Ahead of the annual Apple Expo trade show, held in September in Paris, I thought now would be a good time to reflect on the Mac platform’s potential in the corporate world in general, and financial services in particular, as the buzz around the iPhone keeps increasing.
Perceived primarily as a consumer product, the Mac’s traditional […]

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On demand computing, under a variety of brand names, is a hot topic again in financial services, in part because city centre locations favoured by banks are running out of space and power for data centres. IBM, HP and Sun have offerings, but so do companies from outside financial services, such as Amazon. Slight problem […]

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With banks having lost half a dozen years’ profits since last August you might believe headlines which suggest that they are prepared to scale back business.
Ah, but that does miss a key point. The banks may have lost, but the bankers didn’t lose past salary and bonus pay.
So while it is inspiring to read that […]

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