This should be good news for Financial Fusion, which benefits from the sales and marketing strength of IBM and from further integration with leading IBM infrastructure products. Saving Millions in Tough Times While many enterprises are resorting to lay-offs to save money during the economic downturn, there are a number of alternative initiatives CIOs can implement to save their enterprises millions of dollars without losing valuable employees, Gartner reports. Knowledge work can be done anywhere. Remote access and virtual workspaces can save enterprises millions of dollars. Renegotiate better conditions and terms for PCs.
Price wars are intense in the PC market, so enterprises can negotiate better deals than ever before.
Encouraged by work in Asia and Europe, many U.S. financial institutions have launched wireless banking initiatives. According to a Banking Strategies roundtable, wireless services are not about making money. We analyzed our wireless activity and found that upscale customers are our most frequent users. In terms of customer service and support, wireless holds the promise of being the lowest-cost channel. There's a general concurrence in the industry that wireless is table stakes.