Siperian Launches New Data Governance Application for its MDM Hub
Master data management (MDM) platform vendor Siperian has launched a new data governance application for its MDM Hub, which it says is aimed at allowing data stewards to more effectively manage and monitor master data. The solution, which it has dubbed Siperian Business Data Director, is web-based and also allows downstream data users to create...
Bloor Research Profiles Data Discovery Vendors, Singles Out Rever, Trillium and CA
Consultancy firm Bloor Research has released the first of four market updates profiling the data management vendor community. The report profiles the ‘data discovery’ vendor community, which it indicates is a new sector that has distinguished itself from data profiling. Data discovery deals with: “the discovery of relationships between data elements, regardless of where the...
Opportunity Knocks for the SMB Market
By Brian Reid, managing director of The Connect Partnership IBM and Oracle products are now more affordable to the smaller and medium sized business (SMB and MMB) marketplace. The opportunity to implement best in class technical and data architecture is now an economically viable proposition for these organisations. At the recent TSAM conference on 3...
Asset Control Adds Language Support for Asian Character Sets in AC Plus
EDM vendor Asset Control has added new localised language capabilities to its AC Plus data management software in order to support users in the Asia Pacific region. The new additions have been built upon the vendor’s AC Plus Desktop platform and allow for the processing, editing and display of multi-byte character sets, such as Han...
Buy Side Has a Long Way to go to Catch up to Sell Side in Data Management, TSAM 2009 Delegates Told
The buy side is significantly behind the sell side in terms of progress towards reaching data management nirvana, according to speakers at this week’s TSAM 2009 conference in London. Most buy side firms are lacking in data tsars or relevant executive level champions to push forward change in the area of improving data quality, delegates...
SmartCo Launches New, Faster Version of Smart Financial DataHub
Following on from its upgrade in October last year, EDM vendor SmartCo has released yet another new version of its Smart Financial DataHub (SFDH) solution, which it claims provides its clients with faster and more comprehensive market data management capabilities, additional security features and enhancements to key financial modules. Patrick Archer, SmartCo’s UK and US...
G2systems Signs Reseller Agreement with IBM for EDM Solution Optim
Software integration and implementation services vendor G2systems has signed a reseller agreement with IBM for its enterprise data management (EDM) product Optim. Under the agreement, G2systems will offer the IBM solution to its client base of hedge funds, investment firms and fund administrators. The deal is indicative of the current trend within the data management...
Asset Control Expands Coverage of Fitch Solutions Data to Credit Risk Ratings
EDM vendor Asset Control has expanded its Fitch Solutions data coverage as part of its AC Plus data management software solution. According to the vendor, the Fitch Solutions Ratings Delivery Service (RDS) data feed, which provides credit ratings and related information on corporate, structured finance and public finance issues and issuers, is now available as...
Banca Euromobilare Goes Live with Aim’s Gain Data Management Solution
Switzerland-based private bank Banca Euromobilare (Suisse) has gone live on Aim Software’s Gain Data Management in order to manage the capture, processing and distribution of pricing and static data from the SIX Telekurs Valor Data Feed (VDF). This data is fed into the bank’s implementation of SunGard’s Apsys III via the Gain standard interface, which...
Interactive Data Experienced Strong Growth in Q4 2008, Says Exiting CEO Clark
Despite the downturn in the markets, it seems that Interactive Data had a good end to 2008 in terms of financial results. The data vendor’s fourth quarter results for last year indicate that its revenue was up 6.6% on previous year’s figures to US$194.1 million from US$182.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2007. “Despite...