Archive for the ‘Inside Microsoft’ Category

Microsoft's Susan Hauser envisions more partnership emerging in the financial industry By Renee Wijnen Caruthers Early in her career, Microsoft's vice president of worldwide financial services, Susan Hauser, started a conversation with customers. That dialog, which began with a council of CIOs - 12 at the time - was a frank discussion about what Microsoft ... Full story

By Ben Mattlin Before 2006, information-technology innovators had no efficient way to share news affecting their industry. IT solution providers, software developers, technology resellers, trade associations, user groups, consumers, related businesses and myriad others who care about the future of innovation needed a reliable stream of up-to-date information about workforce developments, educational trends, shifts in the ... Full story

By Adam Kornak Microsoft has been hard at work putting the finishing touches on the next major Windows Mobile release, to be known as Windows Phones (www.windowsphones.com), which became available around the world on October 6. This new generation of Windows Phones will be based on Windows Mobile 6.5 and will feature devices with a ... Full story

Microsoft's New GM of U.S. Financial Services Colleen Healy Sees Big Opportunities for Financial Firms in Lean Times Last year, when Colleen Healy was Microsoft’s general manager of investor relations and spending lots of time every day with portfolio managers, she spent much time talking with analysts about risky asset-backed instruments issued by U.S.-based financial ... Full story

The insurance industry has not been drastically cutting IT spending as some have predicted but rather seem to be taking a more strategic look at their IT investments. The goal is a leaner and smarter enterprise that will be in a stronger position to compete for those customers that want more tip of the finger services. Windows in Financial Services speaks with Microsoft Financial Services ... Full story

The financial services institutions that survived the credit crisis' first wave of casualties are reassessing their risk management practices. Windows in Financial Services spoke with Sai Sireesh Pachava, director of risk and compliance for Microsoft's Worldwide Financial Services, to hear his perspective on what caused the crisis and what companies can do to protect themselves. WFS: Let's go directly to the current crisis. What ... Full story

Banks are facing economic pressure and must cut costs, but in order to remain competitive, they also have to plan for tomorrow, meeting the next-generation demands of increasingly sophisticated customers. To hear about the potential of one of the newest technologies, surface computing, Windows in Financial Services spoke with Marley Gray, Microsoft's industry technology strategist for banking. WFS: How does Microsoft ... Full story

Financial institutions have a few options for taking advantage of virtualization; among them is Microsoft‘s Hyper-V Server for HP ProLiant iVirtualization. The solution enables firms to consolidate multiple server roles running as separate virtual machines to a single physical server while using both Microsoft’s and HP’s management tools. Microsoft’s Hyper-V solution running on HP ... Full story

Windows in Financial Services spoke with Rich Feldmann, managing director of U.S. Financial Services, to hear the latest developments coming from Microsoft’s U.S. Financial Services Group. WFS: As we reported earlier this year, Microsoft’s U.S. Financial Services Group has been undergoing a major restructuring. Walk us through some of the latest progress that has ... Full story

Financial services companies are increasingly integrating mobile and wireless technologies into the business to improve business processes, reduce operating expenses, and produce revenue. Microsoft has been making inroads into this market. Its recent announcement that Windows Mobile would deliver Bloomberg services has been particularly popular with Wall Street traders. More importantly, its release of System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 (Mobile Device Manager) provides critical ... Full story