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• DDoS Attack Fizzles After Elaborate Threats

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 15, 2013

  A U.S. Department of Homeland Security memo that said the May 7 distributed denial of service attacks threatened by the so-called “hacktivist” collective Anonymous against government and financial websites would be more bark than bite prove to be true.

• Experts Urge IT Due Diligence Despite No May 7 Attacks

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 8, 2013

  Hacktivists Anonymous threats failed to materialize but that doesn't mean DDoS attacks won't follow, and they could go beyond the website.

• The Future of PFM and Mobile Strategies

  By Peter Strozniak  |  April 10, 2013

  Consumers are increasingly tapping their smartphones and tablets to manage their money, a trend that may push personal financial management tools into the mainstream and open new opportunities for credit unions to help their members in real time.

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  Fiserv Pockets Open Solutions, a Feisty Competitor

  By Marc Rapport  |  January 23, 2013

  While Fiserv Inc.’s purchase of Open Solutions Inc. marked the end of an era, it also sparked conversation about how the financial services technology giant will handle the addition of another handful of core account processing platforms to its portfolio.

• How Corporate One CU Defends Itself

  By Bruce Westbrook  |  January 22, 2013

  Although relatively unsophisticated, distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) are fairly difficult to defend against.

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  Fiserv Pockets Once Feisty Foe in Open Solutions: Print Preview

  By Marc Rapport  |  January 17, 2013

  Get an in-depth look at the Fiserv takeover of Open Solutions in this preview from next week's print edition.

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  Fiserv CEO Sees Integration in Open Solutions Buy

  By Marc Rapport  |  January 15, 2013

  Jeffrey Yabuki sees combining of flagship platforms and addition of new products as pluses.

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  Threat of the Week: DDoS — Are Credit Unions Next?

  By Robert McGarvey  |  January 14, 2013

  Opinions divided on credit unions as targets of denial of service attacks.

• SAC FCU Gets Acumen

  By Marc Rapport  |  July 16, 2012

  The Acumen account processing platform from Fiserv Inc. will be installed at the $589 million SAC Federal Credit Union in Bellevue, Neb., the company and credit union said.

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  Where's the Cloud?

  By Ken Schroeder  |  July 9, 2012

  Debby downer gets corporate continuity specialist thinking.