Cloud Computing / Virtualisation

See below for a list of independently written IBS Journal news and feature articles and IBS Intelligence Research vendor profiles, case studies and market analysis related to Cloud Computing in order of publication date.

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Article: Spotlight: Training – Train to gain

30 January 2013

Selecting the right training approach for a core banking implementation is a significant and challenging dimension for any project. For Ratnakar Bank, the importance of training was magnified due to the cultural diversity and vast geography of its...

Article: Banco Espirito Santo in Spain goes live with iBest core banking solution from Incita

18 January 2013

Banco Espirito Santo (BES) has become the second live site for Spain-based Incita's iBest for its Spanish operations. The vendor has recently filled out a series of RFPs in Central and South America, and has high hopes for this region.

Article: Ratnakar Bank in India live on Finacle from Infosys

16 January 2013

Infosys' Finacle is Ratnakar Bank's new centralised core platform that, the bank believes, 'will take it to the next level'. Finacle has replaced the decentralised IT set-up based on the TC4 core banking offering from CMC, a subsidiary of Tata...

Article: IBS Journal Lending Supplement 2012/2013

28 November 2012

IBS's supplements give us the opportunity to dig around our chosen subject areas and, before we start, it isn't always predictable what we will find. When looking for interesting lending system stories, for instance, we weren't expecting cloud...

Article: Case studies: Renaissance Credit & Fountain Credit Services – A path to the cloud

28 November 2012

When two new microfinance institutions wanted to provide broader access to consumer credit and support their plans for rapid expansion, they launched on Temenos' T24 for microfinancing, hosted in the cloud. In doing so, Renaissance Credit Nigeria...

Article: Indusind Bank pioneers cloud-based training for Finacle roll-out

22 August 2012

Indusind Bank is close to completing the latest major portion of its bank-wide transformation with the implementation of Infosys' Finacle core banking system. To handle the training challenge related to this, it has adopted a third-party tool from...

Article: Clear2Pay – Open Payment Framework

16 July 2012

Contents: Overview / Strengths / Weaknesses / Corporate Overview / History / Product Suite / Strategy / Uptake and Customer Experiences / User List

Article: On the move – April 2012

04 April 2012

A round up of recent appointments and departures within the industry. Departures at Temenos, Wall Street Systems and debt-stricken 3i Infotech. Avaloq and Sungard are among the companies who have announced new hires.

Article: End of Year Review 2011

19 December 2011

A round-up of some of the key events in the industry over the past year. Read more >>

Article: FIS – Connex, IST/Switch, Data Navigator, IST/Clearing, IST/MAS, Fraud Navigator, Liability Manager, EnterpriseView, Cortex, CSF

02 November 2011

Contents: Overview / Strengths / Weaknesses / Corporate Overview / History / Product suite / Strategy / Uptake and Customer Experiences / User ListThis supplier is also profiled in the following IBS Intelligence research publi...

Article: Editor's Note – November 2011

01 November 2011

What's the point of dwelling on the gloom of today, when you can focus on a brighter tomorrow? Or even better, focus on a few decades ahead and let your imagination run free? A number of recent conferences did just that.

Article: Eurofinance 2011: Think about the future

28 October 2011

Eurofinance's 20th anniversary international cash and treasury management event did not want to dwell on the past but instead looked forward to what might be. Technology will be at the forefront of the treasury role. Probably.

Article: Idealinvent launches new ConnectCore core banking system

23 June 2011

Idealinvent, a firm with Indian headquarters and subsidiaries in Sweden and Lithuania, has announced the launch of a new core banking solution aimed initially at retail banks in Europe and India.

Article: FinArch plans for Basel III and cloud computing

06 April 2011

Risk and accounting specialist, Financial Architects, claims support for Basel III within its FinStudio offering and also has plans for cloud computing delivery.

Article: T24 running on Microsoft's Azure cloud for Mexican MFIs

07 March 2011

Twelve microfinance institutions in Mexico are planning to move their T24 core banking systems away from a traditional hosting model and onto Microsoft's Azure cloud.

Article: Who's Bought Who? IBS Journal February 2011

02 February 2011

A round-up of recent mergers and acquisitions in the financial technology sector worldwide. Buyers include Capgemini, BAE Systems, SAP and Wall Street Systems. Norkom Technologies, Ecofinance and Cardsave are among the target companies.

Article: Analysis: Cloud computing – Hey you, get off of my cloud

11 January 2011

Cloud computing users can avoid capital expenditure on hardware and software and save on service fees. Sounds ideal, until issues around security, compliance and liability are considered. Should you be worried?

Article: Pegasystems sees cloud BPM on horizon

30 December 2010

Pegasystems is pushing BPM on the cloud within its overall vision for the financial services sector. Frameworks, partnerships and the Chordiant-derived decisioning suite are also to the fore.

Article: What's in store for Misys Bankfusion core banking system?

17 November 2010

While Misys treasury and capital markets (TCM) division is surging ahead, its banking counterpart is lagging behind, raising talks in the market about its possible sell-off. Misys, however, firmly denies the existence of such plans, and asserts that...

Article: Misys predicts cloud and hot-housing future for delivering next generation solutions

06 September 2010

Misys' EVP and general manager, Al-Noor Ramji, and new CTO, Robin Crewe, have been setting out to IBS their vision for the company. On the cards are some radically different delivery models and ways of working.

Article: Editor's Note – April 2010

31 March 2010

Being small doesn't equate to being insignificant. With large-scale deals being more of an exception than a rule these days, medium and small-sized financial institutions are taking the centre-stage in the vendors' business chase.