Tom Steinert-Threlkeld is the editor-in-chief of Securities Industry News.

“Superspend” on Data Centers “Dysfunctional”
March 16, 2010 Can it be? Trading firms and marketplace operators are wasting money on the big “monolithic” data centers...

Linux: Big With the Bulge Brackets
March 12, 2010 The open-source software Linux has become by far the most-widely used operating system among the largest firms on Wall Street

Financial Crime Fighting: "All Driven By the Data"
March 3, 2010 Comprehensive collection of consistent data around the world is what makes financial crime-fighting possible

Microsoft GM: Virtualization Now About Portability
February 26, 2010 Virtualization of computing resources is no longer just about saving costs by consolidating servers, applications and...

Facing Up to Social Networking
February 23, 2010 Social networking is relevant “here and now” and critical to your future

IBM Unveils Systems For Real-Time Financial Analysis
February 9, 2010 IBM announced a new round of processors and servers designed to handle specialized applications

NYSE Technologies Rolls Out Custom Filtering of IOI and Trade Data
January 15, 2010 The technology arm of NYSE Euronext launched a new class of service that will help institutional traders filter and prioritize...

Mind Over Model
December 2, 2009 You can't blame the model. No matter what happens with the rest of this recession, let's stop blaming it on runaway quantum...

Interactive Data Acquires Data and Tools from Dow Jones
November 25, 2009 Interactive Data Corporation said Tuesday it signed an agreement to acquire data and electronic tools belonging to Dow Jones &...

Bloomberg Opens Up
November 20, 2009 Now, rather quietly, Bloomberg LLP is giving away the keys to navigating, retrieving and using information from its data...