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Jul 08
2011

Reduce your computer costs by 75% (Part Deux)

Posted by Dan Fisher in Beyond the Bank

Yes, it is true! You can reduce your computing costs by 75%.
Jun 22
2011

Get “Moore” from your technology planning!

Posted by Dan Fisher in Beyond the Bank

In a paper published in 1965, Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, predicted that computing power would double every 18 months. Hence, … Moore’s Law. He has since modified his assertion from 18 to 24 months. Looking back, we can most certainly agree that Moore was right then and he continues to be right today.
Jun 10
2011

Data breach security… Where’s Plan B?

Posted by Dan Fisher in Beyond the Bank

“Hacked” used to be a term that referred to one’s anger over a situation. In today’s context, hacked means another system breach and a lot of upset (hacked) customers. The alarming part has to do with the fact that these events are becoming more and more common.
May 26
2011

A MODEST BUSINESS PROPOSAL: WHY NOT ‘ADA BANK’?

Posted by Dan Fisher in Beyond the Bank

Competition, cost, creativity, and technology are the fundamental elements that drive our free-market system today. I am fascinated by the many different business models that continue to emerge as a neverending stream of ideas and approaches. I often wonder: “What next?”
May 13
2011

E-commerce goes “fast-food”

Posted by Dan Fisher in Beyond the Bank

Netflix, internet-enabled game consoles, and N-routers (the new faster, version of wireless communications in the home and office) are re-defining the banking delivery channel. “Fast food” has hit the internet in the form of immediate fulfillment, or “I want it now!”
Apr 29
2011

Flipped OUT! I have just been CisKO’d!

Posted by Dan Fisher in Beyond the Bank

Without warning, notice, or even a hint, Cisco just KO’d the flip video camera product line! Wow, I truly did not see that coming and I am having a hard time coping with being flipped off! Here’s the link on the announcement: http://Flipped OUT
Apr 15
2011

Debit card fraud a looming game changer!

Posted by Dan Fisher in Beyond the Bank

Just in case you haven’t heard, Interac, the payment association that governs debit cards in Canada, has an initiative in place that most certainly will affect debit card fraud in the United States.
Apr 01
2011

It’s all in the mind!

Posted by Dan Fisher in Beyond the Bank

Advances in technology continue to amaze me—seriously! They represent the ultimate in creativity merged with the possible. What really excites me is knowing that there is always more to come.
Mar 16
2011

Is the cloud a disaster just waiting to happen?

Posted by Dan Fisher in Beyond the Bank

Cloud computing is becoming the rage. It is a popular term that is not well understood.
Feb 18
2011

Have we reached the end of the internet?

Posted by Dan Fisher in Beyond the Bank

The end is near and soon we will be running out of internet addresses. How can that be? Well, this is one of the “Chicken Little” scenarios that are gaining attention in the blogosphere and the national network news space.