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Oct 3, 2017

The Democratization of FinTech

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Our Founder, Ken Marlin, is the keynote speaker at The Tabb Group’s FinTech festival being held at the New York Hilton on November 2. In advance of the forum, Tabb’s Terry Roche interviewed Ken. A link to video of the Part I of the interview can be found here. As you’ll see, in Part 1 of the interview, Terry and Ken discuss some of the biggest factors affecting the financial services world and what it takes to be a winner. For more on the Tabb Group FinTech Festival, please click here. For some of our other thoughts on Fintech, as well…

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Sep 29, 2017

What are data crunchers missing in healthcare? Our September 2017 HIT Market Update

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Dear Clients and Friends, Please click here for our September HIT Market Update. There is a saying that “In God we trust… but all others must bring data”. We agree. Without data, we trust no one. And we want analytics too. But even that is not always enough because those who crunch data in healthcare sometimes cannot deliver contextual precision. Here are a few examples: Population health management systems are focusing on the wrong population – Data analytics companies strive to identify that segment of the population that consumes the most $$. The concept is logical – crafting tailor made…

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Sep 26, 2017

What do North Korean Missiles, AI and Big Data have in common? Our September 2017 Enterprise Data and Analytics Update

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Dear Clients and Friends, Please find our September Enterprise Data & Analytics Update here. The report found here covers m&a trends, values and deals in the four segments of the Enterprise Data and Analytics sector that we follow and sometimes lead. New York is currently hosting the annual opening of the UN General Assembly. Heads of about 140 nations are in our town and security is tight near our office. Last Tuesday, President Trump opened the session by promising to “destroy” North Korea if that country doesn’t abandon its nuclear weapons program – which they have no plan to do.…

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Sep 18, 2017

Cashless Is Here: Some People Just Don’t Know It Yet. Our September 2017 Fintech Market Update

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Dear Clients and Friends, Please click here for our September 2017 Fintech Market Update. Our latest Fintech m&a report can be found here – and it highlights m&a trends and transactions in the seven segments of the Fintech world that we follow, and sometimes lead. One of those trends is the rapid elimination of physical money in all segments – around the world: Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance, Retail as well as B2B Commerce and so many others. It’s happening at a pace few predicted a few short years ago, and in places few would have imagined: Brazil, China, India, Sweden, South…

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Sep 14, 2017

Luck Is Not A Plan. But It Matters… Our September Market Update

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Dear Clients and Friends, Our latest report, found here, contains an update on m&a deals, values, and trends in the dozen+ segments of the information industry that we follow, and sometimes lead. Please click here for our September General Market Update. In my book, I have a chapter titled “Luck is not a Plan”. I wrote that successful deals come about as a result of disciplined planning, preparation and execution – not luck. That approach has worked for us – and has been critical to our success. But lately, as we’ve been watching people impacted by hurricanes, war, and more,…

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