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Analytics, Data and the Time for High Performance Computing in financial markets: This paper describes the current drivers behind the need for greater data analytical power within financial markets, the business and technical challenges these drivers imply and how the Microsoft High Performance Computing (HPC) platform can move financial institutions closer to goal of real-time pricing, trading and risk management across asset...; Tags: Financial, Analytics, Financial Market, High-performance Computing, High-performance, Microsoft Corp., Financial Accounting, Finance; White papers 2007-11-01
Mobile Solutions Provide "Anywhere, Anytime" Access to World financial markets: Global financial service providers Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Partners are migrating to Windows Mobile and away from BlackBerry for new mobile applications because Windows Mobile enables them to build more powerful mobile solutions, deliver those solutions faster, and maximize their existing software development environment and skill set. For customers, the...; Tags: Microsoft Access, Financial, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Financial Market, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Marketing, Software; Case studies 2007-08-01
Are financial markets prepared for the next disaster?: Can the U.S. financial markets handle another big terrorist attack? How about a worldwide pandemic such as avian flu? The General Accountability Office (GAO) says the financial markets are better prepared than they were in 2004, but still have work to do. In a report released...; Tags: Telecommunications, Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General, Disaster Recovery, Datacenter; Blog posts 2007-05-02
Market Risk and Algorithmic Trading: In the evolving financial markets, ever-more complex quantitative analyses are performed. Some constantly assess the market risk of portfolio exposures, while others calculate the probability of reward for various strategies in the continually shifting markets. Increasingly, algorithmic trading programs automatically execute the trade orders that result. With the growing adoption...; Tags: Financial Market, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Modeling, Research & Development, Financial Accounting, Processors, Business Operations, Finance, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; White papers 2006-10-24
Cisco IPC for State Street: Deploying Cisco financial markets Solution: State Street implemented a Cisco IPC solution to create operational efficiencies and improve productivity.; Tags: Financial Market, Cisco Systems Inc.; Webcasts 2005-10-18

Financial Trading Firm Builds Specialized Stockbroker Solution: Relevance Software offers stock traders a software solution that combines financial market data, customer relationship management, and trading functionality. Relevance used the business application platform for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, code named "Titan," to speed development and gain the confidence of cautious customers. Microsoft Dynamics CRM offers a robust security model...; Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Financial, Financial Market, Business Application, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Finance, Software; Case studies
Winterflood Deploys Expand for Round-the-Clock Connectivity to Global financial markets: Winterflood Securities is a top provider of liquidity to stockbrokers servicing retail domestic and foreign markets. Winterflood needed to find a way to cost-effectively boost its bandwidth requirements, while ensuring seamless business continuity operations in the remote office that also serves as its software development facility. Upon the recommendation of...; Tags: Financial, Financial Market, Expand Networks Inc., Winterflood, Winterflood Securities, WANs, Software Development, It Services, Networking, Development Tools, Network Technology, Software/Web Development; Case studies

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HP bidding for EDS; Deal would ramp up services: Updated: Hewlett-Packard is in talks to acquire Electronic Data Systems in a move that would reshape the technology services and outsourcing market. In a statement Monday, HP and EDS confirmed the talks, first reported by the Wall Street Journal: HP said: HP today...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Outsourcing, Operational Accounting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
SOA Software acquires respository and governance vendor LogicLibrary: SOA Software, a provider of governance solutions for services-oriented architecture (SOA), has acquired LogicLibrary, a leading SOA repository and governance vendor. The acquisition of the Pittsburgh, Pa.-based LogicLibrary by Los Angeles-based SOA Software creates a more comprehensive SOA governance and automation solution, said the companies. The goal...; Tags: Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Vermedx diabetes system wins Texas trial: Vermedx said its diabetes management program will be the centerpiece of a market test in San Antonio that could quickly spread statewide. Vermedx consists of databases and treatment information on diabetes. Alerts can be sent automatically to patients based on test results. Note that...; Tags: Patient, Vermedx, San Antonio, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Vermedx White Paper, E-health, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-12
The physics of flocking in 3-D: You might think that bird watchers are only amateurs armed with binoculars. But biologists have also been studying flocks of birds for a long time. And now, they're helped by physicists, according to this New Scientist article about how European researchers are capturing flocks in 3-D. With a couple of...; Tags: 3D, Animal, Physicist, Handbook, Analysis, STARFLAG, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Where is the money going in health care, and why?: I stumbled today upon an ADVANCE 2008 investment outlook for health care, and decided you might like me to hit some of the high points. The piece is written by James Brennan (right), managing director of VirtualCDO, a medical merger outfit whose Web page describes him as the...; Tags: Patient, Hospital, Health Care, James Brennan, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, E-health, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Sprint's inferno: Churn baby churn: Sprint Nextel said Monday that it has lost more than 1 million customers in the last year. Sprint, which has been busy of late with a WiMax joint venture with Clearwire and alleged takeover overtures from Deutsche Telekom, provided a healthy dose of its financial reality with...; Tags: Financial, Sprint Communications, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Major career web sites hit by spammers attack: What is the future of spamming next to managed spamming appliances, like the ones already offered for use on demand? It's targeted spamming going beyond the segmentation of the already harvested emails on per country basis, and including other variables such as city of residence, employment history, education, spoken languages,...; Tags: Job, CAPTCHA, Web, Career, Spammer, Malware, Web Site, Spamming, Tool, Attack, E-mail, Spam, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Is Cisco vulnerable to open source?: A few years ago Cisco accidentally put some open source code in one of its Linksys routers. It released the code, then quickly brought out a new, closed source version. The point is that while Cisco is a good corporate citizen it is not a friend of...; Tags: Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Vyatta, Open Source, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Powerset shows semantic search solution: Beating the rush of press releases likely to flood inboxes during next week's Semantic Technology Conference, Powerset today announced the public availability of a service that adds a whole new dimension to searching for information from Wikipedia. Whilst much of the functionality unveiled today has been visible...; Tags: Natural Language Processing, Team, Xerox PARC, Wikipedia, Powerset, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-12
News to know: Facebook; OpenOffice; Firefox; RIM: Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Firefox 3 RC1 code complete, due in late May Joe McKendrick: Is anyone ready to process a trillion events per day? Tom Foremski: Informatica is on the block say senior sources Michael Krigsman: Hosted...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, OpenOffice, Research In Motion Ltd., Mozilla Firefox, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Microsoft Windows XP, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-12
RIM officially announces the BlackBerry Bold and a $150 million development fund: There have been rumors of a new BlackBerry design, often labeled the BlackBerry 9000 series, and today RIM posted the official announcement of the BlackBerry Bold smartphone that will be coming this Summer to a carrier near you. RIM also announced a US$150 million mobile applications and services development fund...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Display, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Will Microsoft kill Linux on ULPCs?: Obviously, Microsoft has a significant interest in making sure that users of the new breed of netbooks and MIDs hitting the market don't get too comfortable using Linux. Many manufacturers have taken to installing various flavors of Linux on these devices to minimize footprint, improve performance, and reduce costs...; Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Corp., ULPC, Negroponte, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-11
Hosted software development: an emerging market [includes podcast]: Note: Click the player above to hear my podcast interview on hosted development with Jeffrey Walker and Jeff Leyser from Atlassian Software. Hosted software as a service (SaaS) development solutions have become an important option for mainstream programmers. These products range from straightforward offsite storage, such as...; Tags: Software, Podcast, Environment, Emerging Market, Workflow, Tool, Development Environment, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Development Tools, Management, Software/Web Development, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-05-11