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Don't be so serious
In my recent quest to clean up the website and try to squeak out some performance gains, I have been looking at different CDN (Content Delivery Network) providers to host all of my static files, like images. Rackspace has a service they call Cloud Files that enables you to save files to the proverbial “cloud” [...]
Read moreWindows unsafe for online banking
Take a look for yourself here. What a load of crap. That’s like saying people die wearing seat belts, thus it must be the seat belt’s fault so you shouldn’t wear your seat belt. The reason there are so many viruses and malware for Windows is because it is such a big “prize” for hackers. [...]
Read moreCinch Online Banking Design Contest
Our design contest at Crowdspring is over! We had over 200 entires and have narrowed it down to a few that we like. I now have even more respect for designers. Design by committee, or rather approval by committee, is tough! Pick your favorite three!
Read morePut on your tin foil hats
I think that John Anderton and Winston Smith must have visited me in a dream a few months back because I’ve been brewing up an idea that could revolutionize member service or scare the bejesus out of any Libertarian. Half Minority Report, half Nineteen Eighty-Four; I call it CUcard. CUcard utilizes existing RFID technology that [...]
Read moreDon't get lost in error messages
Problems are bound to happen with any software application or website. Count it. Hopefully the vendor of said software or your internal staff has the mechanisms in place to catch any and all errors that may occur, log them, and notify the appropriate people to take action. Occasionally, system maintenance of some variety will also take down a system [...]
Read moreThe real use for Twitter in CU's (and Banks)
Screw banks and CU’s using Twitter. It is over rated and doesn’t give you any ROI. I don’t care if you are having a seminar on credit reports or a shred day. Pilcher’s Twitter directory is fine and dandy and it does a great job demonstrating that nobody is using Twitter except to regurgigate tired [...]
Read moreBatch Mode
Batch mode is for baking cookies. Not financial transactions. In today’s modern computer era, so many vital functions are still run behind the scenes on mainframe computers passing files around on the back end trying to make things work. What is the big hold up with getting with the times? Are core processor’s and credit/debit [...]
Read moreCredit unions need their head in the clouds
Cloud computing is the wave of the future for all things data related. Amazon started it with EC2 and S3. Microsoft is in it. Salesforce is doing it too. Credit unions are just starting to realize the benefits of virtualization and as more CU’s struggle with income generation, expense control, and capital expenditures, virtualization is [...]
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