Increased regulation, reduced profits and changing customer demands are driving banks to replace home-grown software with commercially available alternatives. Simon Paris, head of global banking at SAP, said the strategic change has been ...
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Resource developers, especially in the rare earths space, are suffering from the market's obsession with immediate results, says Byron King, writer and editor for Agora Financial's Outstanding Investmentsand Energy & Scarcity Investor ...
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Netherlands based insurer Aegon has signed a 25-year strategic partnership with Spain's Banco Santanderto, to distribute both protection and general insurance products in the country. Under terms of the alliance, the lender will offer ...
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Netherlands based insurer Aegon has signed a 25-year strategic partnership with Spain's Banco Santanderto, to distribute both protection and general insurance products in the country. Under terms of the alliance, the lender will offer ...
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IBM, the leader in Smarter Commerce, and Toshiba TEC Corporation, Japan's leading maker of point-of-sale systems and related technology for retailers, announced a definitive agreement under which Toshiba TEC will acquire IBM's Retail Store ...
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Whitehall must measure the progress of its IT strategy more effectively, particularly the use of agile methodologies,if it is to achieve its technology transformation agenda, the Institute for Government has warned. In its report, System ...
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Following a Period of Rapid Growth the Wildly Popular Chilli Beans has Selected GoECart to Power its New Online Storefront in an Effort to Aggressively Target the US Ecommerce Market BRIDGEPORT, CT, December 07, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ ...
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West Midlands Police, the second largest force in the UK, is seeking to reduce risk to its officers and the public by using software that gives a master record for criminals and suspects. Corinne Brazier, force records manager at West ...
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IT staff are spending 30% of their time carrying out basic tasks and are growing frustrated with the lack of time left to focus on transformational work. The average IT worker is also only using half of the skills they possess as a result ...
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Almost all IT workers that use multiple automation technologies are having serious problems as a result of the need to process more jobs, according to a Forrester survey. Big data, business analytics, cloud computing and mobility are ...
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Capita looks set to win part of Barnet’s controversial One Barnet outsourcing plan, after it is revealed to be the preferred bidder for a back-office services contract. The contract, worth GBP 32m a year, will see IT and back-office ...
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The Empire Life Insurance Company is creating a unified data environment using Informatica Platform to help build customer centricity and maximize return on data enterprise-wide. Dubbed customer experience framework, the platform uses ...
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HMS Software, the publishers of TimeControl, the leading multi-purpose timesheet system, has announced a new technical alliance partnership with Hard Dollar Corporation of Scottsdale, Arizona. The collaboration will allow Hard Dollar and ...
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Marks & Spencer is continuing its hunt for IT graduates as it plans to recruit a new software engineering team in London throughout 2013. As part of its existing Graduate Scheme and Business Placement Programme, half of the 50 strong team ...
Fashion brand ANNA SCOTT is one of the very first companies to digitalize its sales processes with iPad and iPhone app Apps4Fashion. In just a short period of time, this innovative brand achieved a great professional progression and cost ...
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