The 2009 SIFMA-IBM Technology Survey Results
Download these survey results and find out what SIFMA members revealed about new technologies and computing models and how they are managing major industry challenges.
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Death to PST Files
[ Source: MessageLabs, Symantec Hosted Services ]
February 2010-Email is one of a company’s most widely used assets—the average corporate user sends and receives 167 messages per day. Since a company must provide employees constant access to their email accounts and retain copies of every important message, managing the email of an entire enterprise is exceedingly difficult. Many employees use Personal Storage Table (PST) files as a “personal email filing cabinet” that can burden a company’s storage and cause data loss or corruption.
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How Data Governance Can Constrain the Value of MDM Initiative
[ Source: Siperian, Inc. ]
January 2010-Over the past several years, we’ve seen rapid adoption of Master Data Management in a variety of industries offering a “single source of truth” across the enterprise. Most of these implementations use a “reactive” style of data governance… Learn how “reactive” data governance falls short and why leading organizations are using a “proactive” approach -- includes case study and migration questionnaire.
A CISO's Guide to Application Security
[ Source: Fortify ]
November 2009-Security breaches are expensive. They cost time, effort, remediation, and reputation restoration. Many IT decision-makers tend to focus their security efforts almost exclusively at the network perimeter. They overlook the software applications that run their day-to-day agencies. These applications are often packed with Social Security numbers, addresses, personal health information, or other sensitive data.
Focusing on security features at both the infrastructure and application level isn’t enough. Organizations must also consider flaws in their ....
6 Important Steps to Evaluating a Web Filter
[ Source: St. Bernard Software ]
November 2009-Determining the best Web filter for your organization can be difficult with so many choices on the market. IT Professionals know that there’s more to choosing a solution than looking at a few features and comparing prices. Other considerations may be just as important but you may not be aware of their significance. This informative guide discusses the critical considerations you need to make before you decide, and also, how thoroughly analyzing your options can ....
Five Essentials Of Business Recovery
[ Source: IBM ]
December 2009-This whitepaper delivers the 5 critical elements of business recovery you must have, which can help you reduce the risk of lost revenue should your system go down.
Uncovering Your Best Business Intelligence: How Next-Generation Insight Portals Turbo-Charge Executive Decision Making
[ Source: Saama ]
January 2010-For IT directors at large companies, delivering effective business intelligence (BI) is a critical responsibility. Corporations invest millions in data warehousing to learn more about the inner workings of their businesses but consolidating insights across multiple BI reporting systems is often a challenge.
Business functions like sales, marketing, operations and manufacturing collect data to help identify potential business problems. However, each functional area often uses different BI tools to collect and maintain this ....
The Benefits of Dark Fiber for Healthcare IT Infrastructures
[ Source: Sunesys, LLC ]
November 2009-Today, healthcare IT professionals are being asked to shoulder increasing responsibility for the delivery of key services to hospital and healthcare organizations. Yet many financial and operational obstacles can make fulfillment of these new services highly complex. The current recession has put increasing demands on the healthcare IT professional. Yet even with today’s flatlined or shrinking budgets, IT professionals are being tasked with delivering additional medical and administrative applications. How will you respond to these ....
Streamline Your Business with Innovative Tools
[ Source: Citrix Online ]
February 2009-Citrix Online has put together a practical guide that explores how Web-based solutions have enabled real companies to achieve remarkable results, such as reducing cost per sale by 75 percent; improving productivity by 10 percent and increasing revenue by $1 million.
Enterprise Packages: Where Are They Headed?
[ Source: Infosys Technologies ]
November 2009-This shift in the development and usage of business applications in large corporations began in the 1990s when enterprise packages arrived on the scene. The traditional way of developing an application for corporations from the ground up (whether it be for financial accounting or inventory management) was created and the concept of picking up and configuring a commercially available, off-the-shelf package was adopted. The threat of the looming Y2K issues in the late 1990s acted ....
The Tangled Web: Silent Threats & Invisible Enemies
[ Source: MessageLabs, Symantec Hosted Services ]
February 2010-Today’s cyber-criminals are experts at using anonymity, deceit and subterfuge to victimize companies with a variety of covert malware, spam and scams that hamper employee productivity and cut profits. Attacks using rich media, open-source platforms, web 2.0 collaboration tools and social-networking sites make business networks vulnerable to this new breed of web threats.
On-premise web-security solutions have the disadvantages of high costs for infrastructure, managing the security system and training IT staff. Learn about ....
Customer Profile- Visions Federal Credit Union
[ Source: TANDBERG ]
October 2006-
"With TANDBERG, Visions Federal Credit Union Increases Employee Satisfaction, and Offers a Higher Caliber of Services to Members Committed to managing internal growth while also providing their growing
membership with superior services and educational opportunities, Visions Federal Credit Union turned to TANDBERG. The result: a cost-effective visual communication solution that brings dispersed staff together, improves morale and productivity, and provides specialized financial consultation to members in real
time."
A Roadmap for the Future -- Creating new value for the self-service channel
[ Source: Diebold ]
October 2006-
As financial institutions begin to rationalize their self-service channel for the realities of the future, the first challenge will be
to define the role that the ATM will be expected to play
within the complex retail delivery environment that is the new reality.
Customer Profile- Commerzbank
[ Source: TANDBERG ]
April 2005-
"Commerzbank AG When this globe-spanning German financial services company went on a travel diet last year, it embraced visual communications and chose TANDBERG as its worldwide standard. Instead of spending time in airports, taxi cabs and hotel rooms, Commerzbank managers now summon their distant peers with the click of a TANDBERG remote control. They are also determined to make money using video. Equity and currency traders in London, Frankfurt and Singapore, for example, now ....
U.S. ATM Transaction Volumes -- The Story Behind the Numbers
[ Source: Diebold ]
October 2004-
Average ATM transaction volumes have traditionally been the barometer for evaluating ATM performance. Perhaps it is time to look to new ways of evaluating ATM performance.
Self-Service Outsourcing: A Closer Look
[ Source: Diebold ]
May 2008-
Banks, credit unions and other ATM owners are outsourcing their entire self-service channels at a rate of nearly $2.5 billion annually. To understand the trend toward outsourcing, it’s important to understand the backdrop against which many banks and credit unions have been operating.
A Roadmap for the Future -- Creating new value for the self-service channel
[ Source: Diebold ]
October 2006-
As financial institutions begin to rationalize their self-service channel for the realities of the future, the first challenge will be
to define the role that the ATM will be expected to play
within the complex retail delivery environment that is the new reality.
U.S. ATM Transaction Volumes -- The Story Behind the Numbers
[ Source: Diebold ]
October 2004-
Average ATM transaction volumes have traditionally been the barometer for evaluating ATM performance. Perhaps it is time to look to new ways of evaluating ATM performance.
Indian Bank Reaches Masses with Biometrics
[ Source: Diebold ]
October 2007-
Diebold’s biometric ATM enabled Indian Bank
to reach out to the unbanked population
using technology that analyzes and measures
unique biological characteristics of customers,
and provides voice instructions that guide
customers through their financial transactions.
Adoption Marketing for Deposit Automation
[ Source: Diebold ]
October 2006-
Financial institutions seeking to realize the full potential of their self-service terminals are exploring deposit automation technology.
Deposit Automation: Delivering on the Promise of Lowering Channel Costs by Enhancing the Self-Service Deposit Experience
[ Source: Diebold ]
October 2006-
Diebold anticipates a fundamental change in the way financial institutions and their customers will view and use the self service channel. New technologies and the enhanced utilization of existing technologies driven by the passage of the Check Truncation Act, will power the increased utilization and effectiveness of the self service infrastructure.
Deposit Automation: Best Practices in Screen Development
[ Source: Diebold ]
March 2007-
Deposit automation is gaining momentum in the global marketplace. Many institutions are piloting or deploying advanced deposit terminals. Eliminating the envelope benefits financial institutions through lower processing costs, transaction migration to the ATM, and increased customer satisfaction. Research analysts are already reporting these benefits are real and predicting a surge in deposit activity that will drive increases in overall ATM transactions in markets that adopt ....
Digital Security Threats
[ Source: Diebold ]
February 2008-
Digital security threats attempt to compromise the ATMs operating
system or violate the integrity of transaction-related data. Mitigate the vast business risks associated with these types of threats by leveraging Diebold’s multi-layered digital security defenses.
Advanced Skimming Detection
[ Source: Diebold ]
October 2007-
Card skimming has become one of the most prevalent crimes against ATMs in the world, costing millions of dollars to financial institutions and card holders alike. Skimmers are fraudulent devices that criminals attach to an ATM card reader in order to record information stored on the card’s magnetic strip. Diebold has engineered new, advanced skimming detection technology that adds another level of security to the ....
ATM Fraud Prevention
[ Source: Diebold ]
March 2008-
In a climate of increased ATM fraud and threats, financial institutions can no longer afford to take a reactive approach to detecting and preventing fraud throughout their ATM networks.
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