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Z/Yen Group Designs New Index Linking Finance and Tech

London’s Z/Yen group has developed a Smart Centres Index, designed to track the development of commercial and financial centres across the world in their support for and readiness for new technology applications.  Smart centres are cities across the world which encourage … Continue reading

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EDI Challenges Reference Data’s Big Four

A relative newcomer to the reference data business, Exchange Data International, is challenging the incumbents for what it terms anti-competitive practices. Specifically, EDI contends that the termination clauses in reference data contracts, which typically require users to return or delete … Continue reading

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Teradata Focuses On Top 500 To Leverage Scarce Resources — Data Scientists, Analysts

Teradata faces a challenge – how to grow a company when a key resource — data scientists and top data analysts — is limited. Victor Lund, who was named president and CEO of Teradata a year and a half ago, … Continue reading

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Major Tech Innovation + Speculative Finance = Bubble – Carlota Perez

Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital is a slim (171 pages of text) book with a hefty punch. In it Carlota Perez charts major technological changes over two centuries that drew in massive amounts of speculative capital, created a bubble that … Continue reading

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