The top themes at the E-world 2024 event in Essen, Germany last month were the energy transition and the security of supply. People who visited our booth at the show had deeper questions about Beacon’s capabilities in the areas of:
The top themes at the E-world 2024 event in Essen, Germany last month were the energy transition and the security of supply. People who visited our booth at the show had deeper questions about Beacon’s capabilities in the areas of:
Machine learning (ML) is becoming an important part of the technology toolkit in financial services. Companies are using these tools to better understand and evaluate models, find investment opportunities, expand portfolios, and adapt to rapidly changing market conditions. Perhaps the
Resilience: the capacity to recover quickly from unexpected events or challenges Resilience is a critical attribute of financial systems. There have certainly been no shortage of challenges and unexpected events in the past year that have strained the resilience of
When I joined Beacon last month, as the Head of Banking Sales for North America, I was returning to familiar territory. Almost 30 years ago I began my career working on pricing and risk management software for derivatives at a
If your company uses spreadsheets for financial planning, analytics, and reporting, how are you managing the risk of errors with a technology that’s nearly 40 years old? There were many major events in 1985: Live Aid concert in London, Mikhail
I love writing code. When there is an issue to resolve and we are trying to figure it out, it doesn’t matter who comes up with the ultimate solution. We like to model Beacon’s culture on this approach, encouraging curiosity,
As we meet with companies who are looking to move applications and capabilities to the cloud, one of the most common questions that we get is: “Why do I need Beacon if I already have [insert cloud stack component]?” What’s
Most databases work in a very straightforward way—you have an entry or object and its associated values. If you update an entry, the system may keep track of when the values were changed, but typically there is no record of
Digital transformation initiatives are everywhere in the financial sector. Firms of all sizes are striving to become faster, boost innovation, and ultimately build or strengthen their competitive advantages. But what does this mean for those on the front lines of
Data and analytics are the lifeblood of financial services, and finding and acting on information quickly can mean the difference between profit and loss. Dependency graphs are powerful tools for managing complicated chains of calculations that make it easier to
