By Greg MacSweeney, Wall Street and Technology 21 March 2013 URL: http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/it-infrastructure/worlds-largest-high-rise-data-center-ope/240151399 It's no secret that most of the New York tri-state area's compute capacity is scattered in the suburbs of New Jersey and upstate New York. However, the multi-tenant data center that just opened in lower Manhattan is not only the newest, it is also one … Continue reading World’s Largest High-Rise Data Center Opens in Downtown New York City →

By Sara Peters, Enterprise Efficiency 17 January 2013 URL: http://www.enterpriseefficiency.com/author.asp?section_id=1134&doc_id=257568& All trading on the stock market comes with risk. The potential for technological errors and disruptions in stock exchanges is now just a standard variable in the risk equation. Traders have to account for it when they're deciding which exchanges to use. And the exchanges have to … Continue reading Tech Errors Are Part of Stock Trading Risk →

Information security is often seen as more trouble and cost than it's worth. Until it fails. How can CIOs truly make it part of enterprise risk management? By Martha Heller, CIO 30 November 2012 URL: http://www.cio.com/article/722528/How_CIOs_Are_Making_Security_an_Enterprise_Necessity CIO — So, a guy walks up to another guy who is clapping. The first guy asks, "Why are you clapping?" … Continue reading How CIOs Are Making Security an Enterprise Necessity →

By Michael Hickins, The Wall Street Journal 30 October 2012 URL: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204840504578089083861617790.html Natural disasters of the past few years taught companies the importance of good backup systems—but Hurricane Sandy showed many that there is still a lot to learn. The good news is that many businesses spared themselves a great deal of economic loss by keeping duplicates of … Continue reading Companies Test Backup Plans, and Learn Some Lessons →

By Michael Hickins, CIO Journal 29 October 2012 URL: http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2012/10/29/wall-street-firms-swing-contingency-plans-into-place/Financial firms in the New York area have put in motion contingency plans to keep operations running despite the devastation expected from Hurricane Sandy and closed financial markets Monday and Tuesday. For some, disaster preparedness is a matter of course. NYSE/Euronext has its primary data center, a 400,000 … Continue reading Wall Street Firms Swing Contingency Plans Into Place →

By Anthony Malakian, Waters 19 May 2010 URL: http://www.waterstechnology.com/sell-side-technology/news/1649125/nyse-helps-chop-off-fat-finger-mistakes After nearly two weeks, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released its findings on what transpired on May 6 between 2:40 p.m. and 3 p.m. and how to prevent a 1,000-point Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) plunge from happening again. As expected, the SEC is proposing … Continue reading NYSE Helps Chop Off Fat-Finger Mistakes →