Document management: the advantages of speech recognition remain unappreciated 24. March 2015 by Ralph Novak Companies of all sizes need to create and manage text documents. Speech recognition could make many procedures easier and faster.
Generation Y: Millennials are Selecting their Employers According to IT 16. March 2015 by Ralph Novak When Generation Y step into a job interview, they are judging their future workplace initially on the hardware and software used by the company: young applicants’ first question is often about IT equipment, according to an observation from Experton – even before working hours and salary are discussed.
Storage: Data on SSD is Stored Dangerously 16. March 2015 by Ralph Novak Solid state discs are generally considered as reliable. A third of users have nevertheless already experienced technical problems with SSD storage. Nearly two thirds of these cases resulted in data loss for the company.
IT Security: DDoS Attacks Overrun Firewalls 16. March 2015 by Ralph Novak Companies rely too heavily on virus protection, URL filters and firewalls in their own computer centres to protect them from hacks, data theft and industrial espionage. Internal web application firewalls are quickly overloaded by huge and ever more sophisticated DDoS attacks.
Online Banking: The Internet Serves Regular Customers 16. March 2015 by Ralph Novak Well over half of bank customers – 63% to be precise – are now completing simple transactions such as transfers or account enquiries online, regardless of how old they are. Amongst customers who would describe themselves as “digitally savvy”, this figure stands at 96%.
Mobile Payment: The Latest Payment Method Comes from India 16. March 2015 by Ralph Novak One of the largest mobile payment services in India, My Mobile Payments Ltd., is launching the new service PayJaldi for the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The service has been developed especially for smaller companies and traders.
Business Analytics: Service Customers are Obtained via Digital Channels 16. March 2015 by Ralph Novak Service requests are increasingly coming via email, websites and social media. Companies, however, are obviously not using this to their advantage.
Cloud computing: Platform as a service moves forward 11. March 2015 by Ralph Novak Platform as a service (PaaS) currently ranks as only the third-most important issue in the context of private clouds. That should change, however, within the next couple of years.
Oracle Database 12c: Smart upgrade for smart customers 11. March 2015 by Ralph Novak “Get SMART” – Oracle’s slogan urges customers to upgrade to the Oracle Database 12c. The new release allows companies to respond more intelligently to market developments and also reduces costs and risks.
Enterprise cloud: every step towards the goal pays off 11. March 2015 by Ralph Novak The building of a cloud within an enterprise is rewarded with greater flexibility, greater data security and lower costs. Working towards these objectives, strategies bringing immediate benefit for the company at every single step have proven themselves.