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• Server virtualisation gives Suncorp hot flushes

  Mass server virtualisation has reduced Suncorp's server count, but datacentre manager David Chesterfield warns: beware the heat.

• Gateway to a pure solution

  Keeping a firm focus on the bottom line has always been a high priority for Australian financial services provider Pure Commerce. And it's paid off, quite literally, as the company continues to grow despite a tough economic climate.

• Microsoft reshuffles financial services execs

  Microsoft has reshuffled executives in its US financial services group to improve its responsiveness to customers' needs in the banking, capital markets and insurance industries.

• Aviva cuts down back office IT

  Financial services company Aviva Australia has revealed it is in the midst of an extensive back office technology consolidation project, with Oracle software taking centre stage as a number of other platforms are eliminated.

• Business continuity rules to affect service providers

  New rules on business continuity management for the finance sector came into effect this month, but one local expert says more than just finance companies will be affected.

Features and Case Studies (19)

• Financial services wary on unified communications

  Financial organisations are slowly embracing the notion of unified communications, but significant organisational hurdles remain

• Banks inch towards voice authentication

  Banks are slowly moving towards deploying voice-authentication technologies in order to add an extra layer of security for their online and telephone banking customers.

• The money network: Migrating to SWIFT

  When your money moves, it almost certainly travels using SWIFTNet, a network for financial institutions. We chart the ups and downs of a few Australian companies which are upgrading to the network.

• Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

  Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

• IT managers 'becoming despondent'

  Think of financial services companies as cutting-edge users of IT? Think again. Around two-thirds of IT managers in the sector say IT isn't viewed strategically where they work.

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