Westpac Banking Corporation Relies On PATROL And IMS Utilities For Availability And System Management
White Papers Westpac Banking Corporation has a long and proud history as Australia's first and oldest bank. Westpac Bank faces three challenges for their mission-critical systems: availability, performance and management.
[September 17, 2007, 2:44]
Westpac Banking Corporation Ensures Financial Integrity And Achieves 376% ROI Through Efficiency Gains With Oracle E-Business Suite
White Papers Westpac Banking Corporation was founded in Sydney, Australia, in 1817 as the Bank of New South Wales and changed its name to Westpac in 1982. Westpac's objective was to deliver productivity and operational efficiency via more integrated systems and...
[May 5, 2005, 0:00]
Westpac Ready To Bank On New Operating System
White Papers After completing a company-wide rollout of Windows 2000 and Windows XP, Westpac, one of Australia's Big Four banks, wanted to trial the next generation of operating systems - Windows Vista. Following a small trial, the bank is planning a wider...
[January 5, 2007, 0:00]
Phishing Scam 'most Devious Ever'
News A prominent antivirus vendor has described the latest email fraud scheme targeted at Westpac bank customers as the most "devious" the company has ever encountered. The email, distributed en-masse to Westpac customers, represents the latest example...
[March 3, 2004, 8:00]
Warning Email Hides Scam
News An email purporting to be an advisory from Westpac to its customers about the dangers of online fraud is itself fraudulent, a bank spokeswoman confirmed today. The email, headlined "Online Banking: Protect Yourself from Internet Fraud" purports to...
[December 18, 2003, 9:50]
Australian Bank Embarks On Scam Education
News Westpac has begun a public education campaign designed to alert users to the risks associated with email Internet banking scams. The first wave of the campaign was an email sent out to Westpac customers describing threats and tips for avoiding...
[August 27, 2003, 15:40]
Fake Bank Email Tries To Con Customers
News Another fraudulent email is doing the rounds, this one attempting to trick people into providing their Westpac bank account details. Like the earlier scams, this email utilised graphics from Westpac’s Web page, as well as a fake link that purports...
[August 14, 2003, 13:05]
Hanging On To PCs
News Westpac's solution has been to send these systems, of which there are between 8,000 and 12,000 annually, to charity group WorkVentures. There, systems from Westpac and several other corporate partners are stripped to parts, then reassembled into...
[August 17, 2004, 11:15]
BT Financial Group Streamlines Information Gathering And Saves A$540,000 Per Year
White Papers BT Financial Group manages the wealth management operations of Westpac Banking Corporation, one of Australia's Big Four banks. It provides investment, margin lending, superannuation, and retirement income products and manages more than A$64 billion...
[February 17, 2007, 0:00]
Coding Error Thwarts Paralympic Phishing Scam
News The email, which falsely claims to be from Westpac, is a replica of a page from the bank's Web site which provides information on making donations to the Australian Paralympians, who need to raise AU$2m to fund their visit to Athens this year.
[June 1, 2004, 12:50]
Spammers Fool Outlook With A New Trick
Talkback We are getting emails from banks where we have no accounts, Westpac and ANZ, telling us money has been taken out of our accounts. Do you know what's going on and what we can do about it. Thanks.
[April 4, 2004, 17:47]
Companies 'ignore Email Complaints'
News Globa Reviews examined 20 enterprises well known in the Australian market including Holden, Qantas, NIB and Westpac and rated their email customer service offerings. If you ever want raise a complaint with a company, recent research into corporate...
[May 6, 2004, 10:15]
Security Firm U-turns On Banking Breach
News Commonwealth is no less secure than Westpac or any of the other banks. UPDATE: Security firm TrustDefender has this morning withdrawn claims it made last Thursday that seemed to "prove" that the SMS-based two-factor authentication system used by...
[May 4, 2007, 11:13]
Gartner: Developers Must Be Responsible For Security
News There was a great presentation by David Backley [chief technology officer at Australian bank Westpac] about how they're using Facebook-type social-networking environments within Westpac to promote collaboration and teamwork, and they're looking at...
[November 30, 2007, 11:43]
