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IT operations management and IT support

• November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19

  Massive increase in fraud attacks on TSB customers during IT meltdown

  There was a massive spike in attempts by fraudsters to steal from TSB customers when the bank’s IT systems failed in 2018

• November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19

  Holy grail of digital banking is, at first glance, a new channel, not a new concept

  Details of Google’s plans in the financial services sector have emerged with nothing groundbreaking so far, but the sector is guessing what comes next

• November 18, 2019 18 Nov'19

  How DBS is pushing the limits of IT efficiency

  Besides shrinking its datacentre footprint by 75%, Singapore’s DBS Bank is running twice as many virtual machines on a single socket and decoupling applications from its infrastructure stack

• November 17, 2019 17 Nov'19

  Australian bourse to overhaul technology infrastructure

  The Australian Securities Exchange is embracing digital ledger technology, microservices and DevOps to modernise its core systems

• November 15, 2019 15 Nov'19

  Businesses move key applications off public cloud to save costs

  A new study has shown that while many enterprises are able to keep public cloud costs under control, spending can quickly escalate

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  Finnish biometric identity plans for seamless air travel

  Finnair and Finavia explore options for automatic digital identification and authentication of air travellers

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  Bet365 backs DevOps to improve site reliability

  The online betting site is setting up a DevOps team to improve website reliability and ensure applications are deployed quickly

• November 08, 2019 08 Nov'19

  GoCardless and TransferWise create global network for direct debits

  Fintechs’ network will make it easier for small companies to expand their customer bases internationally

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Zopa opens testing for its banking products to customers

  Zopa's move into the banking sector is gathering pace as customers test out its savings product

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Co-operative Bank extends mortgage service deal with Capita

  Co-operative bank has extended a contract to outsource its mortgage platform in a deal with Capita

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Abu Dhabi AI university is key to UAE’s future as the oil dries up

  Abu Dhabi's fledgling artificial intelligence university is part of a highly ambitious 30-year plan to transform the UAE’s economy and culture

• November 05, 2019 05 Nov'19

  Gartner: The time is right to make IT a boardroom issue

  In many businesses, IT is regarded as an internal service provider and cost centre. Gartner says now is the best time for CIOs to make IT strategic

• November 05, 2019 05 Nov'19

  OpenStack to get standardisation boost in China

  New standards are being developed by the OpenStack Foundation and a standards body to improve the interoperability of OpenStack distributions in China

• November 04, 2019 04 Nov'19

  Thousands apply to Abu Dhabi AI University in first week

  Artificial intelligence university in Abu Dhabi gets more than 3,000 applications in the week following its application process being opened

• October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19

  Legacy monitoring tools hamper digital progress

  Older monitoring tools lack support for microservices, containerisation and serverless computing, Forrester Consulting warns