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I have noticed a few things lately. Corporations have an obsession with information. That's essential you might say. I'd agree that information is essential, but exactly what? It is important to make ...
How many "silver bullets" have their been in the last 20 or so years? SaaS Virtualization Middleware Open Source Unix Client/server The list goes on and on, starting with Babbage's Differe...
It has just been announced that an IBM Researcher has solved a thorny mathematical problem that has confounded scientists since the invention of public-key encryption several decades ago. The breakth
One of the reasons I haven't been too excited by the latest gadgets to 'assist' the customers at our dinosaur banks is because quite frankly - the whole idea is just ridiculous and obsolete. From wher...
Well, the numbers are bad, but not altogether hopeless. The score on the Gallup Confidence in Banks poll in the NYTimes puts banks at 22, In 1979 they stood at 60. I expect that bankers themselves wi...
Citi's recent announcement of a potential deal to sell off IT assets confirms that no matter what the century or circumstance, most things never change. I had high hopes that Citi would emerge from th...
Elliot Castro is a born-again fraudster, who now acts as an independent fraud consultant. It's fascinating to watch and listen to him speak on this recent Finextra video clip , because although he's ...
Despite the apparent batten down the hatches and ride out the storm attitude of many businesses during this downturn, our recent research shows that the business side of large retail banks across Euro...
Last week I listened intently when a particular question was posed during the Q&A session of a web seminar discussing online fraud trends... Q:"You [seminar hosts] are a token provider. Given...
If you are of a certain age, then you remember the original Star Trek series (let's all forget about that new one that opened last month). Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy and the rest of the inte...
There are many issues to this current emergency need to restore identity, but I expect the ones that will most influence the outcome are cost and convenience. Trust is always at the forefront when it ...
This august group of heavy hitters should be able to solve the problems of identity in a flash. I wish them the best of luck, but I foresee another 'noble' failure. They do at least have some credibil...