Cloud

Jake Thomases: Blissfully Ignorant

At a meeting of the Secret Science Club, Jake stumbled across one very smart man who celebrates when he doesn’t have the answers. Wall Street, on the other hand, is full of very smart people who get paid for nothing but answers. Academia never seemed so…

Cloud Computing: Defying Definition

Cloud-based services, depending on one’s definition of the cloud, have been knocking around the financial services industry for more than a decade. And, given the maturity and pervasiveness of certain cloud platforms, large numbers of users are utilizing…

James Rundle: Survival of the Fittest

Austerity is the key word in business and society at large. The ways in which the sell-side industry is streamlining its operations are being enabled by cutting-edge technology, though, and James believes the evolution on display is a key area of…

Cloud Computing's Critical Mass

Cloud computing is having a profound impact on society. Although relatively slow to adopt this technology—mainly due to security fears—more investment management firms are turning to the cloud to achieve scale, cut costs and improve client communication…