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Financial Services Provider Uses Operating System to Offer Innovative Work Environment: Rabobank was set up at the end of the nineteenth century as a federation of small farmers' banks. After all this time, its cooperative structure and local connections remain its principal characteristic features. The aim of Rabobank is to look after the economic interests of its members and customers. Respect,...; Tags: Financial, Financial Service, Operating System, Environment, Microsoft Corp., Aim, Financial Planning, Operating Systems, Financial Services, Finance, Software; Case studies 2009-05-01
Getting PCI Compliance Right: Cost, Risk and Readiness: With the current credit crisis in the banking industry and an increasingly aggressive regulatory environment, financial institutions, whether regional or multinational, face a significant challenge: how to lower the cost of compliance and at the same time both reduce risk and establish audit readiness. The times demand a systemic approach...; Tags: Audit, Compliance, Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Service, Financial Services, Management, PCI, Security, Shareholder, Strategy, Symantec Corp.; Webcasts 2009-03-26
Co-Operative Financial Services: 'Catch-Up, Compete and Conquer': A concerted but 'Technology light' process reengineering effort is reaping benefits at Co-operative Financial Services. IBS reports from its Manchester HQ on what has been achieved and what is still to be done The process excellence team at Co-operative Financial Services has a floor of its own at the company's...; Tags: Financial Service, Process Reengineering, IBS Publishing; White papers 2009-02-01
IBM Maximo IT asset management solutions in the financial services industry: Financial services companies face an array of demanding and ongoing challenges, including global competition, mergers, acquisitions, converging service offerings, and an imperative to build and maintain customer loyalty. At the same time, a growing array of compliance mandates, such as Sarbanes-Oxley and Basel II, require financial services companies to...; Tags: Asset Management, Financial, Financial Service, IBM Corp., Information Technology, IT Asset Management, Management, Risk, Strategy; White papers 2009-01-28
Financial Services Firm Enhances Computing Environment by Updating Operating System: Offering insurance, personal, corporate, and commercial financial products and services, Fortis Bank relies on information technology, including its own banking software, to help serve customers. To develop a more stable information environment, the company updated its computers to the Windows Vista operating system, reducing the need for IT support and...; Tags: Financial, Financial Service, Operating System, Environment, Computing, Banking, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance; Case studies 2009-01-01

Enterprise software: A tour of the year ahead: Despite the recession 2009 is going to be a critical year for all of those key vendors that best describe their turf in acronyms--CRM, ERP, BPO and perhaps a relatively new one VRM. Those acronyms, which stand for customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, business process outsourcing...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, BPO, Business Operations, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), CRM, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Dennis Howlett, Enterprise Software, ERP, Financial, Financial Service, Information Technology, It Operations, Larry Dignan, Management, Marketing, Oracle Corp., Outsourcing, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Outsourcing Company, Paul Greenberg, Software, Strategy, VRM; Blog posts 2008-12-15
The Suspicion Recession: Impacts and Consequences for Financial Services Business Leaders: Making and executing strategy during such times requires fast footwork and a rapid reassessment of the way circumstances change with each major event. Responsible Executives need to determine whether to take an offensive or defensive approach, to decide on the relative importance of reducing costs, increasing investments, creating financial flexibility,...; Tags: Financial, Recession, Financial Service, Hitachi Ltd., Leader, Hitachi Consulting, Financial Planning, Storage, Financial Services, Finance, Hardware; White papers 2008-11-25
A Financial Services Company Uses Progress Actional for Web Service Control, Better Governance, and Distributed SOA Management: To fully leverage the SOA investment the U.S. financial services company wanted to expand access to local IT centers and to retool its infrastructure for better long-term manageability. The existing infrastructure lacked runtime service management and a registry/repository for SOA governance. As a result, corporate IT developers had no way...; Tags: Web, Financial, Financial Service, Financial Services Company, Progress Software Corp., Web Service, SOA, Actional Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Financial Planning, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance; Case studies 2008-11-03
Gartner: The Net killed media; Financial services, healthcare next: Gartner: The Net killed media; Financial services, healthcare nextSooo?This means we can find affordable health care? Doctors who will actually take the time to examine us? Doctors who actually know what is wrong with us? Rather than those who simply listen to our symptoms and hand us a bunch of...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Gartner Inc., media, financial service; Discussion threads 2008-10-14
Gartner: The Net killed media; Financial services, healthcare next: The Internet has killed the basic economics of the media industry and healthcare and the financial services industry may be next. That's the message from one of Gartner's so-called "maverick" presentations where analysts go out on a limb. Mark Stahlman and Michael McGuire did the presentation at...; Tags: Benefits, Enterprise Software, Finance, Financial Planning, Financial Service, Financial Services, Gartner Inc., Health Care, Healthcare, Human Resources, Larry Dignan, Media, Software, Vertical Industries; Blog posts 2008-10-14
Local Content, Global Control: Simplifying Translation in Insurance and Financial Services: The truly global company knows there is more to "Going global" than opening offices in multiple countries. Globalization is a race to develop loyal customers around the world before one's competitors do it. The companies that win the race have learned it is not enough to meet their non-English-speaking customers...; Tags: Financial Service, Lionbridge Technologies Inc., Financial Planning, Globalization, Insurance, Financial Services, Finance, Strategy, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance; White papers 2008-10-06
Wall Street's meltdown and the potential technology hit: Folks are waking up Monday to a Wall Street meltdown as Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch and companies ranging from Washington Mutual to AIG are on the ropes. While the technology industry is removed from this carnage it will still feel considerable ripples--some tech...; Tags: Bank Of America Corp., Data Center, Data Centers, Data Management, Finance, Financial, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Financial Service, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Hardware, Investment, IPO, Larry Dignan, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Morgan Stanley, Storage, Wall Street; Blog posts 2008-09-15
Securing Support for Financial Services: Support organizations in the financial services industry encounter a number of barriers to providing support securely. Not only has the support environment become highly distributed, with increased branch offices and regional locations, but the number of remote or mobile workers has also risen. In this highly distributed environment, connecting the...; Tags: Bomgar, Environment, Finance, Financial Planning, Financial Service, Financial Services, Worker; White papers 2008-08-13
Webcast: Solution Spotlight: Banking on Unified Communications: Banking is no easy business and timely communication is critical when it comes to dealing with people's hard-earned money. From customer service and branch integration to government regulations and policy compliance, financial services firms simply have a lot more to consider than many types of businesses. But where do...; Tags: Banking, Financial Service, Financial Services, Management, Strategy, Unified Communications, Webcast; Webcasts 2008-08-12
Financial Services Provider Sells 62% More Per Employee Using PeopleAnswers: As one of the nation's most respected bank holding companies in asset size and market capitalization, this major institution provides financial services through hundreds of offices. With a large portfolio of financial products, hiring candidates with the ability to sell is the primary challenge when branch locations seek to fill...; Tags: Hiring, Financial, Financial Service, PeopleAnswers, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Case studies 2008-08-12
Growing Financial Services Firm Streamlines Collaboration and License Management: For more than 138 years, First Niagara has continued to flourish as a financial services company in New York State by offering competitive services and by building strong relationships with customers and with the communities it serves. With the help of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner BrightPlanIT, First Niagara continues to...; Tags: Collaboration, Financial, Financial Service, License Management, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Financial Planning, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Financial Services, Online Communications, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies 2008-08-01
Offshore outsourcers turn cautious: The three primary publicly traded offshore outsourcing companies have turned cautious about the future even as their financial results remain strong. Among the worries--a weak dollar that's hurting revenue and margins, economic uncertainty, murky IT budgets and a concentration of financial services and retail customers. Meanwhile, CIOs...; Tags: Revenue, Wipro Technologies, Financial Service, Outsourcing Company, Net Income, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Outsourcing, Operational Accounting, Financial Planning, Financial Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Time Is Money: Managing the Performance of Financial Trading Applications: Trading activity between exchanges, brokerage firms, hedge funds, and other financial services companies is a core component of the world economy. With trillions of dollars traded annually on the NASDAQ alone, financial services companies are investing heavily in optimizing electronic trading applications and infrastructure, with the aim of providing nearly...; Tags: Financial, Performance, Financial Service, Financial Services Company, NetQoS, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Finance; White papers 2008-07-04
CREDANT Technologies Case Study: Financial Services: The bank has 5,200 employees, 360 locations, and an IT department consisting of 380 employees that support MVS, UNIX, and Windows operating systems across a mainframe, 500 servers, 30 LPARs, and 6,500 endpoints. The bank wanted to prevent losing sensitive data contained on desktops, laptops, PDAs, and USB drives and...; Tags: Bank, Financial Service, CREDANT Technologies, Financial Services, Microsoft Windows, PDAs, Operating Systems, Software, Handhelds, Hardware; Case studies 2008-07-01
IONA develops beefed up capabilities for financial services, STP automation: The latest release from the Dublin, Ireland-based IONA includes a comprehensive implementation of SWIFTNet MT Standards Release 2008, a new free online validation service, and new offerings for over-the-counter OTC derivatives processing and payments STP. by Dana Gardner; Tags: Payment, Financial, Financial Service, Iona Technologies, Messaging, Automation, Standards Library, Groupware, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-06-18