Tuesday, May 18, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 18/05/2010



First Niagara Using SAS Analytics to Measure Profitability
The upstate New York bank has doubled in size in the past year and has upgraded its profitability system to guide business decisions.
Read More ...

SAP's Acquisition of Sybase Brings Strategic Synergies
SAP will help Sybase increase its penetration in the insurance market, while Sybase's mobile capabilities will open up possibilities for new ways to deliver SAP solutions to insurance carriers and their customers.
Read More ...

MasterCard Resists Senate's Merchant Fee Cut
Card group says Durbin amendment to financial reform bill will lead to higher payment card costs and less choice for consumers.
Read More ...

Palm App Store Suffers Weekend Outage
PreCentral users reported problems downloading and updating apps from the Palm App Catalog.
Read More ...

Facebook Fight Calls For Flight
Citing privacy concerns, at least two groups are calling for organized protests. One is urging members to quit the social networking site.
Read More ...

Cutwater Asset Management Teams with Calypso on ALM Platform
The fixed income investment manager partnered with Calpyso to build an asset allocation and portfolio construction application based on the Galapagos technology platform.
Read More ...

Croatian Seamstress Fights the SEC — and Wins
A retired Croatian seamstress has won a court victory against the Securities and Exchange Commission in an improbable case implicating her in an insider-trading ring.
Read More ...

Firms Still Playing Catch-up on Social Media
U.S. regulators have set guidelines to allow brokers to use Facebook and Twitter to find new business, but firms continue to block employees from the popular social media websites.
Read More ...

IMF Still Prefers its Two Ideas for Global Bank Tax
The IMF still favours either a form of international deposit insurance levy or a tax on financial institutions' profits and remuneration as ways of preventing a repeat of the financial crisis, a senior official said on Monday.
Read More ...

Apple's iPhone Replaces Blackberry For Some Bankers
British bank Standard Chartered is replacing the Blackberry, currently its standard corporate communications device, with the iPhone, a move that could eventually result in thousands of bankers switching to the Apple device for business communication on the go.
Read More ...

U.K.'s Pru Prices Record Cash Call, Woos Investors
British insurer Prudential unveiled its $21 billion cash call as it tries to put its takeover of AIG's Asian unit back on track, launching a charm offensive to woo wary shareholders.
Read More ...

Image Gallery: Siemens Healthcare Data Center Virtual Tour
Siemens Information Systems Center near Philadelphia hosts and maintains clinical and business applications for nearly 1,000 U.S. hospitals and healthcare delivery systems.
Read More ...

Down To Business: War On Business And Innovation
The recent griping about Apple is consistent with a deeper and more disturbing anti-business trend in this country
Read More ...

Global CIO: SAP's Top 10 Priorities To Become Undisputed #1
Column about the 10 things SAP must do to become the world's leading enterprise software company.
Read More ...

Hulu Sticking With Flash
Despite Steve Jobs' bashing of Adobe Flash, leading online video provider Hulu will continue using it, saying the HTML5 that Apple champions doesn't meet its customers' needs.
Read More ...

Facebook Leads Display Advertising Resurgence
Display advertising increased 15% in the first quarter and total spending on display advertising reached $2.7 billion.
Read More ...

Citrix Employees Use Personal Laptops For Work
Almost half of Citrix employees bring their own computer to work, taking advantage of a company subsidy to select the laptop they prefer.
Read More ...

Management Strategies For The Cloud Revolution, Part II
In this second of a two-part book excerpt, author Charles Babcock, editor at large with InformationWeek, explains why the cloud is different from what's gone before
Read More ...

Facebook Adds Privacy; Citrix Boosts Virtual Desktop
Facebook Adds Privacy; Citrix Boosts Virtual Desktop
Read More ...

Cell Phones Gaining On Landline Phones
Nearly 25% of US households have only cell phones, a Center for Disease Control and Prevention report says.
Read More ...

Facebook, Twitter Bridge Customer Service 'Last Mile'
The majority of customers are frustrated with customer service offered by communications and high-tech vendors, but social networking tools may enhance the customer experience.
Read More ...

Facebook, Twitter Bridge Customer Service 'Last Mile'
The majority of customers are frustrated with customer service offered by communications and high-tech vendors, but social networking tools may enhance the customer experience.
Read More ...

Cell Phones Gaining Fast On Landline Phones
Almost a quarter of American households have already cut the cord and use cell phones only and another 15% rarely use the landlines they do have.
Read More ...

Sony Consumer Division Buoys Earnings
Sony's $1.4 billion loss in consumer products and video games offset by $1.7 billion profit in the financial services division.
Read More ...

Apple's iPhone Replaces Blackberry for Some Standard Chartered Bankers
British bank Standard Chartered is allowing employees to use iPhone, deviating from its BlackBerry standard for corporate communications, a move that could eventually result in thousands of bankers switching to the Apple device for business communication on the go.
Read More ...

No comments: