Andrea Di MaioWe have just started surveys and client discussions about the topics we need to cover for our government research in 2009. This is what we cann “Research Agenda”, which we publish at the beginning of each year (take a look at the Government Agenda for 2008).
We are looking for specific areas of concern for government clients around the world, and we would like to ask both government clients and non-clients three simple questions:
- What are your top three technology issues for 2009?
- What are your top three IT management issues for 2009?
- What are the top three challenges for IT caused by the economic downturn and financial crisis?
You are welcome to either take our ON-LINE SURVEY or to respond to this post
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1 Ralf Sontag November 14, 2008 at 5:17 am
This is written after a brief discussion with Neil Davison and Petri Tuominen.
A key topic for 2009 in many countries within the Euro-area is the progression of the Single Euro Payment Area, SEPA. Starting in 2009 some very critical processes are moved from a mostly national level with cross-border capabilities to a common European plane open to all member states. Regulators and banking supervisors remain typically national.
The rapidly forward moving fundamental technological change and cross-border financial activities combined with old fashioned mostly national regulation and supervision is interesting in many ways.
Finland has a long tradition of critical infrastructure protection, securing supply and maintaining high redundancy levels in key areas of the national economy. Recently the financial sector of the economy has received a lot of attention in this sense. Nationally as well as internationally. The banking industry is rapidly becoming less national and more international. How can basic national supervisory organs function in this new context with SEPA proceeding?
It seems to be the case, that there are several single points of failure in the present set up. Is this actually the case? If not, then why not? If yes, then what can be done to right the wrong?
These same problems are relevant to several EU members, but those member states that are separated from the central European scene by the sea (e.g. England) or a long distance (e.g. Finland) are in a more difficult situation as compared to continental central Europe.
This is written with special attention not to mention or implicate any specific company or actor.