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Talend joins Nasdaq stock market

The company’s solutions help companies become data driven August 2, 2016: Talend, a Silicon Valley-based leader in big data and cloud integration solutions, joined Nasdaq stock market. Talend’s open-source, next generation solutions help companies become data driven by making data more accessible, improving its quality and quickly moving data where it’s needed for real-time decision...
Economy

IMF cuts its global growth

Predicts increase in uncertainty after Brexit IFM Correspondent July 20, 2016: Keeping a close eye on Brexit and its anticipated impact, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its global growth forecasts for the next two years. The move included a nearly full percentage point reduction in the UK’s 2017 growth forecast. Cutting its World...
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Real cost of data management

Assessing the hidden costs of data management in an asset management firm October 15, 2015: The desire to pursue new, sophisticated investment strategies generates conflicting objectives. All firms wish to increase their business agility and shorten time to market. This must be weighed against the need to manage a growing body of complex data that...
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Cyber Crime and Security – An ongoing battle

Cybercrime can no longer be dismissed as the remit of the ‘young geek in the garage’ Liz Field February 2, 2015: The opportunities and threats represented by technology are something ever present in our daily lives and no less a cause for thoughtful consideration and handling in the wealth management industry, where it can be...
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Scottish independence: The question of your data

International Finance Desk
If Scotland becomes independent, what does that mean for UK data sovereignty? Lubor Ptacek September 18,2014:Scotland goes to the polls on Thursday to vote on independence from the Union. If a yes vote is passed, it throws into question the impact on data sovereignty. It’s a curious notion, one that both Whitehall and Holyrood have...
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Home Depot’s payment system breached

Could potentially impact customers using payment cards at its US and Canadian stores September 9, 2014: The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer, on Monday confirmed that its payment data systems have been breached, which could potentially impact customers using payment cards at its US and Canadian stores. There is no evidence that...
Economy

FIFA World Cup fails to lift Brazil, shows apex bank data

Monthly budget deficit in May almost touches all-time high while HSBC survey signals further deterioration in factory sector, reports Team IFM Sao Paolo, July 9: Brazil’s dalliance with  fiscal instability continued in May, data released by the country’s central bank on July 1 shows, sinking hopes that the ongoing FIFA World Cup would lift it...
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Compliance Driving Information Governance

Posted by Nick Patience 12th December 2013 If the explosion of big data were not enough to drive organizations to consider implementing an information governance strategy, the increasing number of regulations that businesses must comply with will certainly bring information governance to the forefront of every executive’s mind. Regulations such as Solvency II, Dodd-Frank, HIPAA,...
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Discovering Dark Data

by Nick Patience. 21st November 2013 Dark data, otherwise known as unstructured, unmanaged, and categorized information is a major problem for many organisations (and many don’t even know it). Many organisations don’t have the will, systems or processes in place to automatically index and categorize their rapidly growing unstructured dark data and instead rely on...
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Putting a Clause in the Contract for Electronic Discovery

by Drew Lewis. 21st November 2013 Let’s start with a not too shocking statement: the cloud offers many advantages for legal firms in terms of storage capacity, as well as reductions in IT, hardware and software costs.  Nothing controversial so far.  But for all of the convenience and benefit cloud storage and services offer, there...