The Critical Importance of Archiving in the Financial Services Industry
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BPM for Dummies
[ Source: IBM ]
August 2012-
Unleash the power of technology as a competitive advantage! Learn how your entire enterprise can become far more agile, helping you meet your goals with Business Process Management (BPM).
Download Business Process Management For Dummies, IBM Limited Edition, now and learn how BPM creates value through growth, improved performance, better productivity, higher staff effectiveness, and better customer service.
You discover why changing to BPM now makes sense for your organization, how ...
How To Build a Mission-Critical Data Center
[ Source: HP ]
May 2012-
Infrastructures must be able to quickly and cost-effectively adapt to evolving needs. Unfortunately, many companies cannot achieve this response with their current data center network architectures. The traditional three-tier model of access, aggregation, and core switching is an operational nightmare.
This white paper unveils a solution that streamlines the design of next-generation data centers to ensure the superior resiliency, performance, and agility that enterprise networks now require.
Sponsored by:<...
Avoiding the 8 Common Mistakes of Windows 7 Migration
[ Source: Dell/Microsoft ]
September 2011-
The recession put important things on hold for many organizations, like upgrading to new client systems. Now organizations such as yours are ready to upgrade and gain from better performance and efficiency by purchasing new laptops and notebooks with Windows 7 factory-installed.
Before you move dozens - or hundreds - of important business applications into a new environment, find out how other organizations tackled this challenge.
Download "Avoiding the 8 common mistakes of ...
Accountable Care and the Cloud: The Future of Medical IT
[ Source: Siemens ]
July 2011-
In this podcast, Dan Emig and David M. Hamilton of Siemens Medical explain how the cloud can help healthcare providers significantly improve business performance by shifting allocation of their limited budget and human resources away from lower-value back-office operations in favor of higher-value clinical and patient-facing services.
The cloud does this by 1) allowing healthcare IT organizations to leverage the economies of scale offered by shared, on-demand infrastructure and 2) providing turnkey access to state-of-the-art ...
Advanced Malware Exposed
[ Source: FireEye ]
May 2011-
This handbook shines a light on the dark corners of advanced malware, both to educate as well as to spark renewed efforts against these stealthy and persistent threats. By understanding the tools being used by criminals, we can better defend our nations, our critical infrastructures and our citizens. The "Operation Aurora" incident represents an example of how the threats have escalated, revealing how advanced malware is being used in a systematic, coordinated fashion to achieve ...
Creating a Timeline for Deploying Windows 7 and Eliminating Windows XP
[ Source: Dell/Microsoft ]
February 2012-
Windows XP support ends April 8, 2014. Therefore, organizations must decide when to begin their migration to Windows 7, set a target date to have Windows XP out and define the scope of the project.
This research paper reviews Gartner's key findings and recommendations for deploying Windows 7.
CISO Guide to Next Generation Threats
[ Source: FireEye ]
May 2011-
Over 95% of businesses unknowingly host compromised endpoints, despite their use of firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), antivirus and web gateways. This situation-the new status quo-results from criminals leveraging multiple zero-day vulnerabilities, commercial-quality toolkits and social media to perpetrate next-generation threats. These threats move "low and slow" and use several stages and channels to duck traditional defenses and find vulnerable systems and sensitive data.
Read this paper and learn how to regain the upper ...
8 Things That Could Affect Your Business IT Security In The Next Two Hours
[ Source: NETGEAR ]
August 2011-
Discover the secrets over-priced security consultants don't want you to know. Network security is not just about preventing a breach, it's about making every working day as productive as possible by preventing external threats.
Where should you start? Download this security brief and NETGEAR will show you the 8 things to do to improve your security posture right now.
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise LAN
[ Source: HP ]
May 2011-
Major LAN purchases and upgrades should not take place without a full competitive review. This Gartner Magic Quadrant reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the major players; including, Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Cisco, Extreme Networks, HP and Juniper Networks.
Global Equity Assets Report
[ Source: Ipreo ]
October 2009-
Following a tumultuous six months that culminated with markets across the globe hitting their lows in March 2009, equities rebounded forcefully in the second quarter of 2009. The rebound in the second quarter brought everyone along for the ride, as every major market around the world set a 52-week high and all sectors participated in the upswing. This document represents Ipreo’s Global Equity Assets Report (GEAR) for the second quarter of 2009. The report provides a macro-level ...
Business Platform Transformation Strategy
[ Source: Adaptivity Inc. ]
October 2008-
Today’s CIO organizations face a complex array of challenges in managing the Business Platform (the group of applications and services that implement the Business Value Chain). The business perceives technology innovation as a business differentiator, demands application portfolio stability, requires change requests to be handled promptly, experiences growth rates that are often unpredictable and exponential, and exerts continuous pressure to reduce product time to market. Complicating this, these challenges are being made to IT ...
Eliminate Complexities in the Family Office Workflow
[ Source: Advent Software ]
November 2007-
During this one hour session, you will learn how to create key dashboards in Advent Portfolio Exchange®, which highlight data at the business, account, and group level.
Advent Moxy? - Trade Order Management System
[ Source: Advent Software ]
July 2007-
Debra Wentworth, Boston Private Value Investors, Inc., discusses the benefits of Advent Moxy®, from increased time savings to enhanced trading workflow and improved trading accuracy.
Optimizing the OTC Pricing and Valuation Infrastructure
[ Source: FINCAD ]
May 2010-
The bespoke nature of OTC derivatives and structured deals makes pricing and risk evaluation an extraordinary challenge. Traditionally, due to prohibitive costs and the limited number of options available, most banks, asset managers, and hedge funds overcame this obstacle by depending on broker-dealers to furnish prices for instruments with more complex payout structures. In recent years, however, the industry has seen banks and investment firms build up their own pricing and valuation capabilities to counter ...
Impact of Dodd-Frank on OTC Derivatives: Supporting Central Trading and Clearing
[ Source: SimCorp ]
June 2011-
The Dodd-Frank Act signifies the biggest US regulatory change in several decades. According to industry experts, Dodd-Frank will have a substantial influence over an estimated 8,500 investment managers, all the 10-12 US exchanges and alternative execution networks.
With the Dodd-Frank deadline nearing, it is important that you evaluate whether the systems, processes and people you have in place can support the many requirements of the rule, including greater transparency and disclosure mandated by the ...
Best Practices in Corporate Actions Processing: A Guide for Investment Managers Ten Common Pain Points and Effective Steps to Mitigate Them
[ Source: Advent Software ]
June 2008-
Improving the efficiency of corporate actions handling can help cut
costs, provide competitive advantage through better client service,
maintain regulatory compliance, and reduce operational and reputational
risks. By the same token, corporate action errors—a mislaid notification,
a mistyped data input, a misapplied event—can result in painful
financial losses. While precise figures are hard to come by, industry
observers estimate that 10 percent of annual corporate actions processing
costs are attributable to “write-off” funds reserved ...
Advent Geneva® - Global Portfolio Accounting System
[ Source: Advent Software ]
October 2007-
A former Chief Technology Officer of a $5 billion hedge fund, George Michaels, is now a principal in G2 Systems, LLC, a consultancy specializing in the integration of complex software packages. Mr. Michaels talks about his deep experience with Advent Geneva?'s thorough instrument coverage, data accuracy, and scalability.
Accounting Solution: Backbone of Investment Management
[ Source: SimCorp ]
August 2012-
Buy side Solvency at Risk
What does your firm own? What are your portfolios worth? How big is your exposure? Answers to these questions are key to managing your firm's solvency. However when 56% of the North American buy-side lack confidence in their current accounting systems; 30% admit it would take days or weeks to calculate exposure across all holdings; and 40% concede investments decisions are made using poor quality data; it's time to ask if ...
Gartner Predicts 2012: Cloud Computing and Event Processing Will Be the Key Advances in Application Architecture
[ Source: Sybase ]
June 2012-
This research brings IT executives up-to-date on how cloud computing and event stream processing technologies will evolve during the next one to three years.
Execution Analytics- Real-Time Challenges and Directions in Institutional Trading
[ Source: Sybase ]
January 2012-
This white paper looks at managing securities trading data based on a robust process and technology infrastructure. It studies real-time analytics and Complex Event Processing (CEP) and the roles they play in the management of diverse data sets.
Impact of Dodd-Frank on OTC Derivatives: Supporting Central Trading and Clearing
[ Source: SimCorp ]
June 2011-
The Dodd-Frank Act signifies the biggest US regulatory change in several decades. According to industry experts, Dodd-Frank will have a substantial influence over an estimated 8,500 investment managers, all the 10-12 US exchanges and alternative execution networks.
With the Dodd-Frank deadline nearing, it is important that you evaluate whether the systems, processes and people you have in place can support the many requirements of the rule, including greater transparency and disclosure mandated by the ...
Securities and capital markets: How to meet your investment needs
[ Source: IBM ]
May 2011-
IBM's Decision Management systems are widely used by leading investment banks, asset management and mutual fund firms to meet their compliance requirements while adding intelligent decisioning capabilities to applications and processes throughout the trading cycle, and business channels and systems.
Your Business Moves Faster When You're at the Controls
[ Source: Progress Software ]
October 2010-
What are the top strategies to expand visibility of all business operations? How can you reduce your time-to-value? If you're looking for a better, timelier way to respond to the changing conditions and events that impact your business, register for Your Business Moves Faster When You're at the Controls.
Moderated by IDC Program Director, Maureen Fleming, and Progress CTO, Dr. John Bates, the webinar explores factors driving the emergence of business navigation systems ...
Financial Services: How To Respond in Real Time to Business Events
[ Source: Progress Software ]
October 2010-
Financial services firms can achieve a higher level of operational responsiveness with the seamlessly integrated and customizable responsive process management (RPM) solution from Progress Software. Monitor, control and improve your business in real time with this suite of tools designed to help financial services firms deliver a higher level of business performance while sensing and responding in real time to changing conditions and business events.
Easily integrated into your exiting IT environment, the ...
Cost Basis Basics: Preparing for the New Reporting Requirement
[ Source: Advent Software ]
August 2010-
Cost basis reporting will have firm-wide impact,
from operations to client relations. It will require
clear coordination and alignment among RIAs,
brokers and custodians, not to mention with
investors and their tax advisors. And, as with
any new regulation, it will carry costs in both
systems and staffing. Understanding the impact
and preparing for it will help make those challenges
and costs manageable.
Optimizing the OTC Pricing and Valuation Infrastructure
[ Source: FINCAD ]
May 2010-
The bespoke nature of OTC derivatives and structured deals makes pricing and risk evaluation an extraordinary challenge. Traditionally, due to prohibitive costs and the limited number of options available, most banks, asset managers, and hedge funds overcame this obstacle by depending on broker-dealers to furnish prices for instruments with more complex payout structures. In recent years, however, the industry has seen banks and investment firms build up their own pricing and valuation capabilities to counter ...
Global Equity Assets Report
[ Source: Ipreo ]
October 2009-
Following a tumultuous six months that culminated with markets across the globe hitting their lows in March 2009, equities rebounded forcefully in the second quarter of 2009. The rebound in the second quarter brought everyone along for the ride, as every major market around the world set a 52-week high and all sectors participated in the upswing. This document represents Ipreo’s Global Equity Assets Report (GEAR) for the second quarter of 2009. The report provides a macro-level ...
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