Windows in Financial Services

What can a financial institution do if it’s running out of storage capacity? Brannen Banks, a bank holding company for seven banks in Florida, has found Windows-based disk partitioning software to be a solution that’s highly effective as well as economical.
With increasing numbers of computers to support, and more and more files on hand, companies [...]

“Max,” a business consultant and software engineer was recently flown to Nevada to upgrade one of his clients’ databases. Shortly before he completed the job, he fell violently ill and had to go to a hospital. He recovered, finished the job and then left Nevada, which is when his real problems started. The hospital kept [...]

Sireesh (above) develops and executes Microsoft strategy for risk management and compliance. Harris (below) is an enterprise risk management and compliance solutions specialist.

Microsoft’s Risk and Compliance Headed by Sireesh Globally and Harris in US
Microsoft has added two executives for varied responsibilities around risk management and compliance. Sai Sireesh Pachava is the global lead for risk [...]

With the completion of the acquisition of Parlano, producer of the MindAlign persistent group chat service, in early October, Microsoft’s Unified Communications Strategy has taken another leap forward.
“Until now, all we’ve had is a person-centric view,” says Shaun Pierce, general manager, Server Products, Unified Communications Group, Microsoft. “We already have instant messaging and a form [...]

From the Editor:
The headlines keep coming: “U.S. Home Sales Plummet in September,” “Existing Home Sales Clogged by Mortgage Morass.” But vendors of mortgage technology have found a silver lining in this cloud, even while acknowledging that the market’s current conditions are unlike anything they’ve seen in decades of working in the industry.
For one, a mortgage [...]

Microsoft Ushers In A New Era of Convenience and Functionality

It can be easy to forget that the ATM channel is the most heavily used touchpoint by consumers. It has been deployed by financial institutions around the globe for decades to extend their footprint. While it was the first 24/7 channel and is often [...]

Glenview State Bank, an independently owned full-service lender for individuals and businesses in Chicago’s North Shore and environs with $885 million in assets under management, needed to upgrade its mortgage loan origination software. The old system’s vendor was phasing it out and pushing Glenview toward another solution that “would require a lot of work to [...]

Bankers around the globe are under increasing pressure to drive profits and reduce costs while still investing in technology solutions that help increase customer satisfaction and loyalty. Finding this balance is difficult at best, but our panelists will provide some sage advice to retail bankers who are seeking to strike this balance. Plus, these experts [...]

Whether the overall job market is up or down, highly skilled financial advisors are always in huge demand. To help gain a keener competitive edge in recruiting these advisors, and improve efficiency along the way, Lincoln Financial Group has replaced its long-time paper-oriented work environment with a Windows-based ECM (electronic content management) system from Hyland [...]

DriveTime, a used-car and finance company for people with less-than-perfect credit, has boosted efficiency and improved service by using Visual Studio, .NET, SQL Server and SharePoint to turn its innovative Excel-based credit scoring into a more efficient enterprise-ready application

While not a true bank, the company operates like a financial firm because it finances more than [...]