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Embrace the Threat: How Software Firms Can Head Off ‘SaaS-pocalypse’
Recent stock market losses among software providers have prompted some analysts to predict a coming “SaaS-pocalypse” as software companies are threatened by artificial intelligence that can write code and build software quickly and cheaply. The doomsayers may be premature, however. While AI undoubtedly has the ability to supplant some of those firms, it also presents…
Experts to Take Stock of Data Silos and Lineage: DMS London Preview
Data fragmentation and lineage are two critical themes within data management that are intrinsically linked. Good data lineage can help overcome the impediments imposed by siloed data because it is an important aid in optimising data integration and utility. Both will be examined in detail by experts at A-Team Group’s 16th annual Data Management Summit…
Governance to be Scrutinised at Inaugural AI in Data Management Summit NYC
Ensuring artificial intelligence deployments are securely governed without stymieing their potential is a delicate balancing act. It requires carefully drawn policies, frameworks and processes. As deployment of the technology expands and its capabilities and complexity multiply, the governance structure must adapt and evolve. How to get this right is among the most important topics swirling…
Most City Mega Mergers Test Tech More Than Balance Sheets
By Gus Sekhon, head of product, FINBOURNE Technology. The City loves nothing more than a takeover tale as old as time. A US$2.5tn US asset management behemoth snapping up one of London’s most historic investment houses for £10bn sounds like a story of global ambition and deep pockets. The Schroders brand stays, the headquarters remains…
smartKYC QnA: Accelerating Due Diligence at Scale
Hugo Chamberlain is the chief commercial officer of UK-based smartKYC, which has been automating the KYC process since 2014. Data Management Insight spoke to Hugo to find out how the company is helping financial institutions streamline their onboarding processes. Data Management Insight: Hello Hugo. When was smartKYC created and how does it serve financial institutions?…
Archive360 Girds Clients for Demise of the Single-Provider Data Pipeline
The future is fragmented. So says George Tziahanas, associated general counsel and vice president of compliance at data governance platform provider Archive360, who argues that the days of monolithic, front-to-back, one-size-fits-all data services providers may be numbered. Artificial intelligence has become both the hammer to break up single-provider data pipeline technology and the glue to…
Swap Data Was Supposed to Deliver Transparency. A Decade Later, Regulators Are Still Trying to Use It
For more than a decade, regulators have collected vast quantities of derivatives transaction data through swap data repositories (SDRs) mandated by post-crisis financial reforms. Yet despite the scale of these datasets, transforming reported trade data into meaningful supervisory insight has often proved more difficult than policymakers anticipated. A new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the…
Risks and Opportunities of GenAI, Data Products Under the Microscope: DMS London Preview
Artificial intelligence has made it possible to extract critical data from unstructured sources at speed and at scale. But the headlong rush to adopt the sorts of tools that can mine this rich vein of information is exposing organisations to new risks. Generative AI, whose models are commonly applied to trawling PDFs, emails, financial reports…
Pilot-to-Production Discussion to Open First AI in Data Management Summit NYC
The countdown has begun to the inaugural A-Team Group AI in Data Management Summit NYC. Leading figures from the worlds of data and finance will gather at the event to consider the most pressing matters facing them as their companies embed artificial intelligence into their operations. The Summit builds on the success of 15 years…
Hexaware QnA: Combining Human Skills and AI to Solve Data Challenges
Hexaware is a global digital and technology services company, with UK offices in London and Birmingham. It has been solving data challenges for financial institutions and other regulated industries for more than 30 years. Data Management Insight spoke to Parameshwaran (Param) Iyer, regional head – UK & Ireland, Hexaware Technologies, about the pain points Hexaware…