Trading & Risk Technology

Mark Mumy’s breakout sessions on Sybase IQ were a big hit at September’s TechWave 2011 conference in Las Vegas. So much so that an encore presentation in New York on Wednesday will summarize the best practices for database administrators implementing a Sybase IQ system. Mumy’s presentation will cover indexes, sizing, configuration and more. The event [...]

Sybase’s latest version of Adaptive Server Enterprise introduced a new thread-based kernel that significantly streamlines Input/Output handling and improves application partitioning capabilities. What’s more, ASE 15.7 dramatically improves system scalability and reduces query latency, all while improving the predictability and consistency of performance. The new Threaded Kernel makes this possible by using the best of [...]

Devil Dogs helped get trading started at the New York Stock Exchange Friday, with a United States Marine ringing the Opening Bell, flanked by fellow Marines and service members from the other branches. It followed a moment of silence by traders on the floor and in brokerages across the country. And five Medal of Honor [...]

Database maintenance windows are shrinking, and data volumes are only getting bigger; they are unfortunate realities in capital markets. Fortunately, high availability and operational scalability are on the rise with major innovations in the latest version of Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise. Last week’s webcast “Enhancements in Operational Scalability” discussed ASE 15.7’s ability to optimize data [...]

Practitioners in the financial services industry can learn about rebalancing portfolios to both minimize risk and increase returns in a new software environment during a Thursday webinar with Yale University researchers. The Sybase-sponsored “Portfolio Rebalancing Using R and Sybase RAP for Intraday Risk Management” will focus on R, an open-source statistical programming language that is [...]

Data latency and new regulation are the banking industry’s two biggest technology challenges, according to a survey from last month’s Sybase Financial Services Executive Summit in London. Respondents expect firms to spend more of their technology budget on these concerns than anything else over the next three years. These expenditures will be unavoidable in many [...]

Back-office techies will have a unique opportunity to learn more about the latest releases in ASE, PowerDesigner and Sybase IQ at D.C. Tech Day on Nov. 17. Officially known as the New Product Release Technical Seminar, the event will explore these Sybase innovations, as well as new SAP features. IT managers, database administrators, developers, architects [...]