Posts Tagged ‘Cloud computing’

Financial firms have long been leaders in IT. The speed, volume and uptime requirements of the industry, put systems to the test, and the industry’s reliance on technology has long put financial services firms in the position or being early adopters of best-of-breed technologies. For technology firms, the financial services market is crucial for revenue, market share and investor relations. Wall Street has a big influence ... Full story

  AVIVA WINS 2010 INNOVATOR AWARD FOR INTRANET INNOVATION Aviva is the largest insurance group in the UK and the fifth largest in the world, with operations in 28 countries. It’s “One Intranet” program, with the vision “One Aviva, twice the value,” has not only streamlined communication to the firms’ 60,000 employees, but also has enabled collaboration among employees ... Full story

REDMOND, Wash., and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Jan. 20, 2010 — Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) plan to create new opportunities for software developers to deliver and market Web applications to small-business customers through the Intuit App Center. The two companies plan to integrate the capabilities of their cloud services platforms — the Intuit Partner Platform and Windows Azure platform — ... Full story

At Microsoft Gold Certified Partner SunGard, cloud computing is not just strategy, but a reality that is continually being improved upon, according to James Gibbs, SunGard's senior vice president of .NET architecture. "We have really managed to recognize some of that vision and make it a reality," he says. "Going forward we will be continuing to ... Full story

Microsoft's Susan Hauser envisions more partnership emerging in the financial industry By Renee Wijnen Caruthers Early in her career, Microsoft's vice president of worldwide financial services, Susan Hauser, started a conversation with customers. That dialog, which began with a council of CIOs - 12 at the time - was a frank discussion about what Microsoft ... Full story

  Cloud computing provides some good news for financial services companies focused on emerging from the current economic downturn with a competitive edge: no longer are huge investments needed for those huge computing resources needed to get closer to the customer. Indeed, it is not expected to be long before a substantial portion of companies in the ... Full story