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Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 28/07/2011 | 3763 views

There is a real interest growing from buy-side firms to move away from licensing software as on-going regulatory changes hit budgets hard. Many wealth managers have said to me for years that the black hole that is the IT budget is proving a drain on business development and improved investor services. It is ironic that many software firms often us...

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 26/07/2011 | 3367 views

The Cloud is hovering this Summer

Outsourcing in financial services has a real chequered history. Successful outsourcing has been matched by unsuccessful outsourcing, resulting in doubt on its benefits by the majority of financial services firms. More people than I can remember have said to me over the years that outsourcing just doesn’t work, there are far too many risks and...

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 20/07/2011 | 3712 views | 1 comment

Outsource or insource?

I have spoken to many vendors over the years about their business and how prospects are looking and I usually get the same response.They are always competing with inhouse developers. This despite a growing list of failed in-house developments and a increasing list of new developments needed to be compliant. Equally I speak often to financial servi...

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