Technology Management Conference & Exhibit 2007
Technology Management Conference & Exhibit, June 19 to 21, 2007Now in its 27th year, SIFMA's Technology Management Conference & Exhibit is the industry's premier event with more than 300 vendors and 7,000 attendees. The conference will address the rapidly changing world of technology and how the financial industry is using technology to drive productivity, comply with regulatory requirements and adapt to converging markets, products and investors. This year's program puts forth an informative and educational program designed expressly for individuals within securities firms who have management responsibility for technology-based support activities, including: communications, market data, information security, trading-room support, Web and Internet technology, and information systems.
Read more event details or registertechnology strategy, brokerage, financial servicesLabels: brokerage, financial services, technology strategy
SOA Advances Despite Confusion
SOA Advances Despite Confusion A recent report from Saugatuck Technology asserts that SOA continues to be technology-led, rather than business-led, and this may prove to be a barrier to its broad deployment. It may take as much as a decade for SOA deployments to dominate the IT landscape, but steady progress is being made. According to Oracle, while SOA is well understood at a high level, there is considerable confusion about actual implementation. Oracle's approach: Focus on building the link between business modeling and application development and enabling bi-direction communication between the two. Respected consultant Judith Hurwitz says that Microsoft "has some good pieces" in the SOA space, and "a lot on the server side," but the company is lacking when it comes to metadata and an overall strategy.
Learn more about SOALabels: architecture, derivatives, risk management, SOA, technology, technology strategy, trading
Team Scores with Data Handoff
Team Scores with Data HandoffThe NFL's Baltimore Ravens are scoring points on the bottom line, and improving security, by outsourcing all of their data storage and management services.
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Meeting All the World's Tech Needs
Meeting All the World's Tech NeedsQualcomm, Intel, Philips-all are among Western companies tailoring tech for a range of emerging-market uses, from computing to streetlights
Full storyLabels: economy, global business, price, technology strategy
Virtualization Coming to Every Corner of the Enterprise
Virtualization Coming to Every Corner of the EnterpriseWhat is needed to make virtualization work? Greater hardware interoperability and a focus on designs that can handle complicated virtual environments, say OEMs. The basics of server consoidation via virtualization are nicely covered in this article. Sun's recent decision to use Intel chips could lead to an increase in Solaris-based enhancements to hardware-assisted virtualization tools. The newest Parallels and VMware virtualization systems are allowing some users to run Mac OS on PCs, a development that doesn't make Apple too happy. Apple itself opened the door to such a move, however, when it switched to x86 a few years ago.
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FIX, FpML Training Course
FpML® Training CourseWednesday, March 28, 2007
Program Topics Include:
- What is FpML?
- Translating a Trade into FpML
- Fundamental Concepts of FpML
- Top-Level and Shared Components
- FpML Validation Rules and Methods
- Product Coverage:
- Interest Rate Products
- Credit Derivatives- FpML Messaging
- Customizing FpML
- FpML Change Guidelines
Agenda and
RegistrationLabels: data message formats, derivatives, financial services, FIX, FPML, integration, technology, technology strategy, trading
Community Banking & Credit Union Technology Perspectives
Community Banking & Credit Union Technology Perspectives Business strategies for revenue growth and value creation are similar between credit unions and community banks; however, community banks have far tighter cost constraints. Understand rapidly changing trends in end-user opinion to determine your market strategy.
Full articleLabels: credit unions, derivatives, risk management, technology, technology strategy, trading
Community Banking & Credit Union Technology Perspectives Business strategies for revenue growth and value creation are similar between credit unions and community banks; however, community banks have far tighter cost constraints. Understand rapidly changing trends in end-user opinion to determine your market strategy.
Full articleLabels: credit unions, technology strategy
