Business Continuity & Outsourcing
Outsourcing Data Quality
The Rise of Data Outsourcing
Outsourcing of Data Quality Efforts on the Rise
Firms are increasingly exploring the use of outsourcing strategies as part of data quality programs
Getting your data (ware)house in order
Up-to-date, accurate and verified benchmark data is becoming more and more important to asset managers. With tightened budgets and cost efficiencies to consider, outsourcing data provision and management can work to asset managers’ advantage. By Stephen…
Hong Kong: "Greater Attention" Paid to Back-Office Outsourcing
The focus on outsourcing of back office operations in Hong Kong is increasing, according to a survey by BNP Paribas and Swift.
Video: Wipro's Ippoliti on Data Quality Tools
Jennifer Ippoliti, practice director, data management, Wipro Technologies, speaks to Tine Thoresen about the increased interest in using data quality tools
SunGard Merges Business, IT Consulting Units
NEW YORK-Trading software provider SunGard will combine its business and IT consulting groups into a new entity, SunGard Global Services (SGGS), in an effort that has been in the works since early in 2009, vendor officials announced today, April 5.
Best sourcing: buying in what you can't do without
In the wake of the downturn, financial institutions are relying on their trading and compliance technology to support their businesses in more ways than ever before. They need it to be robust enough to deal with the rigours of an increasingly complex…
AlphaOne looks to SEI for middle- and back-office support
AlphaOne Capital Partners, a London-based equity-focused money manager founded by former Gartmore chief executive Paul Hondros, has selected SEI to provide it with a middle- and back-office outsourcing service for its portfolio of investment products.
Force10 Rolls Out Open Automation
LONDON-Global technology and datacenter infrastructure provider Force10 Networks has announced the launch of Open Automation, which aims to turn datacenter infrastructure into a streamlined, efficient and policy-driven cloud computing fabric, vendor…
Getting the balance right
Outsourcing is an established model for managing technology. For many buy-side firms, particularly smaller ones with increasingly complex technology demands, being able to access the services and skills-base of a large supplier can be an effective way to…
Transaction monitoring: driving efficiency in real-time trading
The dire effects of the recession on certain financial services firms has forced CIOs and other IT managers to examine new technologies that could improve online transactional efficiencies across all aspects of the business. As early adopters of…
Progressive embraces business continuity challenge
Business continuity rose to prominence in the wake of the September 11 attacks, as firms of all sizes sought to develop contingency plans as a way of mitigating the business and operational risks resulting from systems failures. By Victor Anderson*
Knight Grows Disaster Recovery Facility
JERSEY CITY, N.J.-Officials at Knight Capital Group are in the process of evaluating their options for server and space configuration in the broker-dealer's newly expanded disaster recovery datacenter, officials tell DWT .
Perfect Partners
The hosted services model is not a new phenomenon to the financial services industry. But during these testing times it has become more relevant to buy side firms offering managers the benefits of fixed IT costs, reduced time to market for new…
Ballista Preps for Infrastructure Refresh
NEW YORK-Flush with a recently reported $15 million injection of working capital from a new consortium consisting of the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Knight Capital Group, Morgan Stanley and Susquehanna Growth Equity, options broker Ballista…