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Intelliflo delivers ‘need for speed’ enhancement with SanDisk’s Fusion ioMemory PCIe application accelerators

Intelliflo, the UK’s leading provider of web-based business management software, has invested in an enhancement to its Intelligent Office (iO) service that is delivering a 50 percent improvement in page response times for the majority of its 12,600 users.

The enhancement, which went live in June 2015, combines key innovations from the latest Microsoft database technology with flash-based, Fusion ioMemory™ PCIe application accelerators to increase application performance and thereby customer satisfaction.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 10:59

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Can new banks keep up with old banks (Part Two)?

In part one I talked about bank systems, structures and people holding back innovation due to their legacy, and asked whether legacy structures could be migrated fast enough to keep up with the new guys?

The answer to that question is yes, because banks also have legacy customers.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 13:18

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Can old banks keep up with new banks?

It’s interesting reflecting on my blog earlier this week from Blythe Masters speech on blockchain. She mentioned the friction between the old system that works and the new system that’s being built, and how the two have to work together. You have to migrate the old with minimum risk to the new, and the new needs to be built in such a way as to allow the old to catch up as a result.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 13:10

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First State Bank of Rice Secures Data and Customer Trust with ZixCorp’s Full Suite of Email Data Protection Solutions

Zix Corporation (ZixCorp), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), a leader in email data protection, announced that

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 12:52

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FIME to launch testing tool for online payment terminals

In a move which will assist EMV® payment terminal, mobile point of sale (mPOS) and kernel developers to bring their products to market more efficiently, quickly and cost effectively, FIME has today launched its EVAL 4dev cloud-based service.

A breakthrough in the testing world, this online service enables users to validate EMV Level 2 payment terminal kernels throughout the development phase 24/7 and from any location.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 12:23

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SunGard Cloud Recognized in 2015 Waters Rankings

With the growth of its financial services cloud, SunGard has been recognized as the “Best Data Center Provider” by the readers of Waters magazine in the 2015 Waters Rankings. Voters selected SunGard for its ability to help customers standardize costs associated with facilities, hardware, software, processes and people.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 11:36

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FundedByMe Appoints New Country Manager For Finland

Crowdfunding platform FundedByMe is strengthening its team in Finland with the appointment of Niclas Ahlström as Finland’s Country Manager from 25 August.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 11:01

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Scality Closes $45 Million Series D Funding to Transform the Storage Industry with Software-Based Storage Solution

Scality, the leader in software-based storage for the information age, today announced it has completed a $45 million Series D funding round. The latest funding round includes new entrant and strategic partner BroadBand Tower, Inc. (BBTower), all existing investors, led by Menlo Ventures, and 65% of the Scality staff, bringing the total investment in Scality to $80 million.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 10:55

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Gaznat Optimizes Physical Energy Portfolio with OpenLink

OpenLink, the global leader in trading and risk management solutions to the energy, commodities, corporate, and financial services industries, today announced that Gaznat has gone live with its Optimization solution for physical asset portfolio optimization.

Based in Vevey, Switzerland, Gaznat is a supplier and transporter of high pressure natural gas to Western Switzerland. Natural gas distributors such as large industrial services around the Lake Geneva area, and private companies count among Gaznat's main clients.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 10:46

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Orc extends connectivity to Borsa İstanbul to enable access from next-generation trading platform

Orc, the global market leader in electronic trading technology for listed derivatives, today announced certified connectivity to Borsa İstanbul. This new high-speed interface enables quoting and trading on Borsa İstanbul for all Orc clients using the Execution Bricks or the Orc Trading Bricks platforms. Since its formation in 2013, Borsa İstanbul brings together all the exchanges operating in the Turkish capital markets under one roof.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 10:40

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