Instead, we usually compete with a back-office systems that someone is persuading the front office they should use.
But in its rush to grow, the bank failed to pay enough attention to meshing its various back-office systems.
We need something that can be used to remote into our office systems and enter orders and update customer information.
It's a natural fit for office systems and business-oriented notebooks, but home users can stay with Win 98 (or 95) for now.
Silverlight also made it easier for developers to hook into the many back office systems Microsoft produces to help enrich the services that could be put online.
The July survey, which was conducted by AMSA, reflected that other systems still had to be repaired at that time, including billing and back-office systems, said the AMSA spokesman.
Rather than set up websites for specific projects, its software integrates the back-office systems of builders and suppliers, in the same way that modern supermarkets and their suppliers are linked.
Working with David Liddle, who ran Xerox's office systems division, Mr Metcalfe convinced Gordon Bell, a brilliant computer scientist from the now defunct Digital Equipment Corporation, to back the Ethernet protocol.
They could be more focused on the front office trading and risk systems or just reluctant to integrate a variety of back office systems that have been acquired through mergers and acquisitions.
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Financial institutions have long employed armies of developers to maintain their complex back office systems but until recently the majority of these developers worked in programming languages such as COBOL which have little applicability to startups.
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Also, with the popularity of hosted office systems like Office Live 365 and Google Docs and the collaboration providers like Box.net, DropBox and BaseCamp, fewer attachments with potential viruses are being sent around.
In many cases this is true: many office telephone systems use two-digit dates, as do some security systems, fax machines and copiers.
Firms are also developing apps that let employees unlock some of the data that are held in head-office enterprise systems more easily.
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It is true that the core operating hardware for buildings, from home furnaces to complex office HVAC systems, is dramatically more efficient than 20 years ago, and getting better still.
Its near monopoly on operating systems and office automation software assured it a high cash flow.
Microsoft generates plenty of cash thanks to its dominance of PC operating systems and office applications.
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There is not one case of transmission on our sardine-packed public-transport system or through the air-conditioning systems in office buildings.
In 2012 the FAA established the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office to figure out how to certify and regulate drone traffic in U.S. airspace.
He said his office computer and phone systems were disconnected during his investigations and that people had been watching his house once he was suspended.
Wallington, a division chief in the Army's office of enterprise information systems, says the military is quietly working to integrate Macintosh computers into its systems to make them harder to hack.
The complete suite of solutions addresses home and business communications, security and surveillance systems, retail information systems, office productivity solutions, and high definition visual conferencing, keeping Panasonic customers connected, informed, accessible and secure.
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"We were able to tie it down to procedures that either were not in place or had not been fully implemented at BP in their management system, " said Allison Iversen, a coordinator at Alaska's Petroleum Systems Integrity Office.
The 57-year-old is understood to have killed himself three days after the Home Office revoked Pro-Tect Systems' licence to import and sell Tasers.
In part, knowing that she'll be out of the office forces her to put systems in place to keep things running smoothly, she says.
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The FAA has been working to setup new rules and to safely integrate the use of unmanned aircraft into the national air space, and last year opened an "unmanned aircraft systems integration" office.
In the 1990s they expanded by doing larger software projects and by taking over whole IT systems and back-office functions such as accounting for U.S. and European corporations.
The focus in this area is on remotely controlled robots with visual capabilities that allow utility engineers and planners to assess systems remotely from their office while crews are at the inspection location.
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Earlier this month, Iain Lobban, the head of GCHQ, told a cyber security conference in London that a "significant" attempt was made to target the computer systems of the Foreign Office and other government departments over the summer.
EnterpriseMobility will allow office workers to remain connected to their company's information systems with the aid of base stations that are placed around the office, picking up radio signals from a number of devices, including Bluetooth-enabled PCs, headsets and Palm handheld devices, Ostergaard said.
It said there had been an error in its Edinburgh office, involving the maintenance of its systems.
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