John B. Frank

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PayPal X Innovate 2010 Developers Conference

John B. Frank posted an article on - Nov 2, 2010, 3:38 pm
Tags » PayPal  » Comments (0) At its PayPal X Innovate 2010 developer conference today, PayPal unveiled "new technologies and partnerships that will allow people to change the way they pay – accessing their digital wallets from more devices to shop, browse and pay anytime, anywhere." PayP...
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Headline News - October 27, 2010

John B. Frank posted an article on - Nov 2, 2010, 3:34 pm
Tags » Payments News - Headline News  » Comments (0) Headline News is compiled by Glenbrook Partners: Note: Throughout the day, as we spot interesting developments, this post is updated. View the original article here
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Are You Naked Online?

John B. Frank posted an article on - Nov 2, 2010, 3:30 pm
  You are exposing yourself every day online. You probably don't know how naked you are and how much sensitive information you display. Learn about the many ways you show yourself to others, what naughty bits they learn about you and what you can do to cover sensitive places. Learn who is ...
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Two Factor Authentication for the IBM System i

John B. Frank posted an article on - Nov 2, 2010, 3:25 pm
The pressure to demonstrate compliance with standards and regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA, PCI DSS and Basel II, coupled with the increased value placed on the information created and stored, means organizations are faced with the challenge of securely controlling access to sensitive data....
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Cisco MARS: What third-party lockout means for SIEM products

John B. Frank posted an article on - Nov 2, 2010, 3:21 pm
In November of 2009, Cisco Systems Inc. announced that its MARS security information and event management (SIEM) product would no longer support integration with third-party products. As such, should enterprises still consider MARS when looking at SIEM products, or is the vendor lock-in too high a p...
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Creating a network endpoint security policy for hostile endpoints

John B. Frank posted an article on - Nov 2, 2010, 3:17 pm
NETWORK SECURITY TACTICS Andrew Jaquith, Forrester Research 09.13.2010 Rating: -4.25- (out of 5) The enterprise security perimeter is quickly dissolving. Everything from company financials and source code emails to unstructured documents and other forms of data is circling outside the enterprise f...
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The Business Case for a Next-Generation SIEM

John B. Frank posted an article on - Nov 2, 2010, 3:14 pm
Delivering operational efficiencies and lower costs through an integrated approach to network security management. The selection of the most effective IT technology is a major concern for companies of all sizes, across almost every industry. In the current economic climate, organizations face the...
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Access Control

John B. Frank posted an article on - Nov 2, 2010, 3:06 pm
This paper examines how CDW Healthcare can help you create a comprehensive access control solution. This access control solution will incorporate user authorization and user tracking throughout the facility. Protecting your networks and the data within them from unauthorized access involves a multi...
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PCI Security Standards Council Releases Version 2.0 of the Security Standard

John B. Frank posted an article on - Nov 2, 2010, 3:03 pm
Tags » PCI Security Standards Council  » Comments (0) The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has announced version 2.0 of the PCI-DSS and PA-DSS standards. Reflecting input from the Council’s global stakeholders, this latest version does not introduce any new major requirements, but d...
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miiCard Announces Strategic Relationship with Yodlee to Deliver Digital Passports

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 31, 2010, 3:41 pm
Tags » Yodlee  » Comments (0) miiCard has announced that is soft launching a new digital identity solution for the financial services. Powered by Yodlee,the miiCard Digital Passport enables consumers to prove “they are who they say they are” online, in real-time; enabling them to buy fina...
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First Data and VeriFone Collaborate on Data Security Solution

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 31, 2010, 3:38 pm
Tags » First Data Corp., Verifone  » Comments (0) First Data and VeriFone have announced they are working together to offer a VeriFone edition of the First Data® TransArmorSM solution to U.S. multi-lane and petroleum merchants. This will enable businesses using VeriFone’s MX 800 series of ...
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PCI Security Standards Council Releases Version 2.0 of the Security Standard

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 31, 2010, 3:33 pm
Tags » PCI Security Standards Council  » Comments (0) The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has announced version 2.0 of the PCI-DSS and PA-DSS standards. Reflecting input from the Council’s global stakeholders, this latest version does not introduce any new major requirements, but d...
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Ixaris Partners with Apigee to Create API Platform for Payment Application Development

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 31, 2010, 3:28 pm
Tags » Prepaid Cards  » Comments (0) Ixaris has announced a partnership with Apigee to create an industrial-grade API platform for enterprises and developers creating payment applications on Ixaris Opn (pronounced ‘open’). Ixaris Opn is a platform that allows developers, businesses and fi...
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Boston Fed Survey Shows Americans Can Be Choosy About Their Payment Methods

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 31, 2010, 3:25 pm
Tags » Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Prepaid Cards  » Comments (0) "A sizable and growing minority of American consumers who once possessed a credit card no longer have one," says the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Consumer Payments Research Center. Surveys done over the last two years indic...
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Chasing the E-Invoicing Dream: New Glenbrook Research Report

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 31, 2010, 3:20 pm
Tags » Glenbrook  » Comments (0) Companies of all sizes have adopted accounts payable (AP) solutions, yet new IAPP-TAWPI and Glenbrook research reveals that e-invoicing benefits remain elusive. The vast majority of business (of all sizes) report that less than 20% of incoming invoices are eIn...
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Mobey Forum Reaches Landmark Representing More Than 25% of Banking Customers Globally

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 31, 2010, 3:15 pm
Tags » Mobey Forum  » Comments (0) Mobey Forum has announced that it has reached the impressive milestone of its members now collectively representing more than 450 million banking customers globally. "The association attributes increasing membership enquiries to the market’s growing desire...
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Enterprise Data Storage Reaches for the Cloud

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 31, 2010, 3:11 pm
Mike Prieto, Vice President and General Manager, Storage Works Division, HP Asia Pacific and Japan in conversation with Geetaj Channana about the ways to curtail information explosion. Q:What are the three ways of curtailing information explosion in an organisation? A: In terms of optimisation an...
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SEPA - Beyond Theory Into Practice

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 31, 2010, 3:06 pm
Tags » SEPA  » Comments (0) The European Central Bank has published the seventh in a series of progress reports on the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) (PDF). The bank reports in on progress over the last two years and provides guidance on the way forward in multiple areas -- SEPA Credit Tran...
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First Data Adds Emerging Payments Support to Compass Platform

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 31, 2010, 3:01 pm
Tags » Emerging Payments, First Data Corp.  » Comments (0) First Data and CardinalCommerce have announced that online merchants using the First Data Compass platform to seamlessly accept and process emerging payments transactions through services like PayPal Express Checkout. In addition to s...
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Readers Weigh In on How to Restore Sanity to America

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 28, 2010, 1:07 pm
HuffPost Readers Weigh In on How to Restore Sanity to America Last week, we asked riders of the HuffPost Sanity Bus to tell us the one thing they would do to help restore sanity to America, and offered free Flipcams for the most compelling responses. Here are some of our favorites.
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Microsoft's quarterly profit climbed 51%

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 28, 2010, 1:06 pm
By JOHN KELL Microsoft Corp.'s quarterly profit climbed 51% as the software giant benefited from a strong demand for its Windows 7 operating system and Office 2010, despite concerns about consumer demand for computers. Meanwhile, investors are skeptical about the company's push into newer c...
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Future of Motorola's Phones Is Out of Its Hands

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 28, 2010, 1:05 pm
By ROLFE WINKLER The story of Motorola's handset business might be titled "Waiting for Profitability." Like Beckett's play, this story mightn't have a happy ending. Sure, Motorola took a small step forward Thursday, reporting the first breakeven quarter for its handset business in over ...
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Would You Let Lust Ruin Your Career?

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 28, 2010, 1:04 pm
Would You Let Lust Ruin Your Career? Plenty of powerful men succumb. Bob Sutton, author of The No Asshole Rule, shares his tips to bullet-proof your career. Step 1: As the owner of a penis, acknowledge that you are at risk. Read More Why You Should Let Employees Voice The...
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Adobe under attack: New PDF, Flash zero-day

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 28, 2010, 1:03 pm
Adobe under attack: New PDF, Flash zero-day Adobe's security response team is scrambling to respond to new zero-day attacks against a computer hijack vulnerability in two of its most widely deployed products: Flash Player and Adobe PDF Reader. READ MORE ...
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A Phone of Promise, With Flaws

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 28, 2010, 1:02 pm
A Phone of Promise, With Flaws Windows Phone 7 is new phone software that Microsoft hopes will run on new phones from various manufacturers and cellular networks.
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A Love Letter to a Camera

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 28, 2010, 1:01 pm
The Canon S95 has a sensor with 88 percent more area than most pocket cameras' sensors. A Love Letter to a Camera David Pogue describes his affection for what he says is the best pocket camera on the market, the ...
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Why US Credit Cards May Not Work Abroad

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 28, 2010, 12:59 pm
Why US Credit Cards May Not Work Abroad BusinessWeek US banks that issue Visa and MasterCard credit cards wrote off about $900 million in fraudulent charges last year, representing less than one-tenth of 1 ... See all stories on this topic » Sprint announces Mobil...
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Droid Sales Give Motorola a Boost

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 28, 2010, 12:56 pm
By ROGER CHENG Motorola Inc. strengthened its smartphone position in the third quarter as the prospect of theApple Inc. iPhone coming to its largest customer, Verizon Wireless, looms over the company. An aggressive launch of smartphones using Google Inc.'s Android software propelled the mobile ...
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Oracle says Google directly copied Java code: Here's the line-by-line comparison

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 28, 2010, 12:45 pm
Today's Top Picks Oracle says Google directly copied Java code: Here's the line-by-line comparison Oracle amended its Java complaint against Google over Android patent infringement and provi...
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Hypercom Turns Down $290 Million and Investors Approve

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 24, 2010, 1:24 pm
Hypercom Turns Down $290 Million and Investors Approve Seeking Alpha So given this new potential, it's no surprise that the company shot down a $290 million buyout offer from VeriFone (NYSE: PAY). An offer that Hypercom says ... See all stories on this topic » ...
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Payment Solutions - Ingenico Share

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 24, 2010, 1:24 pm
ROAM DATA Payment Industry News Focusing on Mobile Payments: Dell ... By Kenneth G. Mages Sage Payment Solutions and Ingenico Partner To Develop - Press ... McLean , VA - Oct 11, 2010 - Sage Payment Solutions, the payments division for Sage North America, and Ingenico, the leading wo...
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What Are the Opportunities for eBay?

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 24, 2010, 1:24 pm
What Are the Opportunities for eBay? Seeking Alpha The Payments segment primarily includes PayPal, an online payment network with 81 million active accounts that offers a safer way to send and receive ... See all stories on this topic » Team Fortress 2 m...
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Researcher: Mobile Gambling Exploding On To The Scene In US

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 24, 2010, 1:23 pm
UK Changes Rules about Gambling Online from Abroad GamingZion Interestingly, when it comes to internet gambling in the United Kingdom, a similar situation applies - but apparently nobody is concerned. ... See all stories on this topic » ...
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New set of definitions to monitor B2C online commerce

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 24, 2010, 1:23 pm
Abundant Global's Bet on Indonesia B2B Business from Oil & Gas, Coal ... San Francisco Chronicle Inovisi Infracom recent acquisition of oil & gas e-commerce company (Abundant Global) has raised speculation that the company may extend the infrastructure ... See all stories...
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ROAM DATA Payment Industry News Focusing on Mobile Payments

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 24, 2010, 1:23 pm
ROAM DATA Payment Industry News Focusing on Mobile Payments: When ... By Kenneth G. Mages By Kenneth G. Mages Internet PIN Debit: Aligning the Needs of Merchant... New Bugat Trojan, in A Better-Hidden Version, Emer... Neiman Marcus Unwraps New Mobile App for Holiday S... UK Consumers...
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Turning Customers Into Creators

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 24, 2010, 1:23 pm
NYT TECHNOLOGY With Kinect, Microsoft Aims for a Game Changer By ASHLEE VANCE The Kinect lets players control games with their bodies and speech. Will it be the hit product Microsoft wants? PING Turning Customers Into Creators ...
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Change and its constituents (there are two, and both are a problem)

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 24, 2010, 1:23 pm
[You're getting this note because you subscribed to Seth Godin's blog.] People who fear they will be hurt by a change speak up immediately, loudly and without regard for the odds or reality. People who will benefit from a change don't believe it (until it happens), so they...
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Geithner Says Currency Manipulations Must End

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 24, 2010, 1:23 pm
China Holders of U.S. Treasury Securities, 2004-2010 by Michael Bommarito Must Know Market Drivers for the Coming Week: Bank Instability, G20 Meeting, China Bubble by Cliff Wachtel China Biotech Week in Review: Big Week for IPOs by ChinaBio Today Top 5 Graphs of the Week: China ...
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The Promised 'e-Land' for American Multinational Firms

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 24, 2010, 1:23 pm
Internet Analysts Sit Tight on Yahoo! Price Targets by Alacra Pulse Check Blog The Promised 'e-Land' for American Multinational Firms by Investment U Is Amazon's Chart Signaling Big Returns? by Wall St. Cheat Sheet Media Cenveo, Alvarion: Discount Stocks Not to B...
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Sean Parker's Phantom Trillions of Illegal Downloads

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 23, 2010, 2:50 pm
SuperFreakonomics Illustrated: The Hidden Side of Everything, Visualized WIKILEAKS   |  Comment WikiLeaks Releases Iraq War Archive BY Ariel SchwartzFri Oc...
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Online Banking Is Proliferating

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 23, 2010, 2:49 pm
Infosys unveils Finacle Mobile Banking 2.0 solution IntoMobile India's Infosys Technologies launched Finacle Mobile Banking 2.0, calling it the “comprehensive solution” that enables retail and corporate consumers to ... See all stories on this ...
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Mobile financial services for poor

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 23, 2010, 2:47 pm
This Week in SMB Tech: Apps For Conferences, Social Media Truths and Square ... ReadWriteWeb By John Paul Titlow / October 22, 2010 5:30 PM / 0 Comments Our Channel ReadWriteBiz, sponsored by Yola.com, is a resource and guide for small businesses. ... See all stories on this ...
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mCommerce Platform | Wiireless.com

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 23, 2010, 1:35 pm
Comviva's mobiquity™ mCommerce Platform Enables Banglalink to ... India PRwire Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile solutions beyond VAS, today announced that it has partnered with Banglalink, the second largest cellular ... ...
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What's Next for Steve Jobs and Apple?

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 23, 2010, 1:35 pm
Alcatel-Lucent collaborates with MoreMagic Solutions to enable prepaid top-ups ... AME Info MoreMagic's global Mobile Commerce and Financial Services Hub connects with the Alcatel-Lucent prepaid system on the transaction originating side and a ... See all stories on this ...
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Office Process Automation using BlackBerry Application Development

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 23, 2010, 1:34 pm
iPhone Application Development - Next Generation Technology Shopping cart/m-commerce Apps • Social networking apps • Business and finance Apps • GPS Navigation Apps • Game Apps • Sports apps iPhone offers easy access to information rapidly on the Internet while traveling. ... ...
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When is Pin Debit Cheaper than Signature Debit?

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 23, 2010, 1:24 pm
ROAM DATA Payment Industry News Focusing on Mobile Payments ... By Kenneth G. Mages Internet PIN Debit: Aligning the Needs of Merchant... New Bugat Trojan, in A Better-Hidden Version, Emer... Neiman Marcus Unwraps New Mobile App for Holiday S... UK Consumers Ahead of Mcommerce Curve ...
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All About Online Scams ...

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 23, 2010, 1:24 pm
Internet Dating Scams List | Dating Tips By admin Vietnam Private Investigators have seen a dramatic rise in Vietnam dating scams and internet fraud all across Southeast Asia, mostly targeted against foreign nationals from first world developed countries such as in Europe, ... ...
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PYMNTS.com Week In Review

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 23, 2010, 1:08 pm
PYMNTS.com Week In Review 10.23.10 Head to Head with PayPal's New Head of Market Intelligence How Long Does a New Platform Have to Ignite or Fizzle What Drives Consumer Payment Choice at Checkout? Slo...
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The State of Jay-Z's Empire

John B. Frank posted an article on - Oct 23, 2010, 1:00 pm
The State of Jay-Z's Empire He's worth an estimated $450 million and hobnobs with Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. How the Brooklyn-born performer Jay-Z has become the leading music impresario of his generation. • More: Decoding Jay-Z ...
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Serial Entrepreneur, founded, built and sold three companies, co-founded company that raised $242 Million and now am focused on Web 2.0 marketing for HomeATM ePayment Solutions as their VP Sales & Marketing. HomeATM manufactures the only PCI 2.x Certified PIN Entry Device designed specifically to secure eCommerce financial transactions and Online Banking two-factor authenticated log-in

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