(SimCorp, a provider of multi-asset investment management solutions and services, recently announced that it will be integrating its Dimension platform with the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. This phased integration will yield the hosted, SimCorp Dimension-as-a-Service offering via a public cloud, officials say. The move is the vendor’s response to the needs of its clients… Read More >>
SWIFT & Microsoft Collaborate to Bring Payments to Azure
SWIFT and Microsoft Join Forces for a POC Software giant Microsoft and financial messaging cooperative SWIFT are taking a major step forward in making Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service the host for native payments, officials announced at SWIFT’s SIBOS conference underway this week in Sydney, Australia. The two companies acknowledged that they have been working… Read More >>
World Bank, CBA Launch First Blockchain-Managed Bond
The World Bank recently broke ground with a bond launch that is being completely managed via blockchain/distributed ledger technology (DLT) and represents a key step forward in the institution’s strategy to harness disruptive technologies. The blockchain operated new debt instrument, or “bond-i” is described as “the world’s first bond to be created, allocated, transferred and… Read More >>
BNY Mellon Integrates the Former Albridge Analytics
BNY Mellon Weaves Intermediary Analytics into Asset Servicing BNY Mellon, a provider of investment management and investment services, reports an expansion of its Intermediary Analytics solutions suite, formerly Albridge Analytics. “The integration of Intermediary Analytics into BNY Mellon’s Asset Servicing business facilitates the creation of new and enhanced distribution solutions intended to help BNY Mellon… Read More >>
Dynatrace Acquires Qumram
Dynatrace Declines to Reveal Qumram Acquisition Price Dynatrace, a digital performance management vendor, has acquired Qumram, a privately held company offering session replay technology for mobile and web applications, officials say. “With the addition of Qumram’s technology and intellectual property, Dynatrace will further expand its digital experience capabilities by providing the ability to visually replay… Read More >>
How Nimbrix Will Transform Software for Asset Managers
(Blockchain/distributed ledger technology (DLT) startup Nimbrix, based in London, recently announced that it’s at work on a forthcoming cutting-edge platform, targeting the needs of asset managers. In conjunction, the vendor has created an industry consortium with the help of KPMG International and Microsoft that’s intended to “bring to market a reinvention of financial services software.”… Read More >>
Ops Gets on the Blockchain Revolution Bus
Bitcoin, a so-called crypto-currency, may fade before anyone really understands what it was or how it could actually have prevailed in financial services. However, out of Bitcoin’s ashes has risen the humbly named Blockchain technology. The distributed ledger technology that has been propping up Bitcoin has come to the attention of major industry players. This… Read More >>
Why Networking is Important for Women
Toronto-based Rose Ritchie, an associate partner at global IT advisory firm Citihub Consulting, had a revelation with a friend of hers when they were discussing the women they have helped over the years. “It stems from the fact that a former colleague of mine and I remained in touch,” says Ritchie, who has more than… Read More >>
