By Krzysztof Hakenszmidt There is nothing permanent except change (Heraclitus, Greek philosopher) What is DevOps? DevOps is one of today’s buzzwords. It is not a technology, tool or innovative new framework. It is a philosophy or concept that is becoming increasingly popular as businesses that focus on application lifecycle management (ALM) realise the benefits of […]
With the average desk in a London office costing more than £7,000 a year[1]*, ensuring your workplace is running at capacity has never been more important. Pressure on businesses to cut costs is coming from all angles, and reducing your real estate spend – currently second only to wages in a service business’ outgoings – […]
By Senior Manager Evangelos Tzimopoulos The ongoing proliferation of data – total worldwide data is predicted to grow ten-fold over the next seven years – brings a raft of opportunities and challenges. Embraced properly, it will provide immeasurable benefits for companies in multiple markets and the potential for transformation is vast. The key however is […]
By Principal Consultant Aditya Oak Data, analytics and machine learning may be the hottest topics at the moment, but that doesn’t mean that regulation can be ignored. With the compliance deadlines for the General Data Protection Act (GDPR) and Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) behind us, the regulatory focus now is on the […]
There is much talk about the under-representation of women in senior roles in the financial services sector and many discussions about how to address this. One option is to implement a quota system, requiring organisations to hire a certain number of women to fill particular positions. However, filling these quotas is not easy due the […]
By Iya Datikashvili, director Want to build quality software in a rapid, continuous and repeatable manner? Then it’s time to adopt DevOps. The DevOps software development practice brings formerly siloed teams within an organisation together to work as part of an integrated team that does just that – builds quality software in a rapid, continuous, […]
By Executive Director Nikit Kothari and Director Andrew Lawson Data globalisation challenges The advent of big data and the cloud was supposed to make distributing applications and data easier for global banks. A key selling point was to have a single location from which to run applications and store data which would make the process cheaper […]
By Iya Datikashvili, director DevOps is a hot topic at the moment, but as technology forges ahead with adopting the practice, the business unit seems to be lagging behind. The reason for their delay in embracing the practice is simple: the lack of clarity of their role in the DevOps world. Traditionally the business unit […]
Cloud Computing, by Nikit Kothari, executive director The use of cloud computing has been gaining some serious momentum in Financial Services in recent years. With an increased focus on cost efficiency, continuing to deliver against a very aggressive technical roadmap has become the norm in our current financial environment. Revenues are now growing based on […]
Testing Centre of Excellence (TCoE), by Iya Datikashvili, director No two things are ever the same. Whether it’s a piece of software, members of a testing team, or varying managerial styles, everyone and everything is always slightly different, and it is these differences that can cause problems. In the testing world, one of the biggest […]