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Revving Up New-Age Banking With Technology

Revving Up New-Age Banking With Technology

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This research report is based on a survey conducted jointly by PwC and CII, and served as a backdrop to the Banking Tech Summit 2010, with the theme 'Revving up New-Age Banking with Technology'.

Retail Banks Must Prepare For Onslaught Of IT Changes In 2011

Retail Banks Must Prepare For Onslaught Of IT Changes In 2011

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The retail banking industry must prepare for an onslaught of IT changes in 2011 due to regulatory reforms designed to protect fragile economies from future crises, according to Ovum.

IBM Launches Cloud Platform For Communications Service Providers

IBM Launches Cloud Platform For Communications Service Providers

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The IBM Cloud Service Provider Platform is a comprehensive set of hardware, software and services to help providers rapidly deliver cloud computing on their own.

SMC Global Securities Launch Risk Mgmt Business With SunGard's Soln

SMC Global Securities Launch Risk Mgmt Business With SunGard's Soln

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Kiodex will help SMC Global Securities establish a corporate hedging desk.

IBM Helps Canara Bank Implement CBS Across 3,057 Locations

IBM Helps Canara Bank Implement CBS Across 3,057 Locations

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Canara Bank's Core Banking Solution touches 45 million customers across India.

Boom In Wholesale Telecom Market Is In The Cloud: Ovum

Boom In Wholesale Telecom Market Is In The Cloud: Ovum

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Increasing demand for cloud-based services is driving a boom in the wholesale telecom market, according to Ovum.

LG, Microsoft Come Together For Cloud Computing

LG, Microsoft Come Together For Cloud Computing

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The alliance will primarily target the market for virtualisation solutions for educational institutions.

Rack-Level Monitoring Tracks Micro-Level Power Consumption

Rack-Level Monitoring Tracks Micro-Level Power Consumption

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Rajesh Patil, Corporate Manager, Centre of Excellence and Special Projects, CRISIL, speaks about the benefits of rack-level power consumption monitoring and CRISIL's green building initiative.

IT Should Operate In Sync With Facilities Management

IT Should Operate In Sync With Facilities Management

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Ajay M Patil, VP - IT, Bharti Axa Life speaks on how the company's IT team has engaged with the 'Facilities Management' in planning Bharti Axa's Upcoming Data centre.

International Banking: How To Set Up A GRC Framework

International Banking: How To Set Up A GRC Framework

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Robert Stroud, Service Management and Goveranance Evangelist - CA Technologies speaks about evolution of GRC tools and budget allocation for GRC.

Improving Business Processes In Financial Services

Improving Business Processes In Financial Services

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To succeed in this increasingly competitive marketplace, financial services firms today face several challenges that compete with relationship-building for time and resources.

Mankind Pharma Selects IBM to Implement Organissation-Wide ERP

Mankind Pharma Selects IBM to Implement Organissation-Wide ERP

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Mankind Pharma has partnered with IBM for implementation of SAP ERP.

BSE Launches Mobile-Based Trading

BSE Launches Mobile-Based Trading

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BSE is the first Indian Exchange to launch the much awaited mobile trading.

Jet Airways, IBM Team Up To Herald New Era In Indian Aviation

Jet Airways, IBM Team Up To Herald New Era In Indian Aviation

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The agreement is a step towards Jet Airways' journey of technology led business transformation.

Oracle Launches Oracle Agile PLM 9.3.1

Oracle Launches Oracle Agile PLM 9.3.1

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Oracle Agile to help companies streamline drug development processes and enable Quality by Design (QbD) practices.

Fragmented Approach To Security Can Lead To Uncertainties

Fragmented Approach To Security Can Lead To Uncertainties

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T K Srivastava, DGM-IT, Union Bank Of India, talks about security from a BFSI point of view.

Capgemini Launches Global Innovation Hub In Mumbai

Capgemini Launches Global Innovation Hub In Mumbai

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Capgemini India has become the global hub of innovation for the group.

Cost Of IT Continues To Drive Decision-Making: Gartner

Cost Of IT Continues To Drive Decision-Making: Gartner

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Economic fluctuations & business uncertainty, accelerated service globalisation, increasing competition of IT services could force businesses to move further toward low-cost IT.

Risk Mgmt Technology Spending Remains Vital For Banks In APAC

Risk Mgmt Technology Spending Remains Vital For Banks In APAC

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According to IDC, banks are establishing a balance between driving business strategies and enhancing risk controls.

SAP Starts Pilot Program To Use On-Demand Technology For Education

SAP Starts Pilot Program To Use On-Demand Technology For Education

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SAP business ByDesign solution for small and midsize enterprises expands curriculum of SAP university alliances program for universities.

Progress Launches Smart Order Router Accelerator In India

Progress Launches Smart Order Router Accelerator In India

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Progress Apama Smart Order Router (SOR) Accelerator helps traders quickly and effectively, create and deploy smart order routing strategies.

Top 10 Forces Which Will Impact Outsourcing,  IT Services Industry

Top 10 Forces Which Will Impact Outsourcing, IT Services Industry

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Gartner has identified 10 major forces that are actively reshaping the future of IT services and the outsourcing market.

MAHAGENCO Implements SAP ERP To Optimise Energy

MAHAGENCO Implements SAP ERP To Optimise Energy

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Maharashtra Power Generation Co. will optimise energy and natural resource efficiency with this implementation.

Tata Teleservices Secures Enterprise IT Network With TCS, RSA enVision Platform

Tata Teleservices Secures Enterprise IT Network With TCS, RSA enVision Platform

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Tata Teleservices now has a comprehensive SIEM solution.

SEBI Allows BSE, NSE To Start Smart Order Routing

SEBI Allows BSE, NSE To Start Smart Order Routing

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The market regulator has also allowed securities trading using wireless technology.

Glodyne Rolls Out Financial Inclusion Scheme In Bihar

Glodyne Rolls Out Financial Inclusion Scheme In Bihar

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The public roll out of the financial inclusion services under the 'e-shakti' project was done by Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar in Patna.

Euronet India Ensures Monitoring On A Per ATM Basis

Euronet India Ensures Monitoring On A Per ATM Basis

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Sunil Nair, MD - Euronet Services India talks about Cashnet and the company's Monitoring facility.

New Approaches To Core Banking Take Hold In APAC

New Approaches To Core Banking Take Hold In APAC

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IDC Financial Insights notes that there has been no material change in the number of new whole-of-core deals signed in 2009 versus 2008.

Insurance Industry Gets Marginalised For Ignoring M-Commerce

Insurance Industry Gets Marginalised For Ignoring M-Commerce

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According to Ovum, m-commerce is a 'game changer' for the insurance industry.

Major Telcos Will Be Strong Force In Cloud Computing

Major Telcos Will Be Strong Force In Cloud Computing

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Ovum believes that telcos have led a 'competitive march' from telecoms into cloud computing.