Finance

Thu, January 19, 2012 - IT spending by banks will grow to $173.3 billion this year, up just 2.8% over 2011 and well short of an earlier forecast that pegged growth at 4.3% in 2012, according to research firm Celent. In fact, IT spending in banking is expected to be weak over the next couple of years.

Wed, January 18, 2012 - Will 2012 be the year when U.S. retailers, banks and content providers finally bolster their DNS systems with an add-on security measure that prevents Web site spoofing? That's what advocates of the security measure - dubbed DNSSEC for DNS Security Extensions - are hoping will occur.

Wed, December 21, 2011 - IBM today said it has signed IT service agreements with five African banks that are upgrading core systems or expanding products.

Mon, November 28, 2011 - Credit card issuer American Express looks to turn location-based social network Foursquare into a new revenue stream with cash incentives for customers.

Wed, November 16, 2011 - Where do you keep your list of passwords on your iPhone? If you're not using an app like SecureSafe, you should.

Mon, November 14, 2011 - In this interview, security expert Gunnar Peterson explains why securing healthcare IT systems is quite different from other types of business IT infrastructure.

Wed, November 09, 2011 - Banks are having to fend off ever more attacks from hackers who break into computers of their business customers and try to make fraudulent funds transfers electronically for large amounts. If you doubt how bad this hacker scourge has become, ask Jorge Solis, senior vice president of security at First Midwest Bank.

Wed, November 09, 2011 - Diligenta bagged a business process outsourcing order from insurer Friends Life

Mon, October 31, 2011 - Computers and robots will replace humans in enough jobs that they will dramatically change the economy, said industry watchers and MIT economists at a robotics symposium Monday. And, they said, the transition has already started.

Tue, October 25, 2011 - A swab test conducted in six U.S. cities of 10 items commonly found in public places showed high levels of a type of germs that cause the common cold and the flu.

Tue, October 11, 2011 - Companies should take a pragmatic approach to implementing Hadoop for their "big data" requirements, a new report released Tuesday by analyst firm Forrester Research urges.

Mon, October 10, 2011 - NYSE Euronext expects normal operations for Monday's trading

Thu, October 06, 2011 - Circumvents mobile SMS security procedures

Wed, October 05, 2011 - Bank of Americas online banking website has at times been inaccessible in various U.S. locations in recent days, and it continues to experience performance issues, according to Internet and mobile cloud monitoring services.