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Content tagged with Infrastructure posted in January 2009
A Code of Ethics for Outsourcing
News  |  1/28/2009
I ran across this article in sister publication InformationWeek that discusses the creation of an outsourcing bill of rights.
'EKG' for Document Processes Helps Financial Institutions Get Lean
News  |  1/26/2009
By Stephen Olson, Océ Business Services Just like everywhere else, it's belt-tightening time in the financial services industry. Between mergers and acquisitions and general cost-cutting, financial institutions are consolidating services and trying to do more with less. How do executives know when the belt is tight enough? Or too tight?
New Bank IT Projects are Dead in the Water
News  |  1/20/2009
The productivity of current bank IT staff reminds me of the Y2K days. Two years prior to Y2K, every programmer who worked for a bank or a bank tech vendor was busy doing something to make sure systems would perform their functions correctly on Jan. 2, 2000. As necessary as the work was, and as successful as it was, how productive was it when you consider nothing new was added during the two-plus years worth of pedestrian tech work?
Firms Should Not Let Short Term Demands Cripple Long Term IT Strategy
News  |  1/8/2009
The landscape in 2009 may look frightening to those in financial services IT, but recovery is in sight and finding an appropriate balance between short and long term goals will be key.
Institutions With Capital May Find Vendors in the Mood to Deal
News  |  1/7/2009
Not every firm has been affected by the financial crisis in the same way, and those with the ability, will discover an attractive market for technology spending.
NY-Based De Novo Bank Takes Advantage of Chaos
News  |  1/6/2009
By investing in SaaS, outsourcing and packaged solutions, rather than in infrastructure, the management team of New York-based de novo Herald National Bank is quickly ramping up its relationships-based business strategy.
The Connection Between Recessions and Bank Tech Spending: Unhinged
News  |  1/5/2009
I must have been asked hundreds of times by investment analysts how the current banking crisis and weak economy are affecting bank tech vendors, in particular the top four-FISV, FIS, MV and JKHY. Without disclosing the individual feelings of my 105 clients, I'm at liberty to say they believe the current situation is a bummer.


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