Emerging Technologies
Dow Jones Targets ‘Unified Voice' With EMG, Consumer Combo
Dow Jones' decision to combine its Enterprise Media and Consumer Media groups, announced last week, is intended to create a single operating structure for some of its key businesses that will enable the vendor to build better technology solutions and…
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Data Consumers Form Working Group to Prevent Intro of Bloomberg SPA Contracts for Fund Admin Clients
LONDON - Data professionals affected by Bloomberg's planned New Year introduction of service provider agreement (SPA) contracts for fund administration clients have joined forces to oppose the change, which now appears to be delayed, officials tell…
Users Rethink, Re-organize as Costs Remain Key
With budgets strained by weak economic conditions, firms across the industry embarked on a series of initiatives this year to wring out cost savings and reap efficiencies across their global data operations.
StreamBase Bolsters Sales with New Hires
Complex event processing software vendor StreamBase Systems has made a number of hires in its sales organization to support increased growth and recent client wins.
StreamBase Grows Sales Force
NEW YORK-Complex event processing (CEP) platform vendor StreamBase Systems has added a number of new people to its sales organization to support the vendor's growing client base, vendor officials tell sibling publication Inside Market Data .
STAC Readies Time-Series Group
The Securities Technology Analysis Center is setting up a working group to develop and implement benchmarks for time-series data technologies such as historical databases and tick capture and query engines.
Arcontech Adds Atradia's Anderson
David Anderson, founder of Atradia Consulting and editor of Inside Market Data Reference, has joined London-based market data platform and contributions technology vendor Arcontech as director of sales and marketing.
Morningstar to Expand LIM Coverage
Chicago-based investment research and data provider Morningstar plans to share content with energy and commodities data vendor Logical Information Machines and expand LIM's presence in-and coverage of-Europe and Asia, following last week's announcement…
CFA Institute Calls for EC Consolidated Tape
The European Commission should seek to address concerns about the cost and quality of European market data by introducing a US-style consolidated tape when it reviews the impact of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) next year,…
ITG Sets for Layoffs
NEW YORK-Employees of trading platform provider and crossing network operator Investment Technology Group (ITG) are bracing for downsizing as the firm prepares for a restructuring aimed at saving $25 million to $28 million in operating expenses beginning…