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 […]
The deadline for compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) may now be behind us, but there is still no room for complacency. While companies within the EU are well aware of the implications of non-compliance – fines of as much as €20 million or 4 per cent of global turnover – many […]
Brickendon has strengthened its executive board with the appointment of Clare Chalmers as a non-executive director. Her role is to advise the fast-growing transformational consultancy on growth and strategy. Chalmers, who specialises in advising financial services firms on board effectiveness, will provide guidance to Brickendon’s leadership team on the overall direction and strategy of the […]
Brickendon Partner and Data Specialist Nathan Snyder joins the Financial Times’ discussion on GDPR, adding his take on what it means for businesses outside of the EU. As the head of our US operation based in New York, he is well aware of the possible impacts on US businesses and the need for these firms […]
For many years data monetisation has been seen as a way for data organisations (traditionally seen as cost centres) to reduce, or at least justify, their expense. By assembling data and then selling it either externally to third-party vendors, or internally within their own company, a data organisation could recoup some of its costs. This is, […]
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 […]