Posts Tagged ‘IT’

If that title compelled you to open this post, then you know what 21 CFR Part 11 is, and you also know – as my 12-year-old step daughter would say – “the struggle is real.” 21 CFR Part 11 is perhaps the most famous (or infamous!) regulation published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration […]

Cost reduction remains a priority among financial institutions. Aside from re-negotiating contracts with vendors, consolidating IT applications is an ongoing trend in the industry. When speaking on the topic of expense reductions, Ralph W. Babb, chairman and CEO of Comerica, said, “We will enhance our technology capabilities, while reducing our overall spend by optimizing our […]

Cisco recently released their Annual Cybersecurity report for 2017, which revealed several statistics I thought were real eye openers. You can pick up a copy here: http://b2me.cisco.com/en-us-annual-cybersecurity-report-2017. Of the major findings in this document, I consider a few quite concerning, in particular: “Spam accounts for nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of total email volume… about 8 percent […]

While we rolled into 2017, I thought it would be neat to see what our readers were, well, reading. Without further ado, here are the top 10 blog posts Perficient’s financial services practice wrote that seemed to be popular among readers. They’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. Citi’s Digital […]

Metro Bank, a financial institution that has over 40 “stores” in Britain, has officially migrated its core banking IT infrastructure to a private cloud that will be managed by Rackspace. While the bank is only six years old, it has relied heavily on systems that were on-premises. The cost of running the applications in-house were […]

According to the 2016 Summit Site Landscape Survey, which was conducted by the Society for Clinical Research Sites, the majority of clinical sites aren’t feeling the love from sponsors and CROs. Of the 463 survey respondents, only 31% felt their relationship with sponsors had improved in the past two years, and only 25% felt that […]

Every day, another company realizes the wisdom and value of moving to the cloud. Through the remainder of this decade, this trickle of digital transformations likely will become a flood, according to the media and marketing organization International Data Group (IDG). The company’s recent survey of 900 decision-makers across the information technology landscape uncovered stunning […]

HSBC recently announced that it’s going to cut 840 jobs in the UK and send them to offshore facilities. But, that shouldn’t come as a surprise. It’s all part of their grand plan to become a more efficient, cost-conscious financial services provider that can compete against competitors on a more even playing field. If you […]

Over at our Digital Transformation blog, we write about the effect that technology is having on organizations worldwide, from the nuances of the cloud to the ubiquity of mobile to the rise of connected consumer and enterprise experiences. Both of these two technologies alone have been enough to transform business priorities for the foreseeable future. As these […]

IT system consolidations seems to be an ongoing trend in the financial services industry. In March, I shared J.P. Morgan’s plan to shrink the number of IT applications it uses by an overall 25%. Today, the story is about Deutsche Bank, Germany’s leading bank, who has a strong position in Europe and a significant presence […]

  Now that April is here, I thought it would be neat to look back at what our readers found most interesting last month. Below are the top five blog posts Perficient’s life sciences practice wrote in March – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. 

  Jeffrey Keisling, CIO and SVP at Pfizer, recently wrote an article in CIOReview that discussed the technological ingredients it takes to drive innovation. The pharmaceutical giant’s Business Technology group coined it “Formula Five.”