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The other side to 2FA
Insight Banks should offer the enhanced security as a customer acquisition tool, a Datamonitor study shows.
Mobile threat still low, but will grow
News Experts believe incidents of virus attacks on mobile phone will increase with the proliferation of smart phones and increased Internet mobile use.
Tags: CommunicAsia 2008, Viruses and worms, Business security, Security, Mobile, intellectual property, phone, software, virus, McAfee Inc.
Mobile TV to hit the big time in five years?
News Subscribers numbers will jump from 4.4 million today to 155.6 by end 2012, with over half from the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new report.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Data services
UK banking IT budgets plunge by US$40B
News In the United Kingdom, banking IT budgets will fall by 7 percent year on year in 2009, compared to a fall of 2 percent worldwide, a report by Datamonitor predicts.
Tags: Cost control, IT outsourcing, IT budgeting, Datamonitor, IT Budget, IT outsourcing, U.K., financial service, bank, industry
Global IT spending growth slumps
News Global growth in IT spending will slow for the fourth year in a row as the credit crunch compounds the problems of the already stagnant market.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, IT budgeting, Analyst reports, Earning reports/forecasts, Datamonitor, IT Budget, IT-spending, London, Lehman Brothers Inc., Silicon.com
Firewalls failing to keep generation Facebook in check
News Generation Y imposes challenges to network security at work, companies must find ways to keep the net generation staff happy while protecting enterprise data.
Tags: Data security, Data services, Firewalls, Content management, Authentication and encryption, Security, Datamonitor, Quocirca, Worker, Silicon.com
UK banks trim tech spending
News Technology spending by U.K. banks has been pulled back, but some areas are not likely to be affected.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, Datamonitor, Investment, operating income, investment banking, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, compliance, financial, financial service, bank
Unisys puts stealth into the cloud
News The IT services company's new Secure Cloud managed service aims to shield sensitive information from other users of a cloud by scattering the data across different storage sites.
Tags: Network security, Federal Government, Cloud computing, Infrastructure/architecture management, Analyst reports, Security, Datamonitor, Workday, Storage, Cloud computing
Does homegrown tech taste better?
News Study shows that companies get better value and faster results when they keep IT in-house.
Tags: IT project management, Project management
No customer service looks expensive for Net firms
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IT services giants face slowing growth
News The largest IT services vendors are losing out to smaller, more focused vendors, a study finds.
Tags: IT Management, IT outsourcing
Indian offshore call centers 'not doomed'
News Some companies are pulling customer services back to U.K., but investment in offshore markets is expected to continue.
Tags: Outsourcing
Analyst: Social networking faces uncertain future
News Report by U.K.-based Datamonitor compares popularity of social-networking sites to the dot-com boom, and warns that long-term growth is by no means assured.
U.S., U.K. businesses wary of offshoring to Brics
News They perceive IT services companies in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to be lacking in security and technology, new research shows.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring
Row over European mobile TV standards
News Analysts argue that Europe's mobile TV future should be driven by consumer needs and a competitive landscape rather than through government backing.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Next-generation technology/networks, International governments
