Wall Street Slow to Warm to Windows Vista
Even before the credit crisis hit, adoption of Microsoft Corp.’s oft-criticized Windows Vista operating system was slow on Wall Street. And with IT budgets tightening…
Learning to Track Counterparty Risk
The dramatic fashion in which Bear Stearns and others have gone down in flames brings to the fore issues like counterparty risk management that had…
Mobile Insecurity: Reality or Just hype?
The increasing functionality and numbers of mobile banking platforms, the growing sophistication of criminals, and the popularity of smart cell phones create the potential for…
GDS Link
These are times that try bank balance sheets – and test their credit scoring abilities. But adapting to new economic realities can be difficult if…
Bit9
Is it time to get out of the anti-virus arms race? If new security vendor Bit9, Inc. gets its way, banks may soon be able…
Standards Are Standing in Way of External SOA
The promise of service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a world where everything interoperates seamlessly, pieces of applications are reused endlessly and development of new systems is…
Surviving the Tech Manager’s Global Squeeze
It’s the new reality of IT: working as part of a global team, with coworker and outsourcers all over the world, coordinated by a project…
Expat fills China’s TV gap online
I love living in Shanghai, but there are three things I really miss about the U.S. I miss driving, though I’m sure I’ll change my…
All A Twitter Over Twitter
New channels of electronic communication have been a boon to many industries, opening up sales and marketing opportunities, helping improve customer service and speeding up…
OppenheimerFunds gets return on investment from Agile, SOA
OppenheimerFunds used to have a data entry efficiency problem. Address changes that customers made on its Web site had to be manually re-entered into a…
OppenheimerFunds Gets Return on Investment from Agile and SOA
OppenheimerFunds used to have a data entry efficiency problem. Address changes that customers made on its website had to be manually re-entered into a variety…
Are Firms Ready for Twitter?
New channels of electronic communication have been a boon to many industries, opening up sales and marketing opportunities, helping improve customer service and speeding up…
Standard Chartered Issues Yuan Debit Cards in China
United Kingdom-based Standard Chartered bank has begun issuing yuan-denominated debit cards in China after signing a card agreement with China UnionPay, a bank spokesperson tells…
Chinese Making More Inquiries About Credit Records
In an apparent sign of the growing sophistication of the Chinese lending market, Chinese citizens made at least 150,000 inquiries about credit records in June,…
China Bullish on Card Readiness for Olympic Games
As the 2008 Olympics draw closer, the number of shops in Beijing that accept internationally branded payment cards stood at about 110,000 at the end…
China embraces ‘Kung Fu Panda’
DreamWorks toon grosses $14 mil in 10 days SHANGHAI — DreamWorks Animation’s “Kung Fu Panda” took in 97 million yuan ($14 million) during its first…
Nasdaq Lends Ukrainian Market Helping Hand
Suffering from a lack of liquidity and poor securities processing, Ukraine is hoping that Nasdaq OMX Group can provide some relief and bring the country’s…
Shanghai fest stumbles at start
SHANGHAI — Zhang Ziyi, Jackie Chan and Wong Kar Wai opened the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival on Saturday, calling on guests and media to…
Music industry allies against Baidu
Music industry groups have called the popular Chinese search engine Baidu “the largest and most incorrigible purveyor of pirated music in China.” Other organizations backing…
Shanghai puts kibosh on new billboards
SHANGHAI — Citing too many billboards that are too densely placed, Shanghai has suspended all new outdoor advertising ahead of the 2010 World Expo, echoing…
China’s Tudou scores $57 mil in financing
China’s top video-sharing site, Tudou.com, announced $57 million in new financing Monday, confirming rumors previously circulating online. Investors include IDG, Granite Global Ventures and General…
Olympics: China’s local media producers
Whatever you think of mixing international sports with China’s politics, the Beijing Olympic Games could prove a 17-day coming out party for the country’s media…
Beijing Olympics, a boom or bust for China-based producers?
Whatever you think of mixing international sports with China’s politics, the Beijing Olympic Games could prove a 17-day coming out party for the country’s media…
Olympian heavy lifting awaits Chinese media
Whatever you think of mixing international sports with China’s politics, the Beijing Olympic Games could prove a 17-day coming out party for the country’s media…
Chinese courts hit Net cafes
This article originally appeared in The Hollywood Reporter. Beijing courts promised heavier fines for Internet cafes that allow patrons to illegally download movies, laying down…
38 injured in China set collapse
SHANGHAI — The collapse of a bridge during the shooting of a Chinese television production in southwest China on Sunday injured 38 people, state-run media…
‘World of Warcraft’ hits new high in China
SHANGHAI — “World of Warcraft” has hit a new high in China, with the massively multiplayer online game registering more than 1 million players online…
Wall Street Expanding Virtual Horizons
Virtualization, in one form or another, has been around almost as long as computers. When the term arose in the 1960s, it referred to the…
Big profits, growth at China’s Hengdian
Liu Zhijiang, president of Hengdian World Studio, said Thursday that his company — operator of the biggest film and TV back lot in the world…
Hengdian sees growth in partners
SHANGHAI — Liu Zhijiang, president Hengdian World Studio, said Thursday that his company — operator of the biggest film and TV back lot in the…