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Symphony Taps Former Skype, FaceTime, Microsoft Execs to Head Product, Sales
Officials say the new hires will increase Symphony's capacity to workwiht customers and create innovative technology.
Bank of America, Microsoft Partner for Trade Finance Blockchain Transformation
Testing and development of the initial application is ongoing.
Teradata Expands Distribution Of Services
Adds cloud computing channels, both private and public
Standard Chartered Hires Symantec's McGuire as Group CISO
Cheri McGuire appointed as new chief information security officer, information protection and cyber security are “top priorities."
Microsoft Partners with Blockchain Fintech R3
Microsoft Azure will be a preferred cloud platform for R3 consortium.
Apple vs. the FBI: A Fight That Could Turn Ugly
Industry participants give their thoughts on what the ‘FBI v. Apple' case could mean for capital markets firms.
Apple vs. the FBI: A Fight That Could Turn Ugly
Industry participants give their thoughts on what the ‘FBI v. Apple' case could mean for capital markets firms.
R3 Helps 11 Banks Experiment with Blockchain Technology
Firms were able to try out distributed ledger technology in a cloud-based environment.
Ahead of August Launch, Symphony's David Gurle Previews Messaging System
Symphony will roll out the first part of its flagship product on Aug. 3, with two more offerings to come on Sept. 15.
Deutsche Bank to Launch Tech Innovation Labs
German bank announces the opening of three innovation labs around the world.
Interactive Data Builds Excel Add-In for Real-Time Bond Evaluations
Tool will support desktop users' ability to perform risk monitoring and valuations based on IDC data.
Cloud Collaboration ─ Microsoft and Excelian Discuss their Cloud Alliance
Microsoft and Excelian discuss the benefits of their cloud-based, high-performance computing alliance.
Azure Disruptions Show Firms Need a Plan for When Outages Occur
Abacus CTO Viktor Tadijanovic discusses having proper contingencies in place for a service interruption
Microsoft Azure Suffers Interruption
For the second time in less than four months Microsoft's cloud-computing platform falters.
Eze Castle Integration Adds New Tools To Cloud Offering
Eze Castle Integration announced enhancements to its Eze Managed Suite that include Microsoft and Varonis applications.
Redline Opens Windows to InRush Ticker
Woburn, Mass.-based feed handler and ticker plant vendor Redline Trading Solutions has added support for the Microsoft Windows Server platform to its InRush ticker plant, which previously only ran on the Linux operating system, to open up the vendor's…
SAP Connects Apps to Interactive Data
Interactive Data's users can now plug their applications straight into the data provider's database
Waters: Excel Here to Stay...For Now
Advancements in cloud-based technologies, data warehousing, storing, reporting, and data analysis are all helping asset management firms lessen their dependencies on Microsoft Excel but spreadsheets will continue to be widely used at asset management…
Interactive Data Links With Microsoft
The data services provider will deliver its data through Office 365 and Excel. Interactive Data also plans to further distribute its data through Microsoft's software-as-a-service partners
Excelian Introduces Grid-as-a-Service Offering
Consultancy Excelian has announced that it is now offering grid computing on an as-a-service basis (GaaS), operated through Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.
Take Away Spreadsheets? From My Cold, Dead Hands
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets will continue to be widely used at asset management firms for the foreseeable future. But new regulations, technological advancements, and risk management concerns are leading buy-side firms to examine ways to lessen their…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Cloud Provider to the Buy Side—Microsoft
When you think of the term “cloud technology,” Microsoft is top-of-mind even for decidedly non-technologists. The buy side has only relatively recently come around to the idea of using cloud-based technologies to cut costs and save resources, even though…
KUDOS* to the Humble Spreadsheet (*KUDOS = Known and Unknown Dependency of Spreadsheets)
Firms don’t often think of spreadsheets as big contributors to their data budget. But they’d be mistaken. And not only can these be drains on data resources; they can also present tricky problems when updating them to ensure they are properly consuming…