GDPR US impact Much has been written in Europe about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a new set of legislation due to come into effect on May 25, 2018, and billed as having the greatest impact on data collection, storage and usage of any regulation in the last 20 years. Fundamentally, from this date, […]
Increasing numbers of business and IT teams are choosing to adopt DevOps and actively implement the process into their day-to-day operations. Brickendon’s DevOps experts talk to DevOps Online about the numerous opportunities that can be reaped from implementing the methodology and seek to put an end to some of the myths surrounding it. Read the […]
DevOps, the combination of development and operations, has been proven to improve the performance of the software development lifecycle. Despite this, and the fact that is has been an emerging practice across organisations for a while now, there are many reservations surrounding its implementation. A process which can easily be plugged into the overall structure […]
Brickendon’s Director and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) expert Iya Datikashvili features in the latest edition of The European discussing automation and how we at Brickendon believe that 2018 will be the year that automation becomes the norm across the financial services sector and in particular RPA. For banks RPA has a number of benefits including […]
Brickendon’s Executive Director and MiFID specialist, Harpreet Singh features in the latest edition of Intercontinental Finance & Law (issue: 148/18) discussing the impact of Brexit on MiFID II and the implications that have dominated the financial services sector. MiFID II went live on 3rd January 2018 however there are already speculations of a newer version of […]
While DevOps is basically the amalgamation of software development and operations, the merging of these two parts of the business alone is not enough. If you want to reap the full benefits of switching to a DevOps way of working, including reducing testing and development times (by as much as 80 per cent), significantly cutting […]
One year on from the triggering of Article 50, and despite the headwinds caused by the political instability, the UK and EU27 countries have managed to agree on a transition period that will allow financial services firms to continue to benefit from passporting permissions until the end of 2020. While this political agreement creates a […]
The recent media reports about an alleged data breach involving social media site Facebook and Cambridge Analytica have added to the ongoing concerns about the safety of personal data from identity theft, cyberattacks, hacking or unethical usage.The European Union has introduced the new General Data Protection Act (GDPR) to safeguard its citizens by standardising data […]
One hundred years may have passed since women were given the right to vote in the UK (98 years in the US), but the issue of women’s rights is still as prevalent as ever. In recent months the issue has dominated the news, with the launch of the recent #metoo campaign following the outpouring of […]
With just one year to go until the UK officially leaves the EU, the future still remains unclear. Despite the headwinds caused by the political instability, the UK and EU27 countries have managed to agree on a transition period, but beyond that there is still much debate about how the financial services sector will look […]