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Technology Eliminating Paper-based Contracts in Banking
Traditional paper based contracting in the banking world may be a thing of the past. That is if other banks take the route recently travelled by two Australian banks in partnership with IBM. Australian banks ANZ and Westpac have teamed with IBM and shopping center operator Scentre Group and have now successfully digitized the bank
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US Companies Moving Out of Traditional Technology Hubs
Smaller cities are joining in the technology race at a rapid rate as tech companies move out of the traditional centers of excellence and establish themselves in smaller, more economical, settings. Technology hubs are no longer found only in large urban areas like San Francisco and New York City, as more tech companies are opting to locate their
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Artifact Genome Project Launches to Examine Cyber Forensic Evidence
We need to be able to respond to, and find remedies for, cyber-attacks quickly and efficiently. This will inevitably involve cooperation between various agencies globally to pool information in order to provide solutions to the world quickly. The University of New Haven announced today it has created a digital forensic evidence archive to revolutionize how
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Almost 80 percent of Millennials Purchased from Amazon in the Past Month
Understanding how to market appropriately to generations is a critical success factor for today’s businesses. Targeting messages and refining technology to suit your target audience will make all the difference to the bottom line. Millennials are buying from Amazon at a higher rate than their older or younger generational counterparts, with 79 percent reporting a
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BT and KMPG Offer Practical Cyber Security Advice
Organizations and individuals must take appropriate measures to avoid being the victim of future cyber-attacks. It is certain that new attacks will continue to disrupt technology around the world, but it is possible to prevent many of the ill effects of these cyber security incidents from harming your own personal or business data. In the
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High Tech Inventors Alliance Formed to Support Balanced Patent Policy
Eight top technology companies have joined together to form the High Tech Inventors Alliance (HTIA), dedicated to supporting balanced patent policy. The Alliance’s members are Adobe, Amazon, Cisco, Dell, Google, Intel, Oracle and Salesforce. They own more than 115,000 U.S. patents and recognize the need of all inventors — from the largest corporation or university
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Giving the Benefit of Hanlon’s Razor
There’s usually a good reason for things to be the way they are The first reaction when something goes wrong is often to cry: “look at what those idiots did!”. When British Airways experienced their recent power outage, everyone rushed to bike-shed what they had done wrong. Was it cost-cutting, was it out-sourcing and off-shoring,
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Small Business Owners Struggling with Social Media
Small businesses don’t just have smaller revenues and fewer employees, but often have fewer specialized functions within the business as well. Where a company with 1000 employees might have an employee specializing in social media management, a company with ten employees will likely have a marketing generalist with many more responsibilities. Do fewer employees affect
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