Process Management
Fear remains a barrier to IT change despite rising budgets reveals SQS
August 28, 2014 - Software quality specialist, SQS, has found that despite growing IT budgets over the past 12 months[1], the fear of downtime and a lack of resource is still holding many organisations back from embracing IT change. However, the risks of not doing so could be just as costly, with technology very much the driving force behind every successful business today.
Organisations’ Customer Experience Management (CEM) ambitions increasingly dependent on Smart Process Applications according to AIIM Research
July 30, 2014 - BPM-derived Smart Process Applications represent a new opportunity to apply adaptive, intelligent workflow solutions to solve the major challenges in managing complex cases and improving customer experiences, according to the findings in the latest AIIM industry watch 'Case Management and Smart Process Applications'.
Research suggests that wealth management companies could spend their IT investment more effectively
June 2, 2014 - Many wealth management companies are failing to align their business and IT strategies despite ambitious plans for growth as the economy continues to recover from the financial crash.
Software AG’s Integrated ARIS/Alfabet Solution for the Digital Enterprise at CeBIT 2014
March 10, 2014 - Software AG today presented the integration of the Alfabet and ARIS product lines at CeBIT 2014, introducing a new strategic platform for communication between business and IT. With this new solution, business processes and IT can be managed through a single platform to support planning activities across the entire corporate structure—from business decisions to their IT implementation.
DTCC and banks form client data and documentation utility
July 29, 2014 - Together with six founder banks, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the establishment of Clarient Entity Hub, a financial industry solution designed to provide increased controls, standardization and transparency during the client on-boarding process and ongoing client lifecycle events.
Brewin Dolphins takes £32m hit on IT implementation U-turn
May 14, 2014 - Investment management firm Brewin Dolphin has warned that it will take a £32 million hit after pulling a planned IT operating system implementation.
Technology Strategy Not Just an IT Responsibility, Global Study Reveals
March 11, 2014 - A new CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) study confirms what many in the industry have suspected: technology spend outside of the IT department is growing rapidly. As software-driven business transformation becomes the norm and businesses use new applications to engage their employees and customers, this trend is expected to continue, and accelerate, in the years to come.
Technology threatens European banking model
June 23, 2014 - European retail banks need to radically overhaul their technology infrastructure if they are to face off the competitive threats to their business from a host of new startups, says consultancy Deloitte.
Cutter Associates Finds Ops Professionals Optimistic About Improved Corporate Actions Processing
May 8, 2014 - A recently completed research study by Cutter Associates found that operations professionals are optimistic for a renewed focus on corporate actions processing in the next few years. Citing manual processes and increased risk as driving factors, firms are changing practices and assessing systems solutions available to help improve automation around the corporate actions function.
50% of global organisations to adopt architectural approach to web-scale IT by 2017
March 10, 2014 - New research published by Gartner has revealed that 50 per cent of global enterprises will be taking an architectural approach to web-scale IT by 2017, a significant increase from the ten per cent that did so in 2013.
Limited Outsourcing Stifles Innovation in IT
June 4, 2014 - With many businesses struggling to keep up with the pace of IT change, SQS, the world's leading software quality firm, is calling for businesses to experiment with outsourcing to multiple, specialist suppliers.
ISITC Survey Reveals Increased Financial Industry Support for Operational and Technology Functions
March 12, 2014 - ISITC (The International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communication), the industry trade group focused on standards in transaction processing and related communications, today announced the results of its annual member survey exploring the recent progress of the financial services industry and focuses for 2014.
Appway Supports Swiss Re to Better Orchestrate their Business Processes for Increased Transparency and Efficiency
February 25, 2014 - The reinsurer Swiss Re uses Appway's collaborative BPM Platform to gain more transparency and efficiency in their business processes, better utilize distributed knowledge and increase productivity with the workplace of the future.