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Thierry Charvet

a non-active Finextra member | 21/04/2011 | 2280 views

With the development of regulations and liquidity fragmentation, we saw an increasing need to communicate. Due to business demand, data and voice lines proliferated. The selection of network providers was very often done based on 2 laudable criteria: first, the ability the network provider had to provision rapidly the link and secondly, the price... Tags: Dealing rooms

a non-active Finextra member | 07/03/2011 | 4977 views | 2 comments

Compliance: Groundhog Day

Impossible to open a financial magazine or a blog without coming across an article related to “compliance”. It seems that the regulators have been particularly prolific these past few months. Up to a point that with Basel II for example, bank executives are responsible for the implementation of a secure BCP plan. However, can we explai... Tags: Dealing rooms, Risk & regulation

a non-active Finextra member | 14/02/2011 | 3010 views | 1 comment

Panic or profits?

Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is at the forefront of company’s minds and is more pertinent when there is a threat to businesses or general public. One year ago, the H1N1 ‘swine flu’ pandemic forced businesses to re-evaluate their plans for managing the impact of a widespread outbreak of the virus on their organisation. But wh... Tags: Security, Dealing rooms

a non-active Finextra member | 17/01/2011 | 3705 views

Have a SIP - A taste of the future

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). The three words themselves aren’t particularly spectacular. But this technology is the foundation for true unified communications, and is helping to transform the way that traders communicate and collaborate, wherever they are. The life of a typical trader is busier and more demanding than ever before. The ... Tags: Dealing rooms

a non-active Finextra member | 04/01/2011 | 4105 views

Unified communications: the new Grail ?

From chat rooms to trading rooms – the call for unified communications in financial institutions is too loud to ignore. Unified communications sounds complicated. But in principle it’s actually very simple and hinges on two factors. First, you must be able to switch seamlessly from one communication channel to another. Imagine you&rsqu... Tags: Dealing rooms