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'.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
