IBM United Kingdom Limited
IBM is a globally integrated enterprise operating in over 170 countries. IBM United Kingdom's history began on November 19, 1951 and today IBM UK has around 20,000 employees, bringing innovative solutions to a diverse client base to help solve some of their toughest business challenges. In addition to being the world's largest IT and consulting services company, IBM is a global business and technology leader, innovating in research and development to shape the future of society at large. IBM's prized research, development and technical talent around the world partner with governments, corporations, thinkers and doers on ground breaking real world problems to help make the world work better and build a smarter planet. IBM's papers cover the following topics: - Virtualisation - Information infrastructure and management - Systems management - Requirements management - Security - Financials - CIO leadership
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Using market and credit risk analytics to strengthen performance
The global credit crisis of 2007 caused extreme volatility within the financial system and exposed weaknesses within risk management practices. This white paper reviews the various steps banks are taking to improve their risk management techniques, looking at the benefits and pitfalls of each.
How can investment banks use grid technology?
This white paper looks at how grid technology in banking has moved from a specialist tool to an invaluable resource implemented by most investment banks. It analyses how grid technology is being used and the new developments that will help you plan and define your grid strategy for the next decade.
Adopting risk-management processes
Research indicates that more and more businesses will adopt a holistic approach to risk management as they deal with growing economic uncertainty. Read this paper to learn how to establish a comprehensive risk management strategy that encompasses policies for overcoming each of these issues.
Financial statement reporting - integrated financial close management
Collaboratively manage financial consolidations, reconciliation management, continuous controls and external reporting, all in one solution. Improve efficiency and reduce risk with an integrated financial close management platform.
Move annual reporting into the 21st century
Despite being so important, the process to create the Annual Report is still stuck in the middle ages, with companies using a time consuming and error prone manual approach. This paper discusses the issues/risks involved and the solutions available for an automated approach to producing vital…
The benefits: automating external reporting procedures
Organisations typically face a number of challenges in the completion of the external financial reports. Automating the external reporting process can lead to the following benefits: Reduced personnel costs, Lower external costs, Reduced risk and Reduced cycle time. Read on to find out more.
Efficiency matters - automating routine tasks in finance
This white paper looks at how its time to build the "last mile" with integrity of reporting, assured compliance and insightful analytics allowing the most successful organisations to utilise all their resources to make the best business decisions.
The key challenges of server virtualisation
Given the rapid growth in the number of virtual machines being deployed, it’s no surprise that scalability, performance, and the overall volume of storage capacity have been identified as key challenges.
The top 4 motivations for software security
This paper describes four motivating factors for improved software security, and it concludes with an overview of the evolution of software vulnerability that can help you understand your own security challenges.
Solvency II - enabling transformation through regulation
Solvency II will come into force in the UK on October 31, 2012, building on the original Basel II three pillar approach. This white paper discusses the affect on insurance companies with a view to helping those organisations understand and prepare the change.