Article by Richard Buckle The papers this week have been full of stories about baseball trades, as teams review their prospects for the post-season. Traditional powerhouses are looking over their shoulders at perennial challengers while teams that have never tasted the “big leagues” look on longingly. It was against this background that I finally got…
Just back from a Market Analyst event put on by ACI to ourselves at PayX, IDC, Forrester, Gartner, Tower Group etc. Firstly the event was impressive with full commitment by ACI, including Philip Heasley engaging with his views, to help us understand the strategy, where things are today, and next planned steps. It is a…
Product managers determine marketing opportunity, relate product development to this opportunity, and then develop marketing approaches that present the product to the consumer or customer effectively and efficiently. They are concerned with revenues, profits, product development strategy, pricing, promotion, and other matters on which senior management expects product managers to provide guidance and leadership to…
Last year I was lucky enough to attend the 2012 EBUG TFG in London. In previous years, the EBUG TFG has been sponsored by ACI and held on their premises, but this year things were a bit different. This year’s event was held at Trinity House, a beautiful and historic building near Tower Bridge. Not…
A senior architect told me that corporate governance now means he can only buy products that are already obsolete. I can see his point – if you’re restricted to products that are live at 50+ sites from a company with more than £100 million of revenue you’re not going to get the latest and greatest.…
As part of the recent migration programme I was on, a significant part of that programme was to migrate and upgrade the ATM estate for a UK Banking group. The ATM estate had to be upgraded due to its age, outdated communications, and the need to ensure that compliance to PCI and scheme rules. Two…