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Mobile internet tools take flight

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... analyst, in a statement. "This will either be as a 'third device' where there is a high-penetration PCs or the primary computing device where there is low-penetration." In Australia, many financial services professionals are already making the most out ...

Clouds gather in financial services

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Financial services software group IQ Business Group (IQ) responds to regulatory concerns against 'cloud computing' in financial services and says the widespread use of cloud systems is a sign of the times. IQ came forward after the Australian Prudential ...

APRA cautions against cloud computing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has expressed its concern of the use of cloud computing in the financial services industry. In a letter written to the industry, APRA clearly advises all deposit-taking institutions (ADIs), general ...

Retiree living costs fall despite CPI jump

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... cent with the cost of overseas holiday travel and accommodation falling by 1.9 per cent. The cost of audio, visual and computing equipment fell by 6.3 Along with generally owning their own home outright (so cost increases for housing are less important ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... company news, Optus Business acting managing director Rob Parcell is to provide an update on Optus enterprise cloud computing launch in Sydney. Virgin Blue chief executive John Borghetti is set to speak at a Financial Services Council luncheon in Sydney. ...

Singapore: the cloud computing hub

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Not content with dominating financial services, Singapore is emerging as the cloud-computing hub for the Asia Pacific region, according to new research. Cloud computing enables a financial services company to access its IT applications through the web ...

Cloud computing still a foggy idea

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
Banks and other financial services companies are among the early adopters of cloud computing but when it comes to the nitty-gritty of it, many are stuck in a haze, new research shows. In a survey of more than 300 companies covering key business sectors ...

PJC points finger at Storm model

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... for the clients eventual losses. "There was something about Storm - be it their staffing and resourcing levels, their computing systems, the degree of leverage in their model... which led to an inability to receive, handle and resolve margin calls during ...

Cloud computing comes to iPhone

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
New York Stock Exchange-listed Netsuite has brought a cloud computing mobile enterprise resource planning suite to Apple's iPhone and iPod touch in Australia. NetSuite for iPhone and iPod touch is available now for free on the App Store, noted a press ...

Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... the economy. Oh no sir! Not while jobless Americans are still growing in number. Tourists could indeed find themselves computing their spending money in euros or in yens or in the Gulf Common Currency in the future. Or perhaps even in yuans. China after ...