http://www.silicon.com Results for building society en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60721360p,00.htm To protect business continuity and sensitive data, Chelsea Building Society needed to migrate legacy software onto a robust hardware platform. This infrastructure had to integrate with an existing Storage Area Network (SAN). editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:23:10 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60721370p,00.htm To maintain its leading position, Spanish building society La Caja de Canarias wanted to improve performance, management effectiveness, and energy efficiency across the desktop estate. Through Dell services, La Caja trialled Windows Vista and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:23:10 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39516145,00.htm Green IT' is now a recognised aspect of working and buying in the sector, illustrated by the fact the British Computing Society is in the process of launching its Green IT Qualification. However with green issues becoming an ever-increasing concern... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60629384p,00.htm Britannia Building Society has served the interests of its members for more than 150 years. By deploying the Windows Server 2008 operating system with its integrated Hyper-V virtualisation technology, Britannia Building Society has shown how... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:18:47 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39446859,00.htm The financial sector is facing one of the toughest periods in its history and as IT director of Nationwide, the UK's biggest building society, Peter Stafford has been juggling the demands of significant business transformation with more immediate... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:01:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60601702p,00.htm As a complete retail financial services organization, Newcastle Permanent Building Society provides a genuine alternative to traditional banks for meeting the day-to-day needs of personal and business banking members. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:20:29 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/maximising-business-intelligence/real-world-business-intelligence-39438311.htm Like so many financial services companies, UK building society Bradford & Bingley has been making headlines recently. How can business intelligence help your organisation? Andrew Donoghue speaks to three very different businesses to see what BI... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:21:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/cio50-2009/myron-hrycyk-39437782.htm Hrycyk is a member of the British Computer Society and chair of CIO Connect's advisory board, an IT leaders' networking organisation. At Severn Trent, he is executive sponsor of the company's SAP/ERP business transformation programme, and on the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:24:37 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39435173,00.htm The rule of process over common sense now seems to be the established norm everywhere and at all levels of society. Compiled on the Ipswich to London train and dispatched to silicon.com via 3G during the same journey editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 28 May 2009 11:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39424712,00.htm Speaking at the British Computer Society HC2009 event in Harrogate today, Connelly said the DoH would focus its efforts on hospitals and increasing the speed at which they are given new patient administration systems (PAS) that will eventually... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:45:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60559200p,00.htm As with every financial institution, Cambridge Building Society is subject to stringent security regulations. The IT team at Cambridge Building Society undertook a comprehensive review of the software available on the market and tests were carried... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:21:29 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60550650p,00.htm EBS Building Society is one of Ireland's most respected financial organizations. However, in past few years, the proliferation of illicit email-borne images posed a serious threat to its hard-earned market stature as well as the safety and security... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:24:17 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60549022p,00.htm Never a day goes by when one doesn't hear about another security blunder with highly confidential information being lost not only by Government departments but also by other large corporations including the DVA, DVLA, HMRC, the Leeds Building... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39395438,00.htm Nationwide Building Society has signed a business process outsourcing (BPO) deal with Unisys to take on its cheque processing function. According to Nationwide's group operations director, David Rigney, the deal has meant the building society has... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:28:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39394804,00.htm Welsh building society Principality has used a major telecoms systems upgrade to better cope with an influx of new savers. The building society completed a migration of its voice services, from a basket of contracts with BT to one with NTL Telewest... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:25:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39394802,00.htm We must not allow ourselves to become a Big Brother society. Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling said in a statement: "Everywhere that you look right now, the government seems to be building databases to track more and more of our lives. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:09:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39364756,00.htm Nottingham Building Society has replaced legacy systems with a new mortgage application supplied by Finnish software specialist Tieto. The new system, which went live in September, will automate much of the mortgage application process required by... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:36:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39362820,00.htm When the Nationwide Building Society reported the theft of a laptop from an employee's home in February 2007 it led to a fine of £980,000. High-profile data leaks with fat fines are causing businesses to take content security seriously. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60508515p,00.htm Nationwide asked Microsoft Gold Certified Partner GamCom to create a solution for its Lending Control Department. Nationwide was experiencing inefficiencies because it could not adapt and extend its range of existing platforms in response to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:01:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39345605,00.htm So what used to fit in a building now fits in your pocket, what fits in your pocket now will fit inside a blood cell in 25 years.silicon.com reporter Natasha Lomas recently caught up with Kurzweil to discuss his vision of a man-plus-machine future... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:54:02 +0000