Violin Memory®, Inc., (NYSE:VMEM), a global pioneer of award-winning flash storage platform solutions for primary storage and active workloads, today announced Amy Love as the company’s new Chief Marketing Officer, reporting directly to Kevin DeNuccio, president and chief executive officer.
 

Calypso Technology, Inc., the leader in financial markets software solutions, is launching a new Center of Excellence for Integration and Consolidation in response to
growing demand from potential and existing clients to consolidate their technology footprint. The firm will enhance its pre-implementation, testing and post-implementation support services – with a focus on the needs of consolidation projects - in order to reduce associated time, costs and risks.

smartTrade Technologies announces today that smart-FI™, its end-to-end trading solution designed for Fixed Income and OTC derivatives businesses, was awarded the best sell-side OTC Trading Initiative at the Sell-Side Technology Awards held by Waters Technology. This award recognizes the new and innovative ways of tackling the increasingly electronic derivatives trading landscape, with demonstrable benefits to sell-side firms.

PROFILE Software, an international financial solutions provider, announced today its support at the WeathTech Conference in London on the 28th of April at Fishmongers' Hall (16:00-20:00) as a Bronze sponsor. The company’s executives will have the opportunity to present Axia, the company’s new Cloud-based wealth management solution to the professional IT delegates of the industry.

 Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) today announced that its sell-side trading platform has been named Best Sell-Side Front-Office Execution Platform at the third annual Sell-Side Technology Awards, hosted by Waters Technology magazine. These awards recognize the leading technologies and third-party vendors in the sell-side financial technology arena.

The D-day for UK pensions has arrived. On April 6^th 2015, alongside the usual scramble to capture personal ISA allowances, new UK pension reforms came into force affecting arguably the most important savings vehicle. The new rules mean greater freedom for individuals regarding how they manage and draw their pension. The most significant adjustment is that from now you can take as much cash as you like from a defined contribution pension, with no obligation to buy an annuity. What do these rules mean for insurers and wealth managers?

BT has been named the UK’s best security company in the Cybersecurity 500, a list of top security vendors compiled by market intelligence firm.

The rankings, which have historically been dominated by US headquartered companies, reflect the optimism and attention that BT is generating in the US and abroad. Steve Morgan, chief executive of Cybersecurity Ventures, said rankings were based on a range of subjective factors, including feedback from CISOs and channel partners, media coverage and founder and management pedigree.