SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explores the trend of remote workforces and the implications remote staff can have on business processes. It also discusses how a distributed capture strategy can help resolve issues related to these developments.
Posted: August 21, 2008 | Published: August 15, 2008


Topics:  Business Processes | Document Management | Document Management Software | Financial Services Industry | Health Care Industry | Multifunction Peripheral Hardware | Remote Access Software | Remote Network Management | Remote Offices | Remote Users | Virtual Offices

WHITE PAPER - Tripwire combines configuration assessment with change auditing to achieve and a known and trusted state, this ensures the integrity of your IT configurations by comparing them against internal policies, compliance standards and security best practices.
Posted: August 13, 2008 | Published: August 13, 2008


Topics:  Configuration Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Financial Services Industry | IT Spending | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard | Risk Management | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Security

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper discusses Dolphin's Best Practice approach and solutions for automating and optimizing Accounts Payable in SAP.
Posted: July 14, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Billing Services | Billing Software | Billing Systems | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | eCommerce | eCommerce Services | eCommerce Software | Financial Services Industry | Productivity

WHITE PAPER - In investment reporting, customers expect detailed reports of irreproachable accuracy, delivered with no delay or excuses. This whitepaper will serve as as a guide for Investment Advisors.
Posted: July 10, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2006


Topics:  Budgeting | Financial Applications Software | Financial Services Industry | Investments | Outsourcing | Reporting Software | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - Investors who comprise the emerging affluent segment of the market are very diverse-in terms of their net worth, risk tolerance, financial goals, and many other areas. To service this area of the financial market some level of segmentation must be used.
Posted: July 10, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2006


Topics:  Capital Expenditures | Financial Services Industry | Market Segments | Market Trends | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Real Estate Industry | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Wealth Management

WHITE PAPER - IDC believes that a true datacenter transformation is taking place and that IT organizations will continue to consolidate the number of sites and number of supported systems and will increasingly place greater emphasis on energy efficiency. This will c...
Posted: June 11, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Capacity Planning | Cooling Equipment | Customer Satisfaction | Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | Financial Services Industry | Server Virtualization | Storage Systems | UPS

WHITE PAPER - Accountability is all about being answerable to those who have invested their trust, faith, and money in you.
Posted: April 30, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2005


Topics:  Financial Reporting | Financial Services Industry | Internal Revenue Service | Regulatory Compliance | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

WHITE PAPER - With HP thin client computing, the complexity of managing the desktop environment is greatly reduced by centralizing applications.
Posted: April 28, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Desktop Management | Financial Services Industry | Network Management | Networking | Productivity | Security | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization Software | Servers | TCO | Thin Client Hardware | Thin Client Software

SOFTWARE LISTING - More insurance companies rely on us for Annual Statement automation than any other vendor. It streamlines the entire preparation and publishing process for you. Our technology reduces the number of steps required, it is network ready and can be mad...
Posted: April 25, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Financial Services Industry | Project Management | Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper details the benefits associated with Business Rule Management Systems (BRMS) and highlights the business and technological impact of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).
Posted: April 10, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Financial Transaction Processing | Interoperability | Outsourcing | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Regulatory Compliance

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes how iovation ReputationManager can help financial institutions address the need for effective fraud management when processing online credit applications and financial transactions.
Posted: March 13, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2007


Topics:  Authentication | Credit Card Fraud | Data Security | Financial Services Industry | Fraud Management | Identity Theft | Information Security | Internet | Online Financial Services

CASE STUDY - Equifax built a comprehensive test database parallel to the client's current system - with the added challenge of a changing operations system and delivered a database solution that exceeded the client's expectations.
Posted: March 12, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Customer Loyalty | Databases | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Marketing

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Security risk models are nowhere near as robust or proven as financial risk models, so at this time the information security practitioners have the best knowledge of the field to be able to assess this risk.
Posted: March 9, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Financial Services Industry | Information Security | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Security Industry | Vulnerability Assessments

PRODUCT LITERATURE - Financial services companies face the same issues as any IT organization when it comes to data protection. Read this white paper to learn why online backup is a perfect solution for addressing the needs of organizations like financial services companies.
Posted: March 5, 2008 | Published: March 4, 2008


Topics:  Backup Software | Business Continuity Planning | Continuous Data Protection | Data Recovery | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | Financial Service Providers | Financial Services Industry | Regulatory Compliance | Storage Best Practices | Storage Security

WHITE PAPER - This TowerGroup Research Note highlights the overall trends and directions across the financial services industry, discussing both ongoing developments and issues that require immediate action.
Posted: February 13, 2008 | Published: February 13, 2008


Topics:  Banking Services | Business Intelligence | Financial Management | Financial Services Industry | Marketing | SOA