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The Paranoid Banker

I was amused to hear the comment this week that bankers aren’t paranoid enough. The comment was made in the context that bankers do not believe things change very fast, so why should they be concerned about change? The markets move in their own time, infrastructure is hard to change, long-term investments are just that:…

Microsoft – pull yer finger out!

I’ve blogged regularly about how much I hate Vista, Office 2007, Outlook 2007 … you name it.   I thought my friends might appreciate the latest moan.   As many of you know, I make presentations for my living, or at least as a large part of it. So I depend upon PowerPoint.   This…

Microsoft – pull yer finger out!

I’ve blogged regularly about how much I hate Vista, Office 2007, Outlook 2007 … you name it.   I thought my friends might appreciate the latest moan.   As many of you know, I make presentations for my living, or at least as a large part of it. So I depend upon PowerPoint.   This…

Microsoft – pull yer finger out!

I’ve blogged regularly about how much I hate Vista, Office 2007, Outlook 2007 … you name it.   I thought my friends might appreciate the latest moan.   As many of you know, I make presentations for my living, or at least as a large part of it. So I depend upon PowerPoint.   This…

Solving the Greenhouse Gas issue

At a presentation this week, someone said that computers emit more greenhouse gases than the airline industry as a whole.  About 4% of all gases are from the IT industry apparently. Cows emit more gas than computers however.  The numbers are horrific: at any time, 23 million cows are grazing across Europe between 9% and…

Cow

Solving the Greenhouse Gas issue

At a presentation this week, someone said that computers emit more greenhouse gases than the airline industry as a whole.  About 4% of all gases are from the IT industry apparently. Cows emit more gas than computers however.  The numbers are horrific: at any time, 23 million cows are grazing across Europe between 9% and…

Cow

Solving the Greenhouse Gas issue

At a presentation this week, someone said that computers emit more greenhouse gases than the airline industry as a whole.  About 4% of all gases are from the IT industry apparently. Cows emit more gas than computers however.  The numbers are horrific: at any time, 23 million cows are grazing across Europe between 9% and…

Cow

The Schizophrenic Banker

Yesterday was a day full of interesting dialogue about retail banking. Much of the discussion was focused upon future revolutions in retailing bank services, thanks to technologies such as getting rid of cash through mobile payments, using RFID in branch, virtualisation and transformation of core systems, business continuity, Banking 2.0 with social networking, and so…

The Schizophrenic Banker

Yesterday was a day full of interesting dialogue about retail banking. Much of the discussion was focused upon future revolutions in retailing bank services, thanks to technologies such as getting rid of cash through mobile payments, using RFID in branch, virtualisation and transformation of core systems, business continuity, Banking 2.0 with social networking, and so…

Numbers Part 11: the Royal Bank of Scotland

Everyone knows that I’m a devil for numbers, with the series now up to #11 (last one was on eBay here).  As a result, if someone sends me some numbers and I like them, then I always put them in the blog. Today’s numbers are really good though, as they come from a bank.  I say…

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