Cloud computing
Tokyo Diary 2
In Tokyo for this week's Financial Information Summit, Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua looks at how the country's March disaster is reshaping business continuity planning. This is a second entry of a diary about Tokyo data and market…
Cloud Control
Reference data operations are poised to benefit from distributed computing capabilities, but haven’t yet made the same advances as other parts of the financial industry, asserts Xignite’s Stephane Dubois. Cloud computing is ideally suited for handling…
Meeting Demand for Distributed Computing in Finance
Over the last two decades, financial derivatives markets experienced tremendous growth in market share, volume, sophistication and customization, all contributing to increased complexity of pricing and risk analysis of these securities. Ubiquitous…
The Pragmatist: Simon Hazlitt's No-Tech Approach to Fund Management
Anthony Malakian recently caught up with Majedie Asset Management's Simon Hazlitt and discovers a buy-side firm that, to all intents and purposes, resides in the cloud.
Where Do Clouds End?
With any new technology adoption cycle, there is a boom in providers that precedes eventual consolidation, and cloud computing is no different from the railroad boom of the 19th century.
