Dan Morris: Turbulence pushing banks into the cloud

	Banks: Hackers more aggressive in attacking customer accounts | U.S. lawmakers quiz ZTE, Huawei over spying concerns
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	Dan Morris: Turbulence pushing banks into the cloud   We all know that the old business model for investment banking technology doesn't work and this is driving bank technology departments everywhere to cut costs.  However I was struck by a recent special report in The Economist which outlines that, while investment banks are shrinking, their retail arms (Citibank, HSBC, Santander, etc.) are growing due to changes in technology.  The key trends they found were: Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Evolve Customer Care with Collaboration Using collaboration technology to improve customer service gives your company an opportunity to evolve beyond traditional service models to create better customer relationships. While the telephone will always be an option, many customers want experiences where chat, social media, video and self-service are also part of the norm. Download a new white paper from ZK Research to learn how using collaboration technology can help your organization improve customer responsiveness and provide customers with self-service offerings, leading to greater loyalty. In this Issue Banks: Hackers more aggressive in attacking customer accounts U.S. lawmakers quiz ZTE, Huawei over spying concerns Chambers: We Should Have Killed Cisco Cius Earlier WHITE PAPER: HP A Framework for Securing Virtualized Data Centers Understand the real need for security solutions that can address the reality of expanding virtualization. You will also learn how HP TippingPoint's secure virtualization framework allows organizations to gain control of the virtual environment by introducing in-line security policy enforcement. Learn more. Banks: Hackers more aggressive in attacking customer accounts A survey of large financial institutions shows they faced more attacks by hackers to take over customer banking accounts last year than in the two previous years, and about a third of these attacks succeeded. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Cutting Costs and Simplifying Management on IBM XIV Read the white paper and see how this platform increased performance for applications such as Microsoft Exchange and eliminated maintenance costs while simplifying storage management. Learn More. U.S. lawmakers quiz ZTE, Huawei over spying concerns Two U.S. lawmakers have asked executives at Chinese telecom companies ZTE and Huawei to explain their connection to the Chinese government out of concern that the companies' products represent a risk to U.S. national security. Read More Chambers: We Should Have Killed Cisco Cius Earlier SAN DIEGO -- Cisco should have shuttered Cius nine months before it did, CEO John Chambers told reporters at the CiscoLive! conference here this week. Read More
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