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A message from Alan Hutton, president of FundSERV: It's been a privilege
Welcome to the summer issue of the FundSERV Quarterly. With my retirement from FundSERV fast approaching, this will be the last issue to carry a corporate message from me as president and CEO... |
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Prepare. Protect. Prevent: Security awareness a strategic goal at FundSERV
At some time or another, it's probably happened to all of us. You're surfing the web; you click on a link, and then BAM — pop-up after pop-up after pop-up. And even when you think you're in the clear, after racing to close those annoying pop-up windows, the chances are pretty good that your computer has been infected with spyware... |
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What to watch for on the web
Malware: In context of masquerading, any hardware, firmware, or software that appears to perform a useful or desirable function, but actually gains unauthorized access to system resources or tricks a user into executing other malicious logic... |
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FundSERV testing new portal for working groups
Wrangling e-mails has apparently become the price to pay for progress in the twenty-first century... |
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High levels of customer satisfaction continue
Satisfaction with FundSERV's application services grew in 2007. All ten applications ranked higher than 2006, with an average increase of five percentage points... |
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FundSERV Network Performance
Year to date systems and network totals... |
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 Electronic Standards Group (ESG)
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2007 Helpfile Survey — the results are in! No major changes required
FundSERV had a great response rate to its Helpfile survey and appreciates the time that customers took to complete the survey and provide their comments... |
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V19 objectives
Segregated Funds: Facilitate the electronic transfer of information for the insurance industry, and prepare for future automation on other products such
as GICs... |
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ESG v19 timeline
V19 schedule up to publication... |
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 IDentity/PKI
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2007 Entrust Direct upgrade — what you need to know
In December 2007, FundSERV Inc. will be upgrading its authentication application, Entrust Direct, to Entrust TruePass, and discontinuing technical support for Entrust Direct... |
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 Industry
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The B teams get a chance: IDA to sponsor a member-wide BCP test
The B teams in Canada's financial trading industry are finally getting a chance to come off the bench and show what they can do. "B", in this case, stands for backup facilities — the redundant servers and systems companies keep at the ready in case their primary facilities are knocked out by some form of disaster... |
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