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Written by Gert Raeves
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01 November 2006 |
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Software Test & Performance Magazine |
Unbundling is the biggest story in consumer behaviour of the past 15 years. Times have changed nd today consumer choice and regulation have been responsible for driving the unbundling logic across all markets, where individual products and services priced as a single package deal is now vilified as not being transparency and fair towards the consumer. Unbundling is now a wonderfully disruptive force.
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Written by Gert Raeves
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04 April 2006 |
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Software Test & Performance Magazine |
A brief discourse on the impact of data managment on transaction positions held by an enterprise.
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Written by Tim Lind
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08 March 2006 |
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Reuters User Group Meeting, Boston |
Reuters DataScope Select is a new concept in data delivery offering the customer the ability to retrieve the full range of Reuters’ pricing and reference data according to their own selection criteria and budget. GoldenSource reference data management with Reuters DataScope Select will deliver an integrated data platform that reduces implementation time and complexity, while making the right data available on a flexible as needed basis.
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Written by Gert Raeves
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03 March 2006 |
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Software Test & Performance Magazine |
Although now comprehensively debunked as an urban legend, one of my favourite technology anecdotes is the one about the pen that would work in zero gravity conditions. NASA spent millions, so the story goes, to develop a pressurized ballpoint pen for use in space missions. Faced with the same challenge, the Russians used a pencil.
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Written by Paul Kennedy
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01 March 2006 |
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TSAM |
Operational efficiency and back-office initiatives such as those inspired by STP, T+n have typically failed to engage the asset management community. If asset managers are in the business of managing investments, why should they care about the arcane processes that kick in 'after the trade is done'?
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Written by Gert Raeves
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03 January 2006 |
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Software Test & Performance Magazine |
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I was a victim of credit card fraud a few weeks ago. So what do you expect? This is 2006, and there are zillions of technically advanced criminals out there can hack, phish, or decrypt their way to your hard-earned cash.
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Written by Tim Lind
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02 January 2006 |
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Investor Services Journal |
When it comes to investing in IT infrastructure there are generally two types of management cultures: Bailers and Sailors. Bailers come from a more risk adverse school of thought and favor allocating large percentages of their IT budget to plug the holes in aging systems rather than attempting the dangerous process of migrating to more modern technology.
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