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Financial sector suffering IT skills shortfall
News This compares to just over a third (38 percent) of public-sector organisations, and less than a third (32 percent) of those in the retail sector. The most hankered-after non-IT skills are: knowledge of sector and project management, followed by...
[December 16, 2008, 8:18]
Optimizing Branch Office Security and Productivity in the Financial Services Sector
White Papers This white paper examines the problems that financial services sector companies face when attempting to provide secure and efficient data access to branch offices. It also provides solutions based on the features and capabilities included with ISA...
[April 3, 2008, 1:02]
IT in the Financial Sector - The Key to Thriving in a Challenging Economy
White Papers Today's financial sector is changing fast, and technology executives are asked to keep up with swiftly changing business needs. In this new white paper, learn specific strategies to enable financial institutions to do more with less.
[April 6, 2009, 10:24]
IT spending soars in financial sector
News According to statistics released on Friday by the National Computing Centre (NCC), financial sector growth is being driven by new expenditure in voice over IP (VoIP) services and in online security. Finance companies are ramping up their...
[November 6, 2006, 12:59]
'Short-term view' hits financial IT sector morale
News Around two-thirds of IT managers in the sector say IT isn't viewed strategically where they work and almost three-quarters reckon cost-cutting has emerged as the primary driver for any investment in IT.
[April 3, 2003, 8:51]
HP Blade Workstation Solution for the Public Sector: Workstation Computing Without Boundaries
White Papers HP holds a workstation leadership position in the financial services sector thanks to product innovation that addresses the ever-changing IT requirements of the industry. Through its years of leadership work with, and as an integral IT provider to...
[June 5, 2008, 11:08]
Microsoft accused of staking claim to the Internet
Talkback This sort of tactic can land one in jail if it's practided in the legal or financial sector. FUD and astroturfing in the IT and IP sector should be illegal with very severe penalties. This is as much a crime as violating client privilege, sellling...
[November 12, 2004, 13:41]
Compaq turns attention to CAD stations
News After a successful blitz on the financial sector, Compaq UK's workstation division is turning its guns on CAD. New Dataquest figures put Compaq at number two in the workstation sector for the fourth calendar quarter of 1996, even though the company...
[March 6, 1997, 10:46]
Credit crunch driving outsourcing demand
News The credit crunch is predicted to drive greater demand for outsourcing in the financial services sector. Fiona Czerniawska, author of the report and director of the MCA's Think Tank research unit, said in a statement: "While innovation and...
[June 19, 2008, 9:42]
Credit squeeze hits tech contractors
News The proportion of tech contract workers in the financial services sector is at its lowest level for more than three years. Just 22 percent of IT contractors are working in the sector, according to contractor services company Giant Group, which...
[November 1, 2007, 8:52]
Security flaws jeopardise online banking - survey
News Despite this, the financial sector still performed best overall compared to the government, legal and IT sectors. The banking sector came off worst in a survey of 600 network security tests by consultancy NTA Monitor across a broad range of large...
[August 21, 2003, 10:50]
Satyam lines up £1bn of UK outsourcing deals
News Outsourcing giant Satyam could close up to £1bn of deals in the UK as it finds new business outside the credit-crunch-hit financial sector. Dr Keshab Panda, head of Satyam's European business, told ZDNet.co.uk sister site silicon.com that the deals...
[October 21, 2008, 9:36]
Credit crunch hits London datacentres
News Uncertainty in the financial sector is blamed for the sluggish uptake, with CB Richard Ellis saying the uncertainty has made IT budgets unclear. London's datacentre sector has suffered a downturn, with no corporates taking up space in the capital...
[July 7, 2008, 8:36]
Dot-com darlings set for relegation shame
News See techTrader for the latest financial news in the high-tech sector. The continuing slump in the technology sector means that several big-name firms may soon be evicted from the UK's main index of listed companies.
[December 12, 2001, 10:03]
Government aid brings tech jobs to Yorkshire
News The UK's struggling hi-tech job sector received a boost on Wednesday with the news that financial incentives offered by the Government have persuaded a US software company to open offices in Yorkshire.
[September 5, 2001, 16:53]
City opportunities beckon for IT workers
News A survey of 2,500 contractors found that a third of respondents believe the financial services sector will provide the most career opportunities this year — up slightly on last year. In contrast, only 20 percent of contractors think the public...
[January 4, 2007, 8:08]
Can IM ever be secure?
News Many of them, in turn, will be in financial services, the business sector that has taken to IM more than any other. Financial sector authorities have already responded to the threat. It has enjoyed such a meteoric rise in financial services because...
[April 12, 2005, 17:55]
Government hails boom in e-commerce
News According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which has published new results from its 2001 e-commerce survey, UK businesses -- excluding the financial sector -- sold £18.4bn of goods and services via the Internet in 2001.
[October 9, 2002, 15:01]
Spirent sees worse troubles ahead
News Chief executive Nicholas Brookes is understood to have told reporters that profits for the whole of this financial year will be lower than the year before -- suggesting that a massive drop in spending in the telco sector could be imminent.
[August 30, 2001, 11:47]
$5bn cut from global financial-services IT spend
News As the banking sector continues to struggle in the harsh economy, IT budgets are starting to feel the pinch. Although a small amount in percentage terms, the value represents a cutback of $5bn (£3.4bn), according to FS IT consultancy company Celent...
[January 13, 2009, 8:02]
