the European Union, Romania needed to upgrade its banking IT infrastructure and implement an electronic interbank payment solution. The solution to this was a...; Tags: Electronic Payment, IBM Corp., Romania, Banking, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Financial Services, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies
YeePay Chooses IBM Platform for Launch Into Exploding Chinese Electronic Payment Systems Market: YeePay has become one of the fastest growing e-commerce companies in China, offering businesses and individual consumers an easy-to-use payment system with innovative features, such as interactive voice response for transferring funds by telephone and person-to-person payment through email. Ambitious startup YeePay sought to compete in an extremely competitive Chinese...; Tags: Payment, Electronic Payment, IBM Corp., YeePay, Operational Accounting, Finance; Case studies
Web Services Facilitate Highly Efficient E-Payment Solution for In-Flight Use: Abanco International was building a solution that would enable airlines to accept credit and debit card payments from passengers for in-flight food and beverage purchases - something airlines have been unable to do because of the cost and complexity of trying to settle an electronic transaction while flying. Abanco's solution...; Tags: Web, Payment, Electronic Payment, Transaction, Beverage, Web Service, Microsoft Corp., Abanco International, Food & Beverage, Operational Accounting, Manufacturing, Finance; Case studies

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No drama, Obama? Sounds dramatic to me...: In today's radio address, the President-elect specifically said he intends to add jobs in the greentech sector. Here's the specific passage: "We'll put people back to work rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges, modernizing schools that are failing our children, and building wind farms and solar panels; fuel-efficient cars...; Tags: Alternative Energy, Government, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-11-22
Deep in the heart of Texas: Electronics recycling infrastructure expanded: The vendor-funded recycling organization MRM more formally known as Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management Company has inked a deal with Goodwill Industries in Texas that will extend the territory it can cover in the state. MRM was started as a joint venture by Panasonic Corp. of America, Sharp...; Tags: Texas, Electronics, MRM DOES, Policies And Procedures, Human Resources, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-11-21
Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best cars, trucks, minivans, SUVs and hybrids: The auto industry may be in a tizzy, but that doesn't mean you can't get a great deal on a new vehicle. And who doesn't love a little holiday cheer in the form of a four-wheel gift? Here are 2008's best cars, trucks, minivans, SUVs and...; Tags: Car, Page, SUV, Honda Motor Co., Minivan, Manufacturer, Manufacturing, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-11-21
IT resellers encouraged to spread the EPEAT green gospel: If you're not interested in understanding the in's and out's of the EPEAT Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool rating systems, the Green Electronics Council has started training IT solutions and services providers about how to better-interpret the information for their clients. EPEAT uses 51 different criteria (such...; Tags: Information Technology, Reseller, EPEAT, Federal Government, Strategy, Government, Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-11-21
Salesforce.com: Recession resistant or just late to the pain?: On the surface, Salesforce.com's third quarter was impressive. The company hit or exceeded its targets and noted that its "value proposition" was resonating among enterprise software buyers. But worries abound under the surface. Salesforce.com reported income of $10.1 million, or 8 cents per share, on revenue of...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Recession, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-11-21
The future of... Ink [video]: Imagine a magazine that updates its articles whenever new information is available. A tablet that stores all the textbooks a university student will ever need. Or a supermarket shelf tag that automatically reflects price changes. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das shows us how electronic ink is turning the page on a...; Tags: Video, Tablets, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-11-21
Detroit automakers have little to be thankful for: But they do have a little time to pull their drumsticks out of the oven. Today the Democrats in Congress gave the U.S. auto industry until December 2nd to come up with a proposal acceptable to Congress and the current White House occupant. You gotta ask...; Tags: Detroit, U.S. Congress, Merry Chiristmas, Branding, Manufacturing, Government, Leadership, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-11-20