Dear RBS: invest in better systems. Not adjectives.
Ho hum. Another day, another example of RBS presenting IT system neglect as a ‘glitch’… Analysts, industry commentators and – most importantly – frustrated RBS, Ulster Bank and NatWest customers took...
View ArticleDevelopment technologies and strategies – meeting the skills challenge – Part I
Neil Fowler, Micro Focus Development Director, looks at the challenges of aligning skills requirements to IT business priorities, and suggests some strategies for overcoming the issues.
View ArticleChallenger bank or retail bank?
Challenger banks introduce competition to the world of the retail bank. Focusing on the challenger bank and its online/mobile appeal, this blog series explores the pros and cons of both bank types.
View ArticleTaking an interest – the rise of the challenger bank
Recent reputational damage among market leaders has coincided with the arrival of so-called Challenger Banks. Derek Britton takes a look at the impact of IT and other factors on the competitive...
View ArticleIT Skills: Industry experts have their say, Part 1
IT Skills remains an important topic in many organizations. In a recent webinar, hosted by SHARE, experts from Micro Focus, IBM and IT-ology gave some tremendous insights into this important question....
View ArticlePL/I – 50 years young….
Relying on PL/I-based applications to tackle today's challenges doesn’t have to be challenging. Amie Johnson checks out how the Micro Focus approach to modernization enables PL/I shops to get the most...
View ArticleCOBOL – fuelling the FinTech explosion
How – and why – is COBOL, a decades-old technology, fuelling explosive growth in a new area? Our new blogger, Henning Luebberding, shares his thoughts….
View ArticleEnterprise DevOps is different: here’s why
Many of the world’s largest enterprises are looking at DevOps. But, as many are discovering, implementing it is not without its pitfalls. In his first Micro Focus blog, software industry guru Kevin...
View ArticleStart over, or with what you know?
Derek Britton’s last blog looked at the appetite for change in IT. This time, he looks at real-world tactics for implementing large-scale change, and assesses the risks involved.
View ArticleWe’re heading to Oracle Open World
This Ed Airey blog explains how the modern enterprise can harness technology and technique to outpace and counter the changing face of completion and achieve sustainable business agility. Ed will be at...
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