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Archive for: January 2016

Jan 27, 2016

Financial Institutions Need To Work Harder – and Faster – To Take Greater Advantage of Third-Party Software Solutions

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For years, financial institutions have been spending billions of dollars per year on internally developed software in an effort to gain a competitive advantage – while talking about switching to third-party-based applications. According to a recent article, a well-known financial services firm has more people on its technology team (9,000+ full-time engineers) than Twitter (~3,600 in 2014) or LinkedIn (~6,900 in 2014). They have about the same number as Facebook’s total employee count (~9,200 in 2014). And that financial services firm isn’t alone. In some cases, chief technology officers at even medium-sized financial services firms are managing technology businesses as…

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Jan 19, 2016

What Will 2016 Bring for Big Data?

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After a very strong 2015, in which m&a activity by value soared to record levels – exceeding 2007 highs, 2016 has started out with a series of earth tremors. Among other things, the price of oil (and several other commodities) dropped to lows not seen in more than a decade; the bottom seemed to drop out of the Chinese stock market; and the stock and bond markets in the US and Europe slid in seeming sympathy. Recently, several high flying tech companies raised capital at values lower than previously indicated. So what will 2016 bring?

Jan 7, 2016

ISIS, Russia, San Bernardino, and M&A

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Earlier this week, to start the New Year, I was privileged to attend a breakfast discussion led by Bo Cutter, Senior Fellow of the Roosevelt Institute; formerly a member of President Clinton’s National Economic Council, President Carter’s Executive Director for Budget, and Chief Economist at Warburg Pincus. Cutter asked another guest to speak, Frank Wisner. Among other things, Mr. Wisner was the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Philippines and India; a former Undersecretary of State; and a former Undersecretary of Defense. He served in the administrations of Presidents Reagan, Carter, George HW Bush, and Clinton. In 2011, President Obama asked Wisner…

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