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How to Make Big Data Consumable May 04, 2012 | The key to better consumption of big data starts with improving how it is organized.

Wall Street Firms Are Not Prepared for Big Data
May 04, 2012 | New data sources, including social media and mobile devices, can provide valuable information and insights into customer tendencies and trends. But firms do not have the infrastructure or skills to handle the deluge of unstructured data.

Turning Big Data into a Dashboard for Investment Managers
April 19, 2012 | The rise of data aggregators pulling information from various cloud-based sources, fueling front-end analytics, will make Big Data more usable for investment managers, contends StatPro North America's Andrew Peddar.

Why Your IT Spending Is About to Hit the Wall
April 13, 2012 | The increasing demand for computing power is beginning to exceed the computing efficiencies created by Moore's Law, and financial services firms are about to feel the pain of rising IT costs more than ever before.

Mobile: Data Security's New Frontier
April 06, 2012 | As clients increasingly expect to be able to trade, transfer funds and do almost anything else they can do on a PC from their mobile devices, Wall Street technology executives must figure out how to protect data outside the enterprise.

The Key to Protecting Financial Data
April 04, 2012 | Protecting financial data requires finding the right balance between security and access, says Tabb Group's Alex Tabb.

Data-Centric Security Offers Best Defense Against Cyber Threats
April 03, 2012 | Data-centric security offers the best defense against advanced persistent threats, argues Voltage Security's Mark Bower.

Big Data: A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action
March 28, 2012 | While Big Data is a hot topic on Wall Street, most financial firms don't have the right systems in place to manage it and make it actionable, argues Microgen's SVP North America Tom Crawford.


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