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Achieving a Competitive Advantage With a Tailored Pension Management Solution Built on Progress OpenEdge

As the largest specialist outsourced pensions administrator in the UK, Capita Hartshead administers the pensions of over 3.2 million people and handles more than £2 billion in pension plan contributions every year. Capita Hartshead strives to maintain high standards of customer service in an extremely competitive industry. The company developed...

Tags: Customer Service, Competitive Advantage, Outsource, Progress Software Corp., Pension Plan, Capita Hartshead, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Outsourcing, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Human Resources, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2007-08-06

Financial Services Provider Lowers Costs, Speeds Forms Processing, and Offers Customers Quick Access to Personalized Account Information Using Adobe Solutions

Open Access Limited OAL provides corporate clients plan sponsors with a complete outsourcing solution for group retirement plans and defined contribution pension plans. The company wanted to streamline plan administration and reduce corporate fiduciary risks. The company also wanted to deliver customized account materials to participants. To solve this OAL...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Access, Financial, Forms Processing, Financial Service, Pension Plan, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources

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Winterthur Achieves Market Leadership in Reducing Costs and Increasing Quality With Standardized Business Processes

Winterthur is the leading insurance company in Switzerland. Winterthur was looking for a comprehensive BPM system to achieve cost control in the area of pension plan management by streamlining and standardizing processes. Having implemented other types of cost reduction programs common in the industry, Winterthur wanted to identify new savings...

Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Business Process, Leadership, BPM, Pension Plan, Winterthur, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Strategy, Business Operations, It Operations, Human Resources, Management

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TD Bank botches IT system consolidation; Customer havoc ensues

But hey, don't worry... TD's got you covered.As reported in the local news last night, a woman who went to withdraw money from her account to pay her rent found that the ATM would not let her. So after discussing the situation with TD bank employees at her branch,...

Tags: Financial services, information technology, Regis, TD Bank, bank, IT system consolidation

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Report: Skype founders sue eBay; could complicate Skype sale

eBay's $2 billion sale of Skype to a group of investors could be complicated by a lawsuit filed by a company owned by Skype's founders. According to a Wall Street Journal report, a company named Joltid, which is owned by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, filed suit in...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Joltid, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-16

Pension Calculator 1.0 (Mobile)

Want to plan your retirement then look no further. Here's Pension Calculator. Pension Calculator is a simple and elegant pension calculator. It's a great way to get your head around what you need to be comfortable in retirement. The Pension Calculator app works as follows: 1.Calculates your pension pot upon...

Tags: Retirement, Mobile, iAppLogic, Pension Calculator, Benefits, Personal Finance, Payroll Solutions, Investment, Human Resources, Finance

Software downloads 2009-06-19

Motorola: We're freezing pensions, 401k matches

Motorola will halt 401k matches and freeze pensions as it aims to save an additional $800 million. The company said it will freeze its U.S. pension plans effective March 1. That's no surprise there given many companies with pensions have already made such a move. Motorola will...

Tags: 401(k) Plan, Handset, Pension, Motorola Inc., Cost Cut, Handset Business, Jha, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Cellular Phones, Investment, Human Resources, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-17

This is a Corker: Detroit's Shrinking Three may get help from feds

This is a Corker: Detroit's Shrinking Three may get help from fedsReadying your champagne, Harry?Is the bottle on ice? Are you ready to laugh and celebrate the loss of jobs in Detroit? Real people, real families, real homes?Why, yes! Big old evil automobile manufacturers, and the henchmen that assemble the...

Tags: Vertical industries, Manufacturing, Benefits, Strategy, payroll solutions, OK IT, Corker, worker, Shrinking, government, UAW

Discussion threads 2008-12-11

Yahoo settles shareholder suit; Partially removes severance roadblock

Yahoo said Wednesday that it has settled a shareholder suit and altered a severance plan that was viewed as an obstacle to a takeover. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Techmeme, Yahoo said it amended a generous severance plan that would have been triggered...

Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-10

Nortel's rerun: Another purge, another restructuring

Nortel on Monday purged its executive ranks--Chief Marketing Officer Lauren Flaherty, Chief Technology Officer John Roese, Global Services President Dietmar Wendt and Executive Vice President Global Sales Bill Nelson are all leaving Jan. 1--and announced yet another restructuring amid a weak earnings. Continuity and Nortel are two...

Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Real Estate, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Business Operations, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-10

GM, Chrysler, and one specific IT Job

GM, Chrysler, and one specific IT JobNot just CAFEI think it's more than CAFE, it's also the myriad of safety/crash regulations and other government requirements that the auto makers have to meet that makes it harder. How do you think the WWII jeep would do in a side impact test?...

Tags: information technology, General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC, car

Discussion threads 2008-11-08

Yahoo's shareholders chance to talk

In most cases, a shareholder's meeting is usually a sleeper. But today, all eyes are on Yahoo's meeting, underway now at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. It's up in the air as to how much excitement there will be now that the company and investor Carl Icahn, who is...

Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Fastest-growing sites in Japan in December 2007

In December 2007, news sites attracted increased visitation, with both the government’s anticipated pension plan and Prime Minister Fukuda’s official visit to China creating increased interest in national affairs. Mainichi.jp gained 50% to 5.8 mln visitors, making it the top-gaining property for the month, while Jiji.com increased 29% to 2.7...

Tags: Disney Online, Visitor, New Year, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Government, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, NB

Blog posts 2008-02-13

Striking writers and digital media

Striking writers and digital mediaSimple commentIn my simple view... Thank goodness Noggin's writers haven't knocked shows off the air. Then again, my kids never seem to tire of watching over-and-over again. And now Noggin has gone 24/7 as of 1/1. Wholesome family values - good lesson for anyone.Technology...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, union member, union rate, digital media, boom operator, microphone

Discussion threads 2008-01-03

Serious IT governance issues at UK Revenue & Customs (HMRC)

HM Revenue & Customs HMRC continues to face multiple IT-related security, procurement, and systems issues. These problems raise serious doubts about the agency's IT governance and management. Most recently, HMRC lost a CD containing personal information and pension data for 15,000 clients of UK insurer Standard Life....

Tags: Revenue, Payment, IT Governance, Information Technology, Disc, U.K., Electronic Data Systems Corp., HMRC, Standard Life, Operational Accounting, Finance, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-11-06

Must employers really pay to play?

Must employers really pay to play?There's no surprise, this was predicted!Corporations have been abandoning loyalty to the employee for over 15 years now. How long has it been since any company rolled out a new pension plan or offered to repurpose a large and obsolete workforce due to changes in...

Tags: Workforce management, Outsourcing, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, talent, workforce

Discussion threads 2007-10-25

Can UAW strike push health care reform to front burner?

Can UAW strike push health care reform to front burner?Escaping obligationsThe two main company-provided benefits are, of course, pensions and medical insurance payments. Defined pension plans are disappearing. One way to end them is to close down the plan as of a date and place a definite amount...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, UAW Strike, UAW

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

Net taxes could arrive by this fall

Net taxes could arrive by this fallCandy Bar LegislationWow. First they came out with the telegraph, and it got taxed. Then they came out with the telephone, and it is taxed too. So along comes the internet, and WHAM! Guess what?! TAX! I read the link to the candy bar...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Dial-up, Internet, tax, cable

Discussion threads 2007-05-24

Massive IBM U.S. Global Services layoff on the horizon?

Robert Cringley writes that has friends as IBM, and they are telling that IBM is going to drastically reduce Global Services headcount in the U.S., cutting more than 100,000 this year. Currently, IBM has about 350,000 employees across 170 countries. Cringley referred to this gradual downsizing as project LEAN: ...

Tags: Outsourcing, IT Management, IBM, General

Blog posts 2007-05-04

Pkware Case Study: State Government Agency #3

The client is one of the largest pension systems in the United States, administering a basic Qualified Pension Plan as well as the largest unified Section 403b Tax-Deferred Annuity Program in the country. The agency serves more than 170,000 retirees and beneficiaries. The challenge was securely transferring information via tape...

Tags: Agency, PKWare, Advertising & Promotion, Government, Marketing

Case studies 2007-02-22