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Bloor Research Examines Vendor Coverage of Data Profiling, Cleansing and Quality
Following its publication of a report on the data discovery vendor community, consultancy firm Bloor Research has produced three more reports on other areas of the data management spectrum: data profiling, data cleansing and data quality. The smaller vendors in the reports seem to appear in the most favourable light due to their targeted coverage…
Divisions Between Market and Reference Data Causing Issues for Transparency, Says GoldenSource
A major hurdle to achieving a consistent view of pricing, positions and exposure lays in the divide between market data feeds and reference data repositories, according to GoldenSource, a provider of enterprise data management (EDM) solutions. “By definition, enterprise risk management and reporting should go front to back as well as across assets,” says Gert…
Asset Control’s Campbell Departs Firm to Return to Vancouver
Conal Campbell, senior sales executive for EMEA and Asia/Pacific at data management platform provider Asset Control, has left the company to return to his native Vancouver for personal reasons. Campbell, most recently based out of Asset Control’s London office, was originally with Vancouver-based TAP Solutions and joined Asset Control when the Dutch platform operator acquired…
PolarLake Adds Grid Computing Capabilities to RDD Platform
PolarLake had added grid computing capabilities to its Reference Data Distribution (RDD) platform in order to increase its scalability for downstream uses. John Randles, CEO of the vendor, explains that the enhancements have been added to PolarLake RDD to allow firms’ enterprise data management (EDM) platforms to support more than two or three downstream systems….
Data is More Important Than Ever Before But Cultural Barriers Remain, Says Evaxyx
The issue of data management is so important in the current market that it has been raised as a priority at the board level, according to a recent report conducted by Amber Group and commissioned by data integration consulting firm Evaxyx. The focus on improving risk analysis and reporting systems has meant that data management…
Trillium Software Adds More Bells and Whistles to Flagship Solution, Including New Dashboard
Trillium Software has released a new version of its enterprise data quality solution, Trillium Software System, which it says is aimed at accelerating the design, development and deployment of real-time data quality programmes across an organisation. The development of version 12 of the solution was prompted by client requirements for faster and more accurate data…
A rose by any other name…
Budget cutting has hit the data vendor community, hard, and nowhere more so than the enterprise data management (EDM) end of the spectrum. Given the limited appetite for all encompassing projects to restructure a firm’s entire approach to its reference data and the cost, time and complexity involved in such an endeavour, it is unsurprising…
Unnamed European Bank Selects PolarLake for Data Integration Project
The capital markets division of an unnamed European bank has selected reference data distribution solution vendor PolarLake to lead its data integration project. According to John Randles, CEO of the vendor, the project will involve the integration of multiple data streams and data types including trade, position, pricing and reference data into a group-wide financial…
Thunderhead Updates Customer Communications Platform with Two New Modules
Document management system vendor Thunderhead has released an updated version of its customer communications platform, Thunderhead Now. Version 5.0 of the solution features two new modules: Contribute Now for the updating of content by non-technical users; and Analyse Now, which includes a set of new analytical tools. Glen Manchester, CEO of the vendor, explains that…
Datanomic Integrates dn:Director with Oracle’s Siebel CRM Solution
Following the release of a new version of its flagship solution, dn:Director, in February, Datanomic has added yet another arrow to its quiver via the integration of its solution with Oracle’s Siebel Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution. The move is part of the Oracle Integration Initiative and is aimed at allowing Oracle Siebel customers to…