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David Chapman

managing partner, SunGard Global Services

6
Dec
2011

Agility in emerging markets technology

Contributor: David Chapman

With emerging markets growing rapidly, investment in technology is the key to an organization’s success. In an environment with constantly changing requirements, time-to-market is crucial, and requires effective project control, discipline and successful delivery to quickly meet business demands. At the same time, achieving return on investment and keeping IT costs under control will be mandatory.... read more

Jim Mangano

senior vice president, receivables solutions, SunGard’s corporate liquidity business

23
Aug
2011

Value of business process management (BPM) in the order-to-cash

Contributor: Jim Mangano

Many corporations, particularly manufacturers of consumer product goods, medical devices and transportation companies, struggle with adhering to process workflows when managing complex transactions, such as deductions and chargebacks. These transactions often occur in the order-to-cash cycle and can literally drain a corporation’s revenue if not handled properly.... read more

Chris Lees

former vice president, SunGard’s global trading business

17
Aug
2011

Transforming trading strategies into electrons

Contributor: Chris Lees

What’s truly amazing about a new video on high frequency trading is how a convergence of IT innovations has allowed us to trade nearly at the speed of light. But what is the importance of speed? Is speed the ultimate one-upmanship or just one aspect of something far more profound? As the video points out, sometimes if you move faster, you get more. This is where technology can help us improve upon the original model; even the miracle of human eyesight has its limits thus the need for infrared cameras.... read more

Andrew Rickard

insurance partner, SunGard Global Services, Asia Pacific

31
May
2011

Moments of truth in the customer experience

Contributor: Andrew Rickard

There is a lot of talk in the insurance industry about client focus or client centricity, but little in terms of understanding how each interaction contributes to a transparent and effective relationship between the insurer and the consumer.... read more

Mark Volker

senior vice president, SunGard's global trading business

17
Mar
2011

The evolution of electronic trading: When is fast, fast enough?

Contributor: Mark Volker

Over the past year or two, a lot of digital ink has been devoted to technology wars that are re-shaping our capital markets. The terms latency, low-latency, ultra-low latency; high-frequency trading; algorithmic trading; naked-access have all entered our lexicon. We have gone from measuring execution times in seconds, to milliseconds, to micro-seconds and nano-seconds and now pico-seconds. Indeed, physical law – the speed of light – is now viewed by some as a limiting factor.... read more