Ongoing Network Automation Key to Profitability

Bank Technology News, November, 2003

The two-and-a-half trillion-dollar financial services industry offers tremendous opportunities for continued strong growth, and the importance of reliable networking will be a major factor in deciding which companies succeed and which do not.

Financial services firms everywhere are focused on increasing operational efficiency, optimizing their networks, and reducing their costs. Most are also focusing on improving security around their logistical and physical network resources, appropriately authenticating users, and building an adequate infrastructure to ensure the integrity of customer transactions.

And while these financial services leaders have created a wealth of new customer-friendly on-line services, they have also increased their firms' network security and business compliance risks. The good news is that these risks can be easily and effectively minimized through the latest automated networking technologies.

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