Microseconds away (as the e-mail flies) is the International Finance Center, with an IT occupancy of 5% (that does not include a large number of banking and finance companies that work closely with the dotcoms).

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But as often has been the case in finance, the back office gets very little attention since it is viewed as a dull cost center.

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