How Top Investment Banks Accelerate Transaction Time and Avoid Performance Bottlenecks
A complex series of interactions must take place for an investment bank to process a single trade. From the moment it’s placed by a buyer, an order is received by front-office traders and passed through to middle- and back-office systems that conduct risk management checks, matchmaking, clearing and settlement. Then the buyer receives the securities […]
AppDynamics Hosts FinTech Leaders on the Future of Digital Banking
Last week AppDynamics hosted an exclusive networking evening for Financial Services executives at SushiSamba in London. Over 70 tech leaders gathered to enjoy great views over the City (the weather was on our side), excellent food and a panel discussion moderated by Shane Richmond, former tech editor for the Telegraph. We sat down with a […]
Insights from an Investment Banking Monitoring Architect
To put it very simply, Financial Services companies have a unique set of challenges that they have to deal with every day. They are a high priority target for hackers, they are highly regulated by federal and state governments, they deal with and employ some of the most demanding people on the planet, problems with […]
Synthetic vs Real-User Monitoring: A Response to Gartner
Recently Jonah Kowall of Gartner released a research note titled “Use Synthetic Monitoring to Measure Availability and Real-User Monitoring for Performance”. After reading this paper I had some thoughts that I wanted to share based upon my experience as a Monitoring Architect (and certifiable performance geek) working within large enterprise organizations. I highly recommend reading […]