Europe now world's biggest outsourcing spender
News It found that, by the end of the third quarter of 2009, G2000 companies headquartered in Europe were spending more on outsourcing deals overall than G2000 firms with headquarters in the US and Canada.
[December 22, 2009, 7:47]
Bank by David Bledin
Downloads BankDavid BledinBack Bay BooksMay 1 2007Every July, a fresh crop of college graduates clad in spiffy new suits fills the offices of investment banking firms, each newly minted analyst longing for big money while sacrificing anything that resembles...
[December 19, 2009, 20:31]
VectorWorks
Downloads VectorWorks is a CAD program for firms that don't have unlimited IT budgets. Precision 2D drafting. Powerful 3D modeling. Spectacular presentation capabilities. Cost and materials tracking. Automatically generated schedules.
[December 15, 2009, 18:25]
Forrester - Assess Your Enterprise Agility
White Papers Firms and government organizations are constantly buffeted by changes in their business environment — from changing customer tastes to economic changes affecting raw material prices to government regulations that make hitherto smart business...
[December 14, 2009, 10:56]
Finally, a Solution to Vendor Document Management
White Papers One of the processes that generate the most information, and that is vital to keeping a project on schedule, is vendor document management - the collection of the contractually-binding documentation from firms engaged in the supply of equipment...
[December 11, 2009, 23:00]
How to avoid becoming a data leak pariah
Comment Yet many firms are guilty of not properly defending information assets. Every week we hear of another lapse in the corporate custody of customer data, yet the issue remains low on many boardroom agendas, says Alan Calder.
[December 11, 2009, 10:10]
TimeNet Law
Downloads TimeNet Law is time management and billing software for law firms, private investigators, and others who are looking for a Timeslips replacement for MacOS X. Features: Built for MacOS X (Universal Binary) Incredibly Easy to Learn Interface...
[December 2, 2009, 20:33]
Implementing PCI Compliance Controls With ScriptLogic
White Papers Over the last several years, a number of retailers, banks, service providers and credit card companies have experienced breaches in security resulting in the obtaining of personal and financial data that customers have knowingly or unwittingly...
[November 30, 2009, 23:00]
Missing the point
Talkback Surely the point is that with Cloud based storage and backup then smaller firms benefit from the industrial scale of the storage, backup and associated security facilities that they would otherwise not have been able to afford.
[November 27, 2009, 11:52]
Global stock exchanges enter ‘technology arms race’
Blog IBM says that large investment firms trade assets and shares in high volumes, which can have a major influence on the market price. I tend to shy away from customer stories with all the revulsion I normally reserve for a Celine Dion album, so it is...
[November 27, 2009, 7:41]
Why smart new businesses are looking for leads on socnets, not Google
Blog Several of them were looking at starting their own businesses, joining the 300,000 new businesses recently started in the UK as a result of people finding themselves in the same boat (source: Enterprise Nation suervey at http://www.newbusiness.co...
[November 26, 2009, 13:04]
QIF Master
Downloads Investment information is not produced in QIF format by the investment firms; to get QIF you must use QIF Master to convert the transactions on the web page into QIF.CSV Files: QIF Master will also convert comma-separated value (CSV) files into QIF.
[November 20, 2009, 2:24]
T-Mobile workers accused of selling customer data
News The ICO said the records had been sold through brokers to rival mobile firms, so those firms could cold-call T-Mobile customers when their contracts were due to expire, in order to offer them alternative contracts.
[November 18, 2009, 12:55]
Four steps for sharpening up data management
Articles Many organisations understand the importance of managing information in a consistent and structured way for effective corporate decision-making, but most are daunted by the scale of the task they face in imposing order.
[November 16, 2009, 11:02]
The Impact of New Communication Tools for Financial Services Firms
White Papers Email, for example, and more recently instant messaging can provide individuals within these firms with a distinct competitive advantage by providing information more quickly or allowing them to make more well-informed decisions.
[November 14, 2009, 0:21]
Getting the Most Out of Your Firm-Wide Risk Management
White Papers In the light of the Pillar 2 requirements, financial institutions and investment firms are now obliged to strengthen their firmwide Risk Management, in order to foster the development of a robust risk and capital management process.
[November 14, 2009, 0:21]
Risk Appetite - How Hungry Are You?
White Papers For some smaller firms this approach may well be enough, but for others risk appetite is a more complicated affair at the heart of risk management strategy and indeed the business strategy. Regulatory pressures, such as Basel II and a greater focus...
[November 14, 2009, 0:21]
Wireless Devices on Trading Floors - Regulatory Compliance Risks
White Papers This paper identifies the potential regulatory violations and security challenges of firms that fail to provide surveillance of cellular phones and 802.11 wireless devices on trading floors. In addition to outlining relevant regulations and...
[November 13, 2009, 0:21]
Live Webcast: Telecoms 2.0 - Where is telecoms heading?
White Papers What attributes should firms be looking for in their telco partner? Telecoms 2.0 - Where is telecoms heading? UK telecoms is at a crossroads. IT managers face new demands to enable flexible working, deliver converged networks and provide support...
[November 9, 2009, 10:38]
Link Building is Cool
Blog We agree that there are firms out there which fib about the links that are delivered, and it is these instances we would write about. Link building is cool. Yes, indeed it is. Developing links to help promote a business online is cool.
[November 6, 2009, 9:03]



