October 2008 Archives

Barclays and the case of the excel spreadsheet

By Ronan Bradley on October 17, 2008 11:24 AM 1

I blogged only a little while ago on the danger of excel in data integration and now a for-instance pops up in finextra: Barclays claims to have discovered that 179 contracts were accidently included in the Lehman Brothers purchase due... Read More..

Categories: Financial Services, Web2.0

Will the finance industry meltdown harm OSS?

By Ronan Bradley on October 9, 2008 6:25 AM 0

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I said only earlier in the week that we really can’t say much about future banking IT trends until we have some idea what the industry will look like. However, I thought I would respond to some upbeat comments on... Read More..

Categories: Financial Services, OSS, Open Source

What will IT focus on in the post-credit crunch banking age?

By Ronan Bradley on October 7, 2008 7:17 PM 0

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We are clearly still in the maelstrom of the credit crunch and do not yet know what the banking sector will look like when things settle down - even in a little. Of course, this makes it hard to determine... Read More..

Categories: Financial Services, Market trends

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