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''Information technology'' | 1. ''Information technology''. | ||
'Agnostic' denotes or relates to hardware or software that is compatible with many types of platform or operating system. | 'Agnostic' denotes or relates to hardware or software that is compatible with many different types of platform or operating system. | ||
<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Treasurers want to be agnostic'''''</span> | |||
:"Connecting to your bank via your ERP or TMS [often locks] you in to specific file formats. | |||
:In the digital age, however, treasurers will increasingly want to be agnostic on file formats. | |||
:If a bank or another provider were to experience operational problems, treasurers would want to be able to re-route cash and data seamlessly." | |||
:''ACT Smart Cash Management Conference Report, Spring 2018, p6 - William Wrest, director, strategy and business development at B2 Group.'' | |||
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More broadly, an approach - or capability - that does not depend on too many preliminary criteria or assumptions. | |||
For example, an ''industry agnostic'' approach to investment. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Bank agnostic system]] | *[[Bank agnostic services]] | ||
*[[Enterprise-wide resource planning system]] (ERP) | |||
*[[Industry agnostic]] | |||
*[[Operational risk]] | |||
* [[Treasury Management System]] (TMS) | |||
[[Category:Technology]] | |||
Latest revision as of 11:27, 2 February 2023
1. Information technology.
'Agnostic' denotes or relates to hardware or software that is compatible with many different types of platform or operating system.
Treasurers want to be agnostic
- "Connecting to your bank via your ERP or TMS [often locks] you in to specific file formats.
- In the digital age, however, treasurers will increasingly want to be agnostic on file formats.
- If a bank or another provider were to experience operational problems, treasurers would want to be able to re-route cash and data seamlessly."
- ACT Smart Cash Management Conference Report, Spring 2018, p6 - William Wrest, director, strategy and business development at B2 Group.
2.
More broadly, an approach - or capability - that does not depend on too many preliminary criteria or assumptions.
For example, an industry agnostic approach to investment.
