Financial Markets

CeBIT 2012: Neelie Kroes Promises 9m Euros For Digital Single Market

The digital single market needs cross boarder services, says EU commissioner Kroes

12 years ago

Barclays Launches Pingit For Mobile Money Transfers

UK bank Barclays launches smartphone app allowing money to be sent and received using a phone number

12 years ago

Academics Develop Electronic Chequebook

Cheque payments could receive a new lease of life if banks adopt digital alternatives

12 years ago

Switch Off pcAnywhere Immediately To Avoid Security Risk Says Symantec

Symantec warns older versions of pcAnywhere are at "increased risk" following theft of source code

12 years ago

Cloud And SaaS Benefits Bolster Business Intelligence Market

Gartner has identified the drivers for the adoption of SaaS and cloud offerings for BI, analytics and performance management

12 years ago

Kodak Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Kodak has filed for chapeter 11 bankrupcy protection but vows to come out fighting in the end

12 years ago

Barclays Confirms 422 British IT Jobs To Go In Restructuring

Barclays is to axe 422 IT positions in the UK, with a further 200 positions being lost overseas as well

12 years ago

Jive IPO Sets Stage for Social Cloud Collaboration Boom

Jive Software's initial public offering earlier this month opened some eyes for skeptics of social enterprise software. Expect major consolidation…

12 years ago

Anonymous Beards The Banks To Play Twisted Santa Claus

Anonymous is playing Santa with a Robin Hood twist by hacking into banks to buy Christmas gifts for the "needy"

12 years ago

IBM’s Curam Buy Will Enhance Its Smarter Cities Effort

IBM's Curam Software acquisition will add a social services element to its Smarter Cities strategy

12 years ago

IBM Shops For Emptoris Supply Chain Procurement Cloud Service

Emptoris automates the complex buying, bidding and accounting process for enterprise procurement teams

12 years ago

Applications Riddled With Security Flaws: Veracode

The majority of applications scanned by Veracode's cloud-based testing tool held some kind of security flaw

12 years ago

SuccessFactors Buys Jobs2web As SAP Waits

SuccessFactors, under offer from SAP, bolsters its talent-management software with Jobs2web purchase

12 years ago

Cyber Monday Sees Sales Of £19m An Hour

Brits are increasingly favouring online shopping in the run up to Christmas, as evidenced in the latest figures

12 years ago

Facebook Heading For Largest Ever Tech IPO

Facebook flotation could raise $10bn and value Facebook at $100bn, say sources

12 years ago

ICO Starts Blogging With A Look At Online Privacy

The Information Commissioner's Office has set up a blog to allow discussion of data protection issues

12 years ago

EC Clears Western Digital’s Hitachi Acquisition

After selling off some assets, WD's merger goes ahead, reducing the number of HDD suppliers to to three

12 years ago

Swedish Cloud DBaaS Avoids Patriot Privacy Snag

As the Patriot Act drowns Safe Habor concepts, European cloud services find a marketing angle

12 years ago

UK Banks Face Simulated Cyber Attack

Banks in the UK are simulating the combined effects of a cyber attack and Olympic gridlock today

12 years ago

Visa Opens Developer Centre For Online Tools

Visa opens a developer centre to provide access to its technology without compromising security

12 years ago

Cloud Security Compliance List Attracts Star Players

Google, Microsoft and others have signed up to the CSA's Star list of security-compliant cloud providers

13 years ago

Ruling Allows US Authorities Unwarranted Access To Any Stored Data

A court ruling ordering Twitter to hand over an Icelandic MP's private data has broader repercussions

13 years ago

Windows 8 Tablet Promise Sweetens Dell’s Figures

With revenue flat, Dell is shifting to higher profit areas - and promising a Windows 8 tablet

13 years ago

Cisco Completes Restructuring As Revenues Rise

It has been a painful restructuring period for Cisco, but judging by its revenues the medicine is working

13 years ago

Two Thirds of Brits Prefer Bank Clicks To Bank Clerks

Research shows that more Brits than ever use online banking with two of three using it at least once a…

13 years ago

Paypal, Mobile Drive 32 Percent eBay Growth

Online merchant eBay showed fast growth and puts it down to the growth in mobile commerce

13 years ago

IBM Adds Analytics, Cloud And Virtualisation Products

IBM’s rollout of 55 new and enhanced server and storage products target massive data handling

13 years ago

R&D Investment Drives European Software Growth

European software companies continue to push R&D to drive growth.

13 years ago

Nasty ‘Nice Pack’ Exploit Kit Targets Retail Card Info

Attacks on retailer Websites using exploit kits to steal card details and SQL injection exploits increase

13 years ago