Profile of Greg MacSweeney
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Greg MacSweeney is editorial director of InformationWeek Financial Services, whose brands include Wall Street & Technology, Bank Systems & Technology, Advanced Trading, and Insurance & Technology.
Articles by Greg MacSweeney
posted in November 2012
11/30/2012
Now that company holiday parties are coming back in style, here's one of the more creative drink menus. Each year Cognito, the PR and marketing agency that specializes in financial services and technology, holds a holiday party with a specialized set of financial services drinks. This year's menu reminds us of some of the year's most notable events, including Knight Capital's trading glitch, Rajat Gupta's insider trading trial and the Libor rate-fixing scandal. Bottoms Up!
11/29/2012
Banks knew this past September's DDoS attack was coming, but were powerless to stop it. What can be done to prevent the next attack from succeeding?
11/27/2012
Business users and executives in financial services will eventually demand data visualization to make their workflow more productive.
11/15/2012
Despite disaster recovery and business continuity plans that were implemented after Sept. 11 and then enhanced following the Northeast blackout in 2003, Hurricane Sandy has upped the DR/BC bar once again.
11/13/2012
The Bloomberg App Portal allows third-party developers to distribute apps for use along with the Bloomberg Professional Service.
11/8/2012
Local establishments with free wifi can serve as temporary offices for many during times of crisis.
11/6/2012
The economic environment following the financial crisis has forced financial firms to scrutinize all aspects of the business to determine which business processes can be managed and run by partners.
11/2/2012
Data management has always been a struggle for capital markets organizations, but increased regulation, demands for more data analytics, tight budgets and more unstructured data are compounding the challenge.
11/1/2012
When it comes to good customer service, sometimes the little things count more than complex technology or innovative tools.
11/1/2012
Data centers are enormous capital investments that require large operating budgets. In 2013, capital markets firms will continue to scrutinize their existing data centers, reduce operating costs and even selectively move some applications to third-party providers and out of the corporate data center.
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