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Honor Roll: This Week's Top Bank Blogs (Nov.1-7)
Our favorite banking technology-related blog posts from around the Web (November 1-7, 2009):PayPal Dances with Developers to Drive Innovation
Just when The Better Banking Blog's Charis Palmer wonders what would happen if a bank opened up its application development to others in the same way that Facebook does, PayPal goes and opens up its platform to third parties. "PayPal may not be able to provide the answer to system innovation, but the concept of harnessing talent outside the organization deserves more attention from the banking industry," Palmer writes. ---
Celent's Jacob Jegher reports from the BAI Retail Delivery Conference in Boston, discussing new announcements, bank attendance numbers and key themes. "BAI has been a bit of a letdown in terms of new and innovative announcements. I must admit that I am not terribly surprised by this given the state of the retail banking industry," he writes. ---
The Brittle Nature of Data Warehouses
"I think you'll agree that, for many reasons and by many measures, data warehouses haven't fully delivered on their promise. Let's examine the four main issues that traditional data warehouse ecosystems have struggled with," begins Marty Moseley of Initiate's Mastering Data Management blog. ---
Infuse Emotion Into Experience Design
Forrester's Bruce Temkin suggests that its time for companies to make emotional connections with customers and potential customers online. In this post, he shares bits of a report he worked on with primary author Ron Rogowski, comparing the virtues of functional Web site design with those of Emotional Experience Design. ---