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MWV – 12,000 Employees move to Google Apps

Richard — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:56:21 +0000

MWV (coffee cups, school notebooks, more) ups productivity as 12,000 employees move to Google Apps.

Replaces numerous instances of Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange to provide a single messaging solution across 34 countries.

Printing in the Cloud

Richard — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:57:16 +0000

Cloud computing, specifically on the desktop with Google Apps and the imminent arrival of the web version of Microsoft Office 2010 is creating a step change in the price point for Desktop services. However, the adoption of cloud computing presents completely new challenges to printing.

Whilst not scheduled to be available until Q4 2010 printing expert ThinPrint promises to remedy the problem, with a cloud printing solution.

ThinPrint are promising to relocate the complete printing system in the cloud, the end user acting as a facilitator for direct communication between applications and printers.

Financial institutions need to integrate existing “point solutions” into a single unified authentication infrastructure.

Richard — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:36:02 +0000

Financial institutions have been quick to realise the benefits of providing online banking facilities for its customers. However, this has lead to a new challenge, to protect customers accounts from unauthorised access by cyber criminals.

What do Financial institutions need to do to protect customer accounts in the face of these ever increasing threats?

Financial institutions need to integrate existing “point solutions” into a single unified authentication infrastructure. Such an infrastructure should be built on open standards in order to leverage existing investments and faciliate the introduction of new authentication technologies.

Natwest and Barclays have both made significant investments in deploying card readers to their customers. Realistically in order that they are able to consider alternative authentication methods, a unified authentication infrastructure needs to be in place.

Gartner has coined the term “versatile authentication” to describe a platform used to manage all credentials.

Royal Mail adopts Cloud Computing for 30,000 users

Richard — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:23:48 +0000

The UK’s Royal Mail Group has extended its full outsourcing contract signed in 2003 to provide cloud computing information technology (IT) services based on Microsoft technology.

Under terms of the contract, Royal Mail Group’s 30,000 employees with access to new IT services using Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), part of Microsoft Online Services.