IBM Financial Services - Announcements, Interviews & News Stories

IBM and Genesys to deliver speech-enabled self-service systems

Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary of Alcatel (NYSE: ALA, Paris: CGEP.PA), and IBM today announced they will deliver new speech-enabled self-service solutions to link contact centres with enterprise resources and IT infrastructures.

28 April 2004

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Aspace 4Tress multi-channel customer ID system ports to IBM AIX and Websphere

ASPACE Solutions has ported 4TRESS™ its powerful, multi-channel banking identification and verification solution to the IBM AIX® platform running IBM WebSphere® Application Server.

13 April 2004

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IBM acquires the Business Continuity Services unit of Schlumberger

IBM, moving to further strengthen its already world-leading portfolio of information technology services, today signed an agreement with Schlumberger (SLB:NYSE) to acquire its Business Continuity Services unit, which has operations in Europe and the U.S.

13 April 2004

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IBM celebrates 40 years of Big Iron with new mid-size mainframe and storage systems

IBM today introduced the IBM eServer zSeries 890, an incredibly powerful mainframe for medium-sized enterprise customers, extending the unprecedented capabilities of the company's flagship IBM eServer zSeries 990 mainframe to mid-sized companies, at a lower entry cost and size.

07 April 2004

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IBM unveils compliance management software

IBM today announced new software designed to help organizations that are faced with meeting government and industry regulations by enabling them to automate tasks associated with managing, retaining, and securing business information.

05 April 2004

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GZS standardises mainframe environment on Brocade SAN

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (Brocade(R)) (NASDAQ:BRCD), the world's leading provider of infrastructure solutions for Storage Area Networks (SANs), announced today that GZS Gesellschaft fuer Zahlungssysteme mbH has deployed Brocade SilkWorm(R) 12000 Directors with FICON(R) to connect its mainframe environment with its IBM storage subsystems.

16 March 2004

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T. Rowe Price implements IBM/DeskNet content management system

IBM and DeskNet today announced that T. Rowe Price, a global investment management firm with $190 billion in assets under management, has installed a new Enterprise Content Management system for enterprise publishing from IBM and business partner DeskNet Inc.

10 March 2004

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IBM parters with Jack Henry and Wincor Nixdorf for regional and community bank ATM push

IBM today announced it has teamed with Business Partners Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. and Wincor Nixdorf to deliver advanced Web-enabled ATM solutions to community and regional financial institutions, in order to make them compliant with new vendor and United States government standards.

03 March 2004

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Delta Lloyd outsources ICT infrastructure services to IBM

Delta Lloyd Group has signed a seven-year contract with IBM to outsource all its ICT infrastructure services. The outsourcing of the ICT infrastructure services fits in with Delta Lloyd's strategy to concentrate on its core competencies. The contract represents a valuation of approximately €200 million.

16 February 2004

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IBM and Semagix join forces to combat money laundering

IBM and Semagix today announced that they will pair IBM's unique WebFountain information discovery and analysis technology with Semagix's Customer Information and Risk Assessment System (CIRAS) to provide select financial services customers the means to identify suspicious transactions that could indicate illegal money laundering activity.

06 February 2004

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Philips and IBM join forces in the RFID and smart card marketplace

Royal Philips Electronics and IBM today announced a major initiative to jointly develop customer systems for radio frequency identification (RFID) and smart card applications. Working together, Philips and IBM will combine their industry expertise to address the growing need for advanced high-security smart cards and RFID technology in day-to-day business processes, operations and consumer lifestyles.

26 January 2004

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Outsourcing could increase UK GDP by £16bn - LogicaCMG

A study launched today by LogicaCMG reveals, for the first time, the macroeconomic impact of outsourcing in the UK. The study reveals British business could see 1.7 billion pounds in additional profits while GDP could rise by 16 billion pounds if more companies outsourced over the next five years.

20 January 2004

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