Financial Services Organization
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Why banks will push ahead with offshoring
Insight perspective Tough times mean banks and financial services firms may have to overcome fears and embrace new forms of offshoring, says consultant.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Services, Morgan Stanley, Financial Services Organization, Back-office, F&A Offshoring, Andy Jones, compliance, Chennai, financial
SARS, war may boost disaster industry
News Computer systems backup providers haven't seen the spike in business they might have expected from the Iraq conflict or the SARS outbreak--but that doesn't mean the disaster recovery industry is faltering.
Open source 'lacks enterprise-grade security'
News A new study finds lax or non-existent security processes in open source development, serving as a warning to businesses.
Tags: Open source, Security, IT Security, enterprise security, software, financial, Linux, consultant, Struts, tools company
Bank phishing fraudsters learn to spell
News Fraudsters are targeting financial services organizations, and their attacks are continuing to develop, say banking execs at the RSA Conference.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Phishing, Bank Of America Corp., Fraudster, Malware, Phishing Web Site, Gartner Inc., financial service, bank, industry
Complex system integration engagement brings up newer delivery approaches
Insight A European bank wanted to implement smart-card-based biometric authentication for its customers and ensure the security of data moving between the bank's backend transactional systems. Here's how a consultant delivered this complex solution on time.
Report: Financial services organizations collecting wrong data
News Banks are lulled into a false sense of security by relying on historical financial information that no longer reflects the current commercial landscape.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Knowledge management strategies
Security workers feel the pinch
News Despite the ongoing focus on security since the Sept. 11 attacks, computer security administrators are not immune to the current economic malaise, according to a study.
Mobile banking set for boom time
News The number of people accessing banking services via their mobile phones will increase tenfold over the next four years according to study.
Tags: Mobile, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile commerce
Adobe restores Reader's Linux support
News With version 7 of the PDF-viewing software, now available on Adobe's Web site, the company warms to Linux once again.
Tags: Open source
Poor CRM failing customers
News European businesses are failing to meet customer expectations due to ineffective use of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) technology--and U.K. consumers are suffering the most.
Tags: Customer resource management (CRM)
Liberty Alliance takes on ID theft
News In the wake of several high-profile data breaches, the Liberty Alliance is branching out to take on identity theft.
Tags: Security Management
Empower your IT staff to make decisions
News Investment bank CIO tells IT heads to "let go" and adopt a softer management style.
Tags: IT project management, Decision-making
