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Our Approach

Concepts

Strategic business planning cannot be effective without a solid grasp of modern technology, especially in the rapidly changing environment facing the financial services industry. Equally important, technological solutions cannot be implemented successfully and economically without a deep understanding of the underlying business.

In a successful modern business, especially one that relies heavily on technology such as wholesale financial services, there must be a close relationship between the business planners and technologists. When this is achieved, either discipline may lead from time to time, but neither is entirely dominant.

Technical innovation has led to new businesses and delivery mechanisms that were previously impossible. The cost savings possible through automation and straight through processing are clear for all to see. The real successes come when the strategic business planners and the technologists form a close interrelated partnership. This rarely happens.

We believe that to be successful, the business planning team must include experts in business and in technology. We provide that combined expertise and experience.


Technology

Many developing technologies will have a dramatic effect on business. Up to date knowledge and understanding is crucial to the effective delivery of solutions to our customers.

Our expertise includes:

  • Message-oriented middleware (MOM), vital glue between components
  • Service oriented architecture
  • Real-time data distribution, including over the internet
  • Electronic trading and order routing
  • Straight-through processing
  • Risk management
  • Derivatives pricing
  • C++. .NET and Java development
  • Web technologies: browsers, applets, ActiveX and DHTML
  • CORBA/J2EE/.NET enterprise architectures
  • Internet/Extranet/Intranet
  • XML and other markup languages
  • Systems integration
  • Security
  • Network management
  • Infrastructure management
  • MS Windows, Solaris, Linux