WSTA Eventshttp://www.wsta.org WSTA Upcoming event schedule. en-US Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:47:09 GMT <![CDATA[Hot Technologies - Emerging Technology Drivers on Wall Street]]>http://www.wsta.org/events/hot_technologies_emerging_technology_drivers_on_wall_street Both the business and IT leaders of financial service firms stay tuned to emerging technologies and constantly explore how to use them as differentiators. They stay abreast of leading edge tools and frameworks to fuel the realizations of new ideas. To create competitive advantage, they leverage product innovations from vendors to enable their own service innovations. New developments in disruptive technologies like Mobility, Big Data, Social Media, Appliances and Cloud are followed and adopted at a rapid rate by them. At our annual Hot Technologies seminar we showcase the leading products and services that highlight the advancements for the year, and provide a forum for information exchange between the industry leaders and the providers of these products and services.

Topics:

New Innovations in Mobile Communications Ubiquitous Computing Banking in the Cloud Trading in the Cloud Managing Investment Portfolios in the Cloud (buy side/sell side/securities processing) Collaboration in the Cloud Tools used in Social Business Big Data Device Evolutions Knowledge Management 2.0 High-speed trading technologies and co-locations Solid State Drives Emerging Contact Center Technologies Open Source Business Software SOA Transformations Location-based services Use of Mobile Devices (like iPad) for high-end applications Harnessing innovation Adapting to Disruptive Technologies ]]> http://www.wsta.org/events/meetup__3 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:35:47 GMT <![CDATA[The Data Dilemma - Enabling the Intelligent Enterprise - Boston]]>http://www.wsta.org/events/the_data_dilemma_enabling_the_intelligent_enterprise_boston In the past, most of the data was text-based and transactional. Today’s data additionally comes from images, videos, social networking sites, sensors and business partner sites. A majority of this data can be unstructured and geographically dispersed. To make business decisions, financial service firms have to correlate events and process large volumes of data which may come from transactional records, master data, unstructured data, streaming data and business intelligence systems. The Intelligent Enterprise is enabled by maturity levels on the integrity of the data and the sophisticated ways the data is used to enable fast decision-making. Advances in storage technologies, information architectures, complex event processing engines and Cloud have made handling the data challenge easier. In this seminar, WSTA presents the latest in the data, analytics and storage management marketplace as they apply to financial service firms.

Topics:

Customer/Business Intelligence Analytics Data Warehouse and Metadata Unstructured and Structured Data Big Data Data Visualizations Data Vaults Change Data Capture Data Distributions De-duplication Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) Tools Storage as a Service Master Data Data Transformation Tools Information Security Complex Event Processing ]]> http://www.wsta.org/events/meetup__3 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:32:09 GMT <![CDATA[Mobile Convergence and Capitalizing on the New Way to Work]]>http://www.wsta.org/events/mobile_convergence_and_capitalizing_on_the_new_way_to_work Ubiquitous access to information, collaboration, and transactions are fast becoming the norm. Over half of today’s work gets done outside of corporate offices. Data security has become more important than perimeter security. Innovation is driven from the edge of corporate hierarchies. The new business models require partnerships and the mobile workforce requires a well-designed access to business functions from anywhere. In 2011 investments in mobility has gone up sharply, transforming the operating models and improving the collaborative environment between workers, customers and business partners. Device evolutions, mobile enterprise application development platforms and telecom advances have advanced the technology front, while business process redesign frameworks have enabled rapid adoptions leveraging outsourcing. At this seminar expect to hear about today’s technical choices and how they can be best fitted to enable your mobile business.

Topics:

Impact of BYOD Policies Use of Mobile Devices (like iPad) for high-end applications Convergence of Mobile Devices Mobility and Workplace Obfuscation Collaboration Systems Integration Mobile Security Development Impact of creating and consuming services on private, public and community clouds Managing shifts in workforce between permanent and contract workers Extending and enabling multi-media outside of enterprise Management of distributed staff and work-from-home staff Leveraging Skype and other public VoIP services Risk-adjuested return on outsourcing Managing the quality of outsourced services Preparedness to manage the unexpected (e.g. natural disasters) ]]> http://www.wsta.org/events/meetup__3 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:25:05 GMT <![CDATA[Applications Development, Delivery and Modernization]]>http://www.wsta.org/events/applications_development_delivery_and_modernization From enterprise application stores to highly proprietary matching engines, financial service firms have a wealth of business software that need to be managed as portfolios, maintained and enhanced to meet the demands of the volatile market. Managing them requires making prudent choices on what to keep, redesign or retire. To a great degree, the firm’s IP is trapped in the hidden lines of code that are risky to change. In spite of this, sometimes modernization is the only choice to realign the portfolio with their other applications and data. Sometimes replacing an existing application set with package software is feasible. At other times, making investments to modernize in-house using SOA and Cloud are better options. A number of choices of tools and best practices across the systems development lifecycle are available in the marketplace. This seminar is designed for platform software providers to demonstrate the tools in their arsenals, and help decision-makers understand the choices.

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SOA Transformations SOA Governance Design and development of applications for Cloud-based deployments Business-driven development Legacy transformation and modernization Build vs. Buy Application Outsourcing Mobile Delivery Portal Design ERP CRM Package Integration Model-driven development Testing and release management ]]> http://www.wsta.org/events/meetup__3 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:11:43 GMT <![CDATA[Mobile Convergence and Capitalizing on the New Way to Work - Boston]]>http://www.wsta.org/events/mobile_convergence_and_capitalizing_on_the_new_way_to_work_boston Ubiquitous access to information, collaboration, and transactions are fast becoming the norm. Over half of today’s work gets done outside of corporate offices. Data security has become more important than perimeter security. Innovation is driven from the edge of corporate hierarchies. The new business models require partnerships and the mobile workforce requires a well-designed access to business functions from anywhere. In 2011 investments in mobility has gone up sharply, transforming the operating models and improving the collaborative environment between workers, customers and business partners. Device evolutions, mobile enterprise application development platforms and telecom advances have advanced the technology front, while business process redesign frameworks have enabled rapid adoptions leveraging outsourcing. At this seminar expect to hear about today’s technical choices and how they can be best fitted to enable your mobile business.

Topics:

Impact of BYOD Policies Use of Mobile Devices (like iPad) for high-end applications Convergence of Mobile Devices Mobility and Workplace Obfuscation Collaboration Systems Integration Mobile Security Development Impact of creating and consuming services on private, public and community clouds Managing shifts in workforce between permanent and contract workers Extending and enabling multi-media outside of enterprise Management of distributed staff and work-from-home staff Leveraging Skype and other public VoIP services Risk-adjuested return on outsourcing Managing the quality of outsourced services Preparedness to manage the unexpected (e.g. natural disasters) ]]> http://www.wsta.org/events/meetup__3 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:47:16 GMT <![CDATA[The Data Dilemma - Enabling the Intelligent Enterprise]]>http://www.wsta.org/events/the_data_dilemma_enabling_the_intelligent_enterprise In the past, most of the data was text-based and transactional. Today’s data additionally comes from images, videos, social networking sites, sensors and business partner sites. A majority of this data can be unstructured and geographically dispersed. To make business decisions, financial service firms have to correlate events and process large volumes of data which may come from transactional records, master data, unstructured data, streaming data and business intelligence systems. The Intelligent Enterprise is enabled by maturity levels on the integrity of the data and the sophisticated ways the data is used to enable fast decision-making. Advances in storage technologies, information architectures, complex event processing engines and Cloud have made handling the data challenge easier. In this seminar, WSTA presents the latest in the data, analytics and storage management marketplace as they apply to financial service firms.

Topics:

Customer/Business Intelligence Analytics Data Warehouse and Metadata Unstructured and Structured Data Big Data Data Visualizations Data Vaults Change Data Capture Data Distributions De-duplication Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) Tools Storage as a Service Master Data Data Transformation Tools Information Security Complex Event Processing ]]> http://www.wsta.org/events/meetup__3 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:07:28 GMT <![CDATA[Cloud-based Transformations - Moving Workloads into a Secure Cloud]]>http://www.wsta.org/events/cloud_based_transformations_moving_workloads_into_a_secure_cloud A wide tools spectrum, a diversity of implementation choices and the availability of a large number of vendors providing Cloud services has made the Cloud adoption process very complex. Moreover, for Wall Street institutions the concerns on latency, compliance and data security have slowed down the decision-making on which workloads are suitable for the Cloud. Despite this, there has been a high velocity of migrations of infrastructures, applications and services to the Cloud last year. Cost savings, increasing transparencies and sophisticated orchestration tools have made this journey easier than before. Moving workloads to the private, hybrid or public Cloud are also allowing business leaders to transform and modernize their businesses at the same time. Concerns on security have allowed the evolutions of tools-assisted frameworks to improve security and governance capabilities. We expect the Cloud adoption to accelerate at a fast pace in 2012. This seminar is designed to help with creating roadmaps for moving workloads to the secure and transparent Cloud.

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Banking in the Cloud Trading in the Cloud Managing investment portfolios in the cloud (buy side/sell side/securities processing) Collaboration in the Cloud Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) Production Data Scalability in the Cloud Risk and Compliance for Services provided in the Cloud Risk and Compliance for outsourced services Cloud management and orchestration Cloud Security Stack Creating and governing a secure Cloud Securing the smart phone devices accessing enterprise app stores in the Cloud Workload assessments for cloud adoption Application transformations for the cloud ]]> http://www.wsta.org/events/meetup__3 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:56:58 GMT <![CDATA[Meetup - New York City]]>http://www.wsta.org/events/meetup_new_york_city The Wall Street Technology Association (WSTA) is hosting a "Meetup" event at the Heartland Brewery Times Square, 127 West 43rd Street, New York City.

An opportunity to get together with financial technology industry professionals in an informal setting after business hours to network.

Happy Hour Stationary Hor D'OeuvresMini Bison Burgers, Chicken Spring Rolls and more...

Special Drink Prices$5 Wine ~ $5 Beers

Cash Bar

Members/Vendor Affiliates: $15 At the Door: $25

Non-Members: $25 At the Door: $35

All Ticket Sales are Final.

]]> http://www.wsta.org/events/meetup__3 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:11:12 GMT <![CDATA[Meetup - Boston]]>http://www.wsta.org/events/meetup_boston Online registration is now closed. Please contact the WSTA office at 732-530-8808 if you would like to register for this event.

The Wall Street Technology Association (WSTA) is hosting a "Meetup" event at M. J. O'Connor's Irish Pub, 27 Columbus Avenue, Boston

An opportunity to get together with financial technology industry professionals in an informal setting after business hours to network.

Complimentary AppetizersSpecial Drink Prices

Cash Bar

Members/Vendor Affiliates: $15 At the Door: $25

Non-Members: $25 At the Door: $35

All Ticket Sales are Final.

]]> http://www.wsta.org/events/meetup__3 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:32:57 GMT <![CDATA[Meetup]]>http://www.wsta.org/events/meetup__3 The Wall Street Technology Association (WSTA) is hosting a "Meetup" event at the Heartland Brewery Seaport, 93 South Street, New York City.

An opportunity to get together with financial technology industry professionals in an informal setting after business hours to network.

*Pre-registration available until 12:00 NOON today - call the WSTA office at 732-530-8808 to pre-register.

Happy Hour Stationary Hor D'OeuvresMini Crab Cakes, Buffalo Chicken Spring Rolls, Mini Bison Burgers and more...

Special Drink Prices$5 Wine ~ $5 Beers

Cash Bar

Members/Vendor Affiliates: $15* At the Door: $25

Non-Members: $25* At the Door: $35

All Ticket Sales are Final.

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