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Swift to unveil Digital Asset Grid prototype

Swift's Innotribe incubator has developed a working prototype of the Digital Asset Grid, a new infrastructure for banks to provide a platform for secure peer-to-peer data sharing.

29 October 2012

News/Grid computing

SunGard targets financial firms with private cloud

SunGard Availability Services has launched a fully managed 'private cloud' service in the UK which will also be used by the vendor's financial systems unit to provide a platform for its Software-as-a-Service offerings.

13 October 2009

News/Grid computing

Tibco buys DataSynapse

California-based Tibco Software has acquired privately-held grid and cloud computing vendor DataSynapse in a cash deal worth around $28 million.

24 August 2009

News/Grid computing

Finextra launches Innovation Showcase

Finextra has launched the Innovation Showcase, a new feature on Finextra.com highlighting the most innovative financial technology developments over the past 12 months. Across a broad range of categories it showcases technologies that demonstrate uniqueness and impact, clever ways of solving a problem and projects at the leading edge of new industry trends.

11 February 2009

News/Grid computing

Turquoise chief Lederman to keynote at Finexpo

Eli Lederman, the newly-installed chief executive of bank-backed equities trading venue Turquoise, is among a roster of top-level keynote speakers participating in this year's Finexpo, the capital markets industry's leading technology conference and exhibition, taking place at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London on 30 January.

11 January 2008

News/Grid computing

Société Générale Grid-enables credit risk management with Platform

Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) is using Grid technology from Platform Computing to speed up processing of credit risk calculations.

26 September 2007

News/Grid computing

STAC sets up benchmark council for trading technology

The Securities Technology Analysis Center (STAC) has recruited seven top Wall Street firms to kick-start a programme for measuring the performance of trading technology solutions.

20 September 2007

News/Grid computing

Need for speed ramps up invesment bank tech spend

Total US capital market spending on advanced trading technology is expected to reach $860 million this year, rising to $1.3 billion by 2010, according to projections from analyst firm Tabb Group.

02 April 2007

News/Grid computing

GMP Securities selects ClearCube PC blades system for trading floor

Canada's GMP Securities has contracted with ClearCube Technology for the implementation of a centralised computing system that will see PC Blade client desktops replacing conventional user PCs at its new trading floor.

15 January 2007

News/Grid computing

Finexpo to set the agenda for 2007

Algorithmic trading, preparations for MiFID and high performance computing issues figure prominently on the conference agenda at this year’s Finexpo, the free-to-attend City business and technology show organised by Finextra.

12 January 2007

News/Grid computing

Nordea virtualises derivatives risk pricing with DataSynapse

Scandinavian bank Nordea has implemented DataSynapse's GridServer software in an effort to speed up turn-around times for risk pricing at its derivatives trading operations.

04 December 2006

News/Grid computing

Finexpo switches venue to cope with rising numbers

Finexpo, the leading London conference and technology exhibition for City investment professionals, is set to celebrate its fifth anniversary with a move to a new venue in an effort to cater for rising delegate numbers.

24 November 2006

News/Grid computing

Sibos 2006 from an Aussie bank IT manager's perspective

Jacqueline Guichelaar is general manager of the technology operations group at National Australia Bank (NAB). Here she shares her views on attending her first Sibos event, industry collaboration between bank IT professionals and opportunities for technology vendors to better align with banks' priorities.

09 October 2006

News/Grid computing

BNP Paribas rents super-computing capacity off IBM

BNP Paribas has gone live with an on-demand computing service from IBM to run power-hungry pricing and modelling applications across its fixed income derivatives operation.

27 September 2006

News/Grid computing

ABN Amro deploys DataSynapse GridServer

Dutch banking group ABN Amro has rolled out Grid technology from New York-based DataSynapse to improve productivity and performance levels at its derivatives trading division.

12 September 2006

News/Grid computing

SunGard adds DataSynapse grid technology to Adaptiv Analytics ASP

SunGard is to bundle DataSynpase's flagship GridServer software with its hosted Adaptiv Analytics platform for market and credit risk, in an effort to meet growing demands for intra-day and real-time risk calculations.

07 September 2006