Why Citi Is Buying IBM's New Mainframe for Mobile Transactions

From American Banker –

“In an era where businesses are increasingly focused on cloud computing, Citigroup is turning instead to souped-up hardware in the form of IBM's newest z13 mainframe, which it says can help it better deal with the explosive growth in mobile and online transactions.

The mainframe, which launched Wednesday, comes with an impressive list of capabilities. It can process 2.5 billion transactions a day, encrypt mobile and online banking transactions, and allow those transactions to be monitored with real-time analytics, allowing users to spot potential fraud and find opportunities within transactions as they're happening.”
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Two Big Analytics Challenges For The CIO

From Deloitte CIO Journal

When end-users download increasingly powerful desktop analytics tools without involving IT, data quality quickly erodes and IT environments fragment. CIOs are rising to this challenge by collaborating with business leaders and end-users to create interconnected analytics ecosystems that support data integrity while meeting the needs of both the business side and IT.

Phablets are not a phad

From Deloitte CIO Journal

“Two thirds of phablets in 2014 will be less than 5.1 inches, only just meeting the definition, and less than 10 percent are likely to be 6 inches or larger. About 25 percent of 2013 phablet sales were new versions of existing devices that enlarged the screen and shrank the bezel, rather than actually making the phone larger. Phablets tend to be more popular in Asia than in North America and EMEA -- perhaps due to languages based on complex symbols that benefit from larger screens, or due to greater interest in phones that are good for gaming or can replace multiple devices such as PCs and tablets.”