Category: Business
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VMware recently announced that it is acquiring cloud automation vendor DynamicOps, but the terms of the deal have not as yet been disclosed. Richard Krueger, CEO of DynamicOps, says VMware chose to buy his company “because we have the best technology for managing heterogeneous cloud platforms and management systems.” Just one news article by Graham…
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Read my article for FSTech magazine on how technology can help financial institutions to develop and manage effective risk management strategies. Published on 18th June 2012.
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Security is often touted as the reason why organisations aren’t moving over to cloud computing. Banks are among them, but not because they are reticent about the advantages that it can bring them – many of them use private clouds anyway. In fact, stringent industry regulation and regulatory compliance are creating an actual or perceived…
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Extract: The question of whether differences arise when implementing technology in an Islamic bank in comparison to one that operates under a Western ‘conventional’ model attracts a mixed and sometimes contradictory response. There are clearly some similarities: the goal of achieving high levels of customer satisfaction and the need to deliver increases in sales and…
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Extract: Banks now say they have entered an age of customer engagement with the rise of technologies like social media, location-based services, online and mobile banking. The claim that they have only just entered an era where they need to engage with their customers seems to be a bizarre suggestion. No business can thrive or…
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The unemployment rate in the U.S. may have hit a four year low. U.S. government sources are claiming that the initial claims for unemployment benefits have fallen by 5,000 applications to a seasonally adjusted figure of 348,000; but this doesn’t mean that customers have become more open to spending more money. Yet it is good…
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Does the industry need a new body looking at the clearing and settlement issues raised by new regulation? The London-based Financial Services Club thinks it does, and has set up a clearing and settlement working group…
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In recent years banks have been a target for criticism, ridicule and vehemence. They are, for example, said to be slow and reluctant to innovate. Published on 8th February 2012.
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Managing digital assets is an important consideration for enterprises – does cloud help this process? Read more on CloudPro… Published on 17th January 2012.

