Handbook of Technology in Financial Services

出版者:AUERBACH

作者:Keyes, Jessica (EDT)

页数:752

出版时间:1998-12-18

价格:USD 139.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780849399817

The calculus of IT support for the banking, securities and insurance industries has changed dramatically and rapidly over the past few years. Unheard of just a few years ago, corporate intranets are now used for everything from job postings to enhanced team communications. Whole new departments are being created to support e-commerce. And the Internet/Intranet/Extranet triple-whammy is the most critical component of most financial IT shops. At the same time, new intelligent agents stand ready to take on such diverse functions as customer profiling and data mining.Get a handle on all these new and newer ripples with Handbook of Technology in Financial Services. Here, in this exhaustive new guide and reference book, industry guru Jessica Keyes gives you the no-nonsense scoop on not just the tried and true IT tools of today, but also the up-and-coming "hot" technologies of tomorrow, and how to plan for them. Keyes gives you extensive, example-driven explanations of such topicsas:odigital check imaging and Internet-based billingoe-commerce and Internet bankingoportfolio management systems for the 21st centuryoGIS technology in financial servicesoand much more.Focusing on problems from both a technology perspective and a business perspective, the Handbook also addresses challenges and solutions associated with:osupporting the self-service revolution by servicing kiosks and ATMs efficiently and economicallyostraight-through processing for the securities industryooutsourcing business communications in the insurance industryodistributed integration as a cost-effective alternative to data warehousingoand putting inbound fax automation to work in financial organizations.Packed with real-world case-studies and practical solutions to problems confronting financial services IT managers every day of the week, Handbook of Technology in Financial Services covers everything from system security to IT support for the Web marketing of financial services. In short, it is a compendium of essential information no professional can afford to be without.