Opinion
Crossing the Data Chasm
The main driver for outsourcing reference data management is typically cost control, but data control is also a key concern. Netik's Colin Close explains how this can be addressed
Bottom-up reform
What little difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, financial services participants, observers and press - including yours truly - were anticipating major regulatory overhauls and new oversight of the industry following Barack Obama's election and…
Happy Holidays!
Once again, we have reached the end of another year of editorial coverage of the financial IT industry and there is a strange sense of déjà vu. That friend of capitalists everywhere Karl Marx once said, "History repeats itself, first as a tragedy and…
'Twas the Night Before Christmas...
'Twas the night before Christmas, and empty was Wall Street,
Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts
So, with less than two weeks of shopping days left until Christmas, what do you get that special market data someone? Perhaps a VoIP phone in the shape of a Star Trek communicator? A Jedi mind-control game? A new job? Or any job, for that matter? Or…
Feeling the Public Wraith
As we go to press, local New York media are reporting that the New York City police department is investigating seven envelopes of unidentified white powder that were delivered to various offices in Manhattan, including those of American Express and…
How Big Will Your Grid Be?
No matter the size of your organization, there is no escaping the effects that the advancements in grid or cloud computing are having on it.
Appetite for Disruption
Many modern technologies that we take for granted start life designed for specialized purposes in niche business areas. For example, performance-enhancing features on modern road cars often have their origins in Formula One racecars, while some low…
A Pocketful of Worries
Open Platform
A New Page
EDITOR'S LETTER
Notes from Your Secret Santa
Open Platform
Death by Spam
Opinion
Fully Operational?
Today, firms believe they are assessing their operational and other risks based on known conditions, but that belief is misplaced, says industry expert Margarita Brose
Think Small to Avoid Turkeys
Ah, Thanksgiving. An excuse to squeeze as much as possible into a confined space—whether it be friends and relatives into your apartment, a turkey feast into your belly, or a normal week’s work into three short days before the holiday begins. There’s no…
Hidden Forces Shaping the Market Fabric
When everything is always changing, it is nearly impossible to see the big picture, yet after all of the recent chaos and innovation, one trend continues: namely, the market fabric. On one level this is what Tim Berners-Lee called the Semantic Web, where…
Open Source for All?
Just as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Congress prepare to re-write the rules on how Wall Street should operate, the U.S. Supreme Court is on the verge of potentially changing how the information age operates. Currently…
What Are They Thinking?
It's hard to focus on the major technology advances that Microsoft is putting out in the high-performance computing (HPC) space (see story, page 1) or the race by vendors to be the next indispensable financial extranet (see stories, page 9), when…
Regulatory Drivers for Real-Time Analytics
Proposed rules for the financial industry will force market participants and regulators to adopt new ways of monitoring and consolidating data across different systems and markets. By Neil McGovern, product marketing director at Sybase
Better Latent Than Never?
Thankfully, my boss is an understanding man, who didn't mind me returning from my wedding a day later than originally planned. If I were a market data message in today's capital markets, that kind of delay would be unacceptable. Speed is almost…
But is it the Right Tool for the Job?
After receiving supposed direct messages on Twitter from a former British colleague with links to domains hosted in Montenegro and a few central Asian republics, I assumed his account had been hacked. It also started me wondering how useful social media…
Carbonn's Copy - In Sickness and in Health
This week you'll notice that the weekly Inside Market Data editorial column has a different title and author. That's because editor Max Bowie is in California getting married to none other than IMD 's chief subeditor Elina Patler. The event is certainly…
Let’s Be Honest Here
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