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This blog is moderated by Tom Groenfeldt, editor of Windows in Financial Services magazine. Content is provided by Tom and senior members of Microsoft's U.S. Financial Services Group.
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Ray Ozzie Takes Top Position with Silicon.com
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For leading Microsoft into the post-Bill Gates era, Ray Ozzie, chief software architect at the software giant, has been named silicon.com's number 1 Agenda Setter for 2006 . Ozzie is the first ever winner from Microsoft - the closest Bill Gates came...
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KANA Software - More Popular with Users than Wall Street Investors
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Bloor Research finds KANA CRM software a strong hit with clients, but the company needs to get its finances in order. http://www.it-director.com/technology/applications/content.php?cid=8779 KANA runs on Windows and several other operating systems. Haven...
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Rivet Software Joins Microsoft on EDGAR Overhaul
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Under the larger contract, Rivet will work with Microsoft to develop technology to modernize Edgar, the SEC's system for collection and distribution of financial data. Investors and analysts can expect to see a change in the Edgar system within. http...
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BearingPoint, Microsoft on EDGAR Overhaul
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BearingPoint will be one of several subcontractors working on a major overhaul of the Securities and Exchange Commission's electronic filing system. Microsoft, EMC, Rivet Software, Akamai and Vistronnix are also subcontractors. http://washington.bizjournals...
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BearingPoint, Microsoft on EDGAR Overhaul
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BearingPoint will be one of several subcontractors working on a major overhaul of the Securities and Exchange Commission's electronic filing system. Microsoft, EMC, Rivet Software, Akamai and Vistronnix are also subcontractors. http://washington.bizjournals...
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Making Sense of Data Through Graceful Displays
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Stephen Few, who has written two books on visualization of data, gives Tableau Software a great review Intelligent Enterprise. "Tableau still can't do everything, but it is maturing at a sensible pace. With each release, a great deal of thought seems...
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Home Users, Financial Services Lead Targets in Computer Attacks -- Symantec
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Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report notes that home users are the most targeted attack sector, accounting for 86 percent of all targeted attacks, followed by financial services businesses. http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id...
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What's Key in Online Banking?
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Financial services publisher Online Banking Report released a new, detailed analysis of how online personal finance management features will be incorporated into leading Internet banking services. Banks and credit unions looking to bolster customer retention...
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Will That Greeting Card Steal Your Passwords?
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Posted By: Geoff Mosher Sep 22 2006 06:26:43 PDT Email News Print Version Electronic cards, purporting to be from a secret admirer, are propagating cyberspace in a scam that has already compromised...
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Blogging on Banking
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Mike Schoeffler, founder and CEO of ProfitDesk, has started a blog on banking and other topics that catch his eye. " Our sophisticated financial system is affecting trade deficits. Part of the reason Chinese keep their money in American securities is...
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HIP Grows Insurance Sales with Tablet PCs
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Pedro Villalba of HIP Health Plan in New York said his firm's experiment hosting "sandboxes" yielded a customized tablet PC that can be used by visiting nurses to collect information on HIP patients who have been hospitalized. If HIP case managers get...
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Microsoft to Discuss Corporate-to-Bank Payments and Treasury and Cash Management at SIBOS 2006
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Microsoft has announced that at SIBOS in Sydney it will join with partners to demonstrate secure and reliable services which financial firms can for corporate-to-bank payments processing, treasury and cash management, and other payments-related activities...
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ISVs -- Read the Microsoft Tech Roadmap Before Meeting with the Company
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“It’s important that you read Microsoft’s (Nasdaq: MSFT) technological agenda, and our product road map before you come for a meeting with us,” suggests Barak Shein, Microsoft Israel R&D business development manager ISVs & emerging businesses...
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Banks Not There Yet on Op Risk -- McKinsey
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"In our work with banks, we find that their operational-risk infrastructure remains overly focused on measuring risk rather than mitigating it." That's the word from Cindy Levy and Antonio Simoes are principals in McKinsey's London office, and Hamid Samandari...
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Pulling up SOX?
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"A new commission, "The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation," will be unveiled today. Chaired by former White House economic adviser Glenn Hubbard and former Goldman Sachs President John Thornton, the group plans to recommend changes to the 2002 Sarbanes...
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Virtualization and its Benefits
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Microsoft's recent purchase of Softricity has put it into a leading position in virtualization of applications. With both desktop and application streaming, the provisioned operating system and applications use the client's local resources, without...
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Getting PowerPoint Right
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A friend says that Darren Strange, the UK Product Manager for the 2007 Microsoft Office System is the best presenter Microsoft has, at least a little bit because he isn't afraid to make fun of Microsoft itself. His tips on how to use PowerPoint are great...
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After Katrina: Is I.T. Ready for Another Killer Storm?
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Baseline's David Carr poses the question http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,2009268,00.asp?kc=BLBLBEMNL082906EOAD and offers some advice on preparedness. Hancock Bank in Gulfport, MS had decided to go with Onbase for document management just before...
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Citrix Upgraded -- Strong Microsoft ties?
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RBC Capital Markets analyst Robert Breza wrote in a note to investors that the next few months will bring several catalysts for Citrix's stock, among them the third-quarter earnings conference call and upcoming customer and partner conferences. http:...
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Financial Services a Strong Third in Canadian Indexs
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Precious metals came first followed by tech, but financial services came in third, says Morningstar. "The third best-performing fund index in August was Financial Services, which gained 3.4% thanks to blowout quarterly earnings released by all of the...
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Banking on TV
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International Banking on TV? Is this like The Office? Nope, it’s serious, although that doesn’t mean dull. TheBankingChannel.TV, ( www.TheBankingChannel.TV < http://www.thebankingchannel.tv/ > ) a new Internet-delivered television channel...
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Getronics and Missouri's Commerce Bank Win MS Regional Award
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Getronics, a global leader in workspace management IT services, today announced that the implementation of its Getronics Channel Renewal solution at Missouri-based Commerce Bancshares has been recognized by Microsoft as this year's regional 'Winning Customer...
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