Microsoft Business Talk

Technology in Financial Services - Enabling Innovation and shaping the future

Up Close and Personal - Banking on Big Data

Many people ask the question “where is banking going next?” Facing a down market, legacy...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 02/14/2013

A Separate Point of View

The technology industry has become a battle ground for patent disputes. Some have questioned their...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 08/27/2012

Eliminating the Fear of Social

The recent furor over Wall Street’s handling of Facebook masks a deeper issue –...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 06/11/2012

Millennials and Boomers – Poles Apart or Peas in a Pod?

Popular mythology suggests younger people are more tech savvy than older ones; digital natives and...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 05/17/2012

How does Hadoop fit into the Analytical Enterprise?

As described in a previous post, an Analytical Enterprise is one that leverages data to its...

Author: Damien Islam-Frenoy Date: 04/11/2012

Big Data and the Analytical Enterprise

At the recent Davos Summit, Big Data was described as an asset as valuable as currency or gold. Why...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 04/11/2012

Big Data Comes of Age

Many years ago, Walter Wriston, former Chairman and CEO of Citicorp, startled the world by claiming...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 02/13/2012

Coming Out of Left Field

Baseball is the arguably the most hallowed game in America. Trying to redefine baseball is almost...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 10/15/2011

The Bank Branch of the Future – Microsoft at BAI 2011

Bankers at BAI this year seem to agree that bricks and mortar banking is here to stay, despite the...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 10/13/2011

Banking on an Uncertain Future - BAI 2011

President Clinton’s keynote speech at BAI this week reminded that this is an exciting time to...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 10/12/2011

Banking at the Crossroads

History tells us there are certain watershed moments. Banking is going through such a phase. After...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 10/06/2011

Netflix and the Future of Banking

Banking moguls looking to extract more value from their businesses might take a leaf out of the...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 07/01/2011

The Smartphone Wars

It’s been almost fifty years since Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, goof-balled the mobile phone into...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 06/29/2011

We Are What We Tweet

Written by David but inspired by Damien. For years, a business card has been the ultimate power...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 06/26/2011

Reflections on SIFMA 2011

Now that SIFMA 2011 is behind us, let’s take a moment to look back on a conference whose...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 06/17/2011

The World According to Twitter

Passing by a colleague’s desk I was really impressed by his Twitter activity. Suddenly I felt...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 06/12/2011

Risk Management 2.0 – it’s closer than you think

It has been a couple of years since the worst financial crisis in decades, and it is clear that we...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 06/09/2011

Next Generation Risk Management in the New Age of Structured Products

Even before the financial crisis, financial firms struggled to get their enterprise risk act...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 06/09/2011

Designing a Viral Product – a fresh approach to innovation

Viral marketing is hot right now. In the new world of social networking, a digital outreach strategy...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 06/08/2011

Three Ways to Analyse Social and Market Data - Recreating the Ear of the Markets Part II

Once market prices hit the screen or populate a spreadsheet they are already history. In fact...

Author: Damien Islam-Frenoy Date: 06/02/2011

Recreating the Ear of the Markets - Part I

Ever since Mr. Reuter replaced carrier pigeons with telegraphy, the history of markets has been a...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 06/01/2011

How to manage risk data without having it manage you In today’s high frequency markets, success in...

Author: Matt Bienfang- Industry Solutions Manager Date: 05/31/2011

Risk: Defined by The Observer

Looking through a kaleidoscope: Asset Management’s view of Integrated Risk Management Asset...

Author: Matt Bienfang- Industry Solutions Manager Date: 05/23/2011

The Bloomberg Debate on Private Clouds

How are financial institutions adopting Cloud technology? Are private clouds more appropriate for...

Author: Damien Islam-Frenoy Date: 05/20/2011

The Other Dimensions of Transparency: for Markets and Management

A bank’s peers, partners, clients, counterparties…. All demand and expect greater...

Author: Damien Islam-Frenoy Date: 05/18/2011

Regulatory Transparency and Data Best Practices

New rules are being written, demanding greater reporting from financial institutions to their...

Author: Damien Islam-Frenoy Date: 05/12/2011

Eliminating the Fog of Markets

April 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the American Civil War, the bloodiest...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 04/27/2011

The New Middle Ground in Banking

New York used to be famous for its luncheon clubs. Professional New Yorkers would take time midday...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 04/26/2011

A Predictive Analytics Roundtable: Making Data Statistically Relevant and Actionable

Analytics is an increasingly powerful business tool, one that is critical for competing successfully...

Author: Matt Bienfang- Industry Solutions Manager Date: 04/13/2011

Innovation and Collaboration – managing the complexity of ecosystems

'Innovation' and 'collaboration' are terms that are used almost synonymously these days as more...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 04/08/2011

The Analytic Enterprise

Why do some banks perform so much better than others? There are many factors, but a lot has to do...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 04/08/2011

The Growing Power of Visualization – the next phase of markets

Too much information and too little time to absorb it - that's the dilemma of the financial markets...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 04/05/2011

A Chef’s Guide to Innovation

Banking has taken a leaf out of many industries, particularly the hospitality industry but cooking?...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 04/04/2011

Mastering Innovation in a World of Complexity

A 1994 ground breaking paper on product development suggested that there were two kinds of product...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 03/28/2011

Digital Signature in the Branch of the Future

We are all familiar with digital signature in the retail environment, even in insurance. A number of...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 03/24/2011

Increasing Marketing ROI – the importance of uplift

In today's competitive markets, it's all about focus - reaching the customers that deliver the best...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 03/12/2011

The Future of Language

What is the future of the English language? For the younger generation it looks something like this...

Author: David S. Cox Date: 03/10/2011

Slates in Financial Services – Changing the Conversation

The interest in Apple’s iPad amongst financial services business leaders creates a significant...

Author: Marley Gray Date: 03/07/2011

Migrating Financial Services Applications to the Azure Public Cloud

Our Microsoft finserv team is seeing a major uptick in financial services firms and partners looking...

Author: Colin S Cole Date: 03/07/2011

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