Opinion
Exploiting the New Realities
It is interesting what pops into your inbox when you edit a publication called Dealing with Technology . Last week, I received a press release from a Danish firm that had put a genetic switch into tobacco to turn the plant red in the presence of chemical…
A Case of Déjà Vu for Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters hit the mainstream news again this week amid fears that the vendor plans to lay off thousands of staff as a cost cutting measure following last month's merger. If we rewind-or perhaps "Fast Forward"-a few years, haven't we seen this…
Business Continuity: A Sleeping Tiger in a Bear Market?
With a severe global credit squeeze, news of billions of dollars in asset write-downs by firms, headline-grabbing fraud scandals, accelerating merger-and-acquisition (M&A) activity and anticipated redundancy programs that look certain to follow, survival…
For Better or Worse... Consolidation's a Bitch
Anyone who's moved in with roommates knows the pros and cons of consolidating multiple lives with all their associated "baggage" into a single living space. There are economies to be saved, but also inconveniences to be borne. And rarely does the process…
Never a Dull Moment
Having lived and worked in New York City for the past decade, I have seen first hand how remarkably the city can reinvent itself. From the redevelopment of Times Square and relocation of the historic Fulton Fish Market to the recovery from the scars of 9…
Front Office Grids: Why Bother?
During a panel discussion that took place at the second annual Street#Grid event ( see story , page 1 ), technologists and consultants discussed the challenges of expanding enterprise compute and data grids to the front office. It reminds me of a…
InfoDyne Sale Reflects Need for Speed, Volumes
One of the themes of last week's North American Financial Information Summit was the continuing battle to balance the need for low-latency data with the burden of managing rising data volumes. And if any consensus of sorts was reached, it appeared to be…
The Advantages of Consolidation
Access to the right enterprise data is essential, especially in the current environment, says Tony Scianna, EVP, SunGard's Brokerage & Clearance
The Artful Dodger
Editor's Letter
Editor’s letter: The buy side: more exceptions than rules
It's not often that you come across a buy-side organisation where the level of its technology is considered to be inconsequential to its performance. But that's the impression I got while listening to Simon Hazlitt, co-founder of London-based Majedie…
The new crackdown
Just as the yoke of compliance was starting to lift, it looks set to come crashing down once again. In the years following the passage of tight regulatory laws such as Know Your Customer, the Patriot Act, and Sarbanes-Oxley, US lawmakers and financial…
More window dressing
The talk-loudly-and-carry-a-small-stick app-roach is alive and well in Washington DC, particularly when it comes to investor protections. The latest egregious example: The US Treasury Department plans to put its weight behind two sets of recently…
Where Has All the Money Gone?
Money certainly hasn't found its way to New York City. According to a recently published report by industry analyst firm Celent, brokerage IT spending in North America from 2008 through 2011 will grow at an anemic rate of 1.3 percent, which is down from…
When Weighing Your Options, Less is More
Data consumers often liken their applications to a baseball catcher's mitt, attempting to catch the high-speed data being pitched at them by US options exchanges. And in the example of options data, just like a pitcher who can keep his pitch count low,…
Congratulations, Mr Glocer, It's a Boy!
... Or is it a girl? Actually, it's a multi-billion-dollar monster. Last year's illicit affair has at last blossomed into marriage, and-after a lengthy gestation-the birth of a new entity and the patter of tiny feet.
Green Is Not Optional
According to a recent report presented to the U.S. Congress, the growth in IT power demand over the next decade will require the construction of 10 full-scale power plants just to meet it. Those numbers are just for IT and do not consider growth in…
The End of the World as We Know It?
This Thursday, April 17, Radio City music hall in New York will reverberate to the sound of change-not next season's Rockettes lineup, but rather the changing of the guard at Thomson and Reuters, which complete their mega-merger this week.
Gliding on the Wind of Change
Having spent three years covering the US markets, last week's inaugural Amsterdam Financial Information Summit helped me better understand some of the differences-and similarities-between how the US and European markets are adapting to change.
The March of the MTFs
It was only a matter of time before the leading ECNs would turn their sights to the European market. Within the next six months, Bats Trading expects its London-based multilateral trading facility (MTF) to be up and running in London ( see story, this…
Offshoring's Domestic Front
With recession fears and the U.S. dollar's decline, India's IT firms weigh increasing their focus on their local market.
Integration: The Key to Enterprise Data Management
Financial institutions are increasingly investing in enterprise data management solutions, writes Mario Orphanou, product manager at Odyssey Financial Technologies
Credit Crisis Curse
Editor's Letter