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SAP Buys Dremio Data Lakehouse to Support AI, Data Integration
SAP has acquired data lakehouse platform Dremio, enabling the enterprise applications provider to integrate its own and third-party data in its SAP Business Data Cloud and to support analytical and agentic artificial intelligence workloads.The deal, which remains subject to regulatory approval, would help eliminate bottlenecks to take customers from fragmented data to governed intelligence on…
Gresham EDM Platform Integrates FundGuard Investment Accounting Tools
Gresham has integrated FundGuard’s multi-book investment accounting capabilities with its enterprise data management solutions. This inclusion enables institutional investors and fund administrators to access a single source of data across public and private asset classes. Investment accounting systems provide the infrastructure for asset managers to track portfolios, calculate net asset values, and maintain regulatory compliance….
Private Market Data Price Rises Likely as Demand Surges
Demand for private market data is expected to continue rising as the growing popularity of the asset classes accelerates, putting pressure on feed prices. With no end in sight to market volatility and artificial intelligence enabling the sourcing of ever-larger volumes of critical financial and operational information, financial institutions are likely to increase their data…
NetApp Updates Google Cloud Capabilities
Data infrastructure specialist NetApp has released updates to its collaboration with Google Cloud, providing tools designed to assist customers in using enterprise data for artificial intelligence workloads. These innovations include the general availability of NetApp Data Migrator and the Google Cloud NetApp Volumes Flex unified service level. The updates allow for the management of file…
Modernising Legacy Systems Amid Ageing Infrastructure and Skills Shortages
By Wayne Kiphart, CEO CloudFirst Global. The lack of IT skills globally is widely acknowledged but the problem is particularly concerning when it comes to older systems. As the experts who built these vital platforms retire, younger generations have not been trained in the skills to maintain the infrastructure nor, sadly, have they learnt their…
Alteryx QnA: Automating Data and Analytics Transformations
California-based Alteryx has been helping financial institutions solve complex analytical tasks for more than a quarter of a century. Data Management Insight spoke to Jon Pexton, chief financial officer, to find out what drives the company and how its services benefit its clients. Data Management Insight: Hello Jon, when was Alteryx created and how does…
Gresham Renames S&P Data Management Acquisition Opus EDM
Enterprise data automation specialist Gresham has changed the name of the data management platform it acquired from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Opus EDM, which was previously known as Markit EDM and IHS Markit EDM, has been integrated into Gresham’s portfolio to support data operations for financial institutions. More than 150 firms use the software to…
Data Management Summit London Sees Leaders Take on Critical Issues
A-Team Group’s 16th annual Data Management Summit London brought together data leaders from the world’s largest financial institutions to discuss the biggest data and technology issues and trends within their industry. Hundreds of delegates from all over the world gathered to hear the latest thoughts of practitioners in keynote addresses and panel discussions before breaking…
The Case Against Ripping and Replacing: Why Capital Markets Firms Should Build Intelligence Into What They Already Have
By Neil Vernon, Chief Product Officer, Gresham. For years, capital markets firms have faced the same challenge: modernising sprawling, legacy data systems. Each attempt follows a familiar pattern – ambitious platform overhauls, eight-figure budgets, years of disruption – yet the old systems often remain in use long after the new ones are live. Replacing systems…
New Breakout Roundtable Session Stimulates Deep Topic Discussion at DMS London
A new feature of this year’s A-Team Group Data Management Summit London was the Champagne Roundtable sessions, in which delegates were able to gather in small, informal groups for guided discussion on a range of data and technology issues facing financial institutions. The fully attended session was well-received by participants, each of whom were invited…