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Posted November 18, 2015 by Peter Lankford

Yes, ESMA, even MiFID 2 event logging needs clarity

Last week, ESMA said its MiFID II rules may take an extra year to implement. Steven Maijoor, ESMA's chair, said that "building of some complex IT systems can only really take off when the final details are firmly set in the [regulations]." I don't know which part of the 552-page regs he's referring to, but based on just two little sections called RTS 6 and RTS 25, I can see what he means.
Posted January 20, 2015 by Jennifer Costley

SQL-on-Hadoop: Still chasing the dream

Some people learn their word-of-the-day from calendars and web sites; I am lucky enough to interact with financial services technologists who bring their own colorful language. As an example, the response I got from one when I asked about SQL-on-Hadoop: chimera.
Posted October 7, 2014 by Jennifer Costley

Multi-tenant Hadoop Clusters: The Obstacles are Not Just Technical

Our recent research on “big data” use cases uncovered many large financial services firms using Hadoop and
Posted October 6, 2014 by Peter Lankford

So we've started blogging…

It's true. STAC has officially joined the 90's. ... Why start blogging now, you ask?

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STAC and members of the STAC community post blogs from time to time on issues related to technology selection, development, engineering, and operations in financial services.

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