Deutsche Bank to open three innovation labs
- 8 years 11 months ago
- Infrastructure
Deutsche Bank today announced plans to open three innovation labs in Berlin, London and Silicon Valley, working with three technology partners: Microsoft in Berlin, HCL in London and IBM in Silicon Valley. The labs, which will be known as Deutsche Bank Labs, will help the organisation apply new technologies from three global centres of innovation to enhance its products, services and processes. They will also further strengthen the Bank’s... more
Metamako launches MetaApp - intelligence at the network edge
- 8 years 11 months ago
- Infrastructure
Metamako continues to lead the market in ultra-low latency devices for the trading community, exchanges and telco providers with the launch of MetaApp. The new technology is the latest in a series of innovations from the company and is the first to effectively combine three core components: a layer-1+ switch, an FPGA and an x86 server.
OTAS Technologies Gets Personal With The Launch of OTAS Lingo, Automated Natural Language portfolio analysis reports
- 8 years 11 months ago
- Infrastructure
OTAS Technologies, providers of market data analytics, today announced the launch of OTAS Lingo, its new natural language reporting technology. OTAS Lingo produces reports containing up-to-date analysis of all the standout and unusual activity in the stocks users care about. Lingo will enhance daily market reports, inform risk management decisions and keep users up-to-date with the latest developments in markets and portfolios, via the desktop... more
Avago Technologies Acquisition of Broadcom Launches New Semiconductor Powerhouse, IHS says
- 8 years 11 months ago
- Infrastructure
Merger activity in the semiconductor industry moved to a new level with the announcement of the agreement for Avago Technologies to acquire Broadcom, according to IHS (NYSE: IHS, the leading global source of critical information and insight. The deal, which is valued at $37 billion in cash and stock, will create a new company valued at $77 billion.
Load DynamiX Streamlines Performance Validation Solution for OpenStack and Software Defined Storage Systems
- 8 years 11 months ago
- Infrastructure
Load DynamiX, the leader in storage infrastructure performance validation, announced its newest software platform release, offering broader support for OpenStack and other emerging storage technologies. The enhanced product suite simplifies and accelerates the performance validation of today’s distributed and virtualised environments deployed with any file, block or object-based cloud storage system. Simplified Modelling, Broader Protocol... more
Citi Announces Top Innovations from Citi Mobile Challenge
- 8 years 11 months ago
- Infrastructure
Global Financial Technology Challenge showcases new FinTech solutions fueling innovation and inclusive finance Today Citi announced the top innovations from the Citi Mobile Challenge in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). This global initiative launched in EMEA in February and invited developers to build solutions based on Citi’s digital platform and present concepts at events in Jerusalem, London, Nairobi and Warsaw.
Equinix Will Invest $40 mn To Build 3rd Phase of 2nd Data Center In Hong Kong
- 8 years 11 months ago
- Infrastructure
Equinix will invest over $40 million to build the third phase of its second data center (HK2) in Hong Kong. It will also build the ninth phase of its first data center (HK1) – to meet demand from cloud and content and digital media (CDM) companies for data center and interconnection services in Hong Kong.
Equiniti Appends To Expansive FinTech Offering With Brand New Innovation centre
- 8 years 11 months ago
- Infrastructure
Equiniti, a leading specialist in technology, finance and administrative services, today opened the doors to its brand new Fintech innovation centre in Cardiff’s newly developed ‘Capital Quarter’. The centre will serve as an exciting hub from which Equiniti will continue to develop its core offering of innovative FinTech solutions. These currently include multi-lingual platforms and device agnostic portals for employee share plans, online... more
Data Traffic To Soar As Mobile Devices Generate The Equivalent Of 10 Billion Blu-Ray Movies By 2019
- 8 years 11 months ago
- Infrastructure
New research has forecast that mobile data traffic, generated by Smartphones, Featurephones and Tablets, will approach almost 197,000 PB (Petabytes) by 2019, equivalent to over 10 billion Blu-ray movies, according to Juniper Research. However, the research found that only 41% of the data generated by these devices will be carried over cellular networks by 2019, with the majority of mobile data traffic offloaded to Wi-Fi networks.
ITRS’ Malaga Research and Development Centre is open for business
- 8 years 11 months ago
- Infrastructure
ITRS Group marked the opening of its new R&D facility in Malaga's Andalusian Technology Park (PTA) yesterday. The event was attended by representatives of the PTA, Malaga University – both of which ITRS will look to collaborate with in future – and the Mayor of Malaga. The new centre is a key milestone in ITRS' strategy to grow the business, becoming the third R&D space for the company alongside centres in Manila and London.
Scottish government to host inaugural Global Ethical Finance Forum in the country’s financial capital
- 8 years 11 months ago
- Infrastructure
The Global Ethical Finance Forum (GEFF) was formally announced today by its organizers, Middle East Global Advisors (MEGA), as taking place in early September. Hosted by the Scottish Government and supported by Visit Scotland, the Forum is a historic initiative in conjunction with the Islamic Finance Council UK (IFC UK) and Thomson Reuters. It is envisaged to be the inaugural international platform that aspires to bridge the various disconnected... more
The Swiss bank is planning to open an innovation lab in Level39's high growth space
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
The Swiss bank is planning to open an innovation lab in Level39's high growth space, HighGrowth:42, to explore the role of blockchain technology in financial services. The project marks the first time a global bank has focused its efforts on the blockchain, so publicly. UBS states it will also look into distributed ledger and smart contract technologies. UBS states that the dedicated lab will enable the bank’s team to work alongside other... more
Deutsche Bank and HP sign agreement
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Infrastructure
Deutsche Bank and Hewlett-Packard (“HP”) today announced a ten-year, multibillion dollar agreement that will further modernise the Bank’s global information technology (IT) environment and aims to significantly reduce related IT infrastructure costs. Under the terms of the agreement, which mainly covers wholesale banking IT infrastructure, HP will provide dedicated data centre services on demand including storage, platform and hosting. Deutsche... more
Gartner named Infosys a leader for Oracle Application Management Service Providers
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology and outsourcing solutions, today announced that it has been positioned as a leader by Gartner, Inc. in its newly published report Magic Quadrant for Oracle Application Management Service Providers, Worldwide, authored by Gilbert van der Heiden, Frances Karamouzis, and Ian Marriott, published on 16 October 2014. This is the third consecutive year that Infosys has been named a Leader in this... more
TMX Atrium to sign distribution agreement with NPL
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
TMX Atrium®, TMX Group's global capital markets infrastructure provider, has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the United Kingdom’s National Measurement Institute, to distribute NPLTime®.
