Media-Insert Communications

Media-Insert Communications

The blog of Media-Insert Communications – featuring freelance P.R. and journalism links to the work of Graham A. Jarvis.

Editing, Journalism, Copywriting, and Public Relations

Category: Information Communications Technology

  • 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…

  • 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 profitability…

  • 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 even…

  • Since November 2011 companies working in the equity, bond, financial and commodity derivatives markets have had to comply with the Financial Services Authority's rules that require them to record all 'relevant communications' and store them for six months to prevent any professional misconduct or illegal activities like insider trading from taking place….read more here. Published…

  • 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…

  • 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. Read more in Banking Technology. Published on 8th February 2012.

  • Managing digital assets is an important consideration for enterprises – does cloud help this process? Read more on CloudPro… Published on 17th January 2012.

  • Moving to the cloud is not always straightforward but a proper testing programme could minimise risk. The rush towards cloud seems to be unstoppable. Research company IDC estimates that spending on public cloud IT services is set to increase from $21.5bn to $72.9bn in 2015. However, a quickly-moving market like cloud computing is going to…

  • Upgrades can spell trouble for companies so companies moving to the cloud have to be especially wary. In October, Blackberry users around the world got to know first-hand how frustrating downtime can be. Millions of Blackberry users found that they couldn’t do much more with their handsets than make voice calls. Read more on CloudPro.…

  • The banking sector is one of the most highly regulated and risk averse industries in existence today, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that the pace of innovation – whether technological or otherwise – can seem quite slow. Resistance to change is a dangerous stance. If an incumbent doesn’t respond to changes in customer and…