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2011 Year in Review: User Spend Targets Cost, Strategic Projects
The top 10 trends of 2011, #1: With budgets still tight, financial firms found themselves trying to do more with less, with short-term spend targeted at creating long-term savings
2011 Year in Review: Top Vendors Battle Financial, Identity Crises
The top 10 trends of 2011, #2: While still struggling against the fallout from the financial crisis, vendors took the opportunity to reinvent their identities
2011 Year in Review: Regulators’ Data Initiatives March Slowly On
The top 10 trends of 2011, #3: US and European regulators have outlined industry-wide initiatives that will have major impacts on data, though none came to fruition in 2011
2011 Year in Review: Niche Datasets, Tools Gain Traction in Hunt for Alpha
The top 10 trends of 2011, #4: Outside commoditized asset classes, opportunities arose in 2011 for specialists able to provide access to niche content and tools
2011 Year in Review: Latency Watchers Focus on Transparency, Granularity
The top 10 trends of 2011, #5: Low latency evolves from a race of outright speed to a game of overall strategy and endurance
2011 Year in Review: Exchanges Seek Value in Mergers, Licenses, Technology
The top 10 trends of 2011, #6: Behind the major merger announcements, exchanges grappled with data licensing issues and new policies
2011 Year in Review: Market Tackles Soaring Data Volumes as Volatility Spikes
The top 10 trends of 2011, #7: Market volatility creates sharp spikes in data traffic, forcing the industry to re-evaluate bandwidth projections and focus on network monitoring and capacity planning
2011 Year in Review: Industry Warms to Cloud for Data Delivery
The top 10 trends of 2011, #8: Data providers and consumers begin to leverage the benefits of cloud computing for more than just storage of large datasets
2011 Year in Review: Tablet Takeup Prompts New Consumption, Distribution Paradigms
The top 10 trends of 2011, #9: The rush of interest in mobile devices and apps created a boom for those looking to distribute and consume content in new ways
2011 Year in Review: Traders Seek Greener Grass in Pastures New
The top 10 trends of 2011, #10: New asset classes, geographies and content sets continued to grow in popularity as economic uncertainty forced investors to look further afield for better returns on investment
2011 Year in Review: Herd in Review
A look back at some of the most significant people moves of 2011
