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The Tricky Business of Merging Financial Technology Systems

Merging two complex financial technology systems can be a tricky business. Consider BMO Harris Bank, a Chicago-based bank that experienced application deployment problems while trying to integrate the technology of Milwaukee-based Marshall & Ilsley (M&I) Corporation.

The Financial System and Biological Suicide

The US financial system has been severally impacted by many outages in recent months. These banking technology glitches have been described as a form of "biological suicide," which highlights the dangers of banks continuing to rely on outdated legacy systems.

DevOps and the US Presidential ElectionIncidents involving voter machine software glitches are raising concerns that some voting machines may be rigged during the upcoming US presidential election. In once such incident, a voting machine company could have learned a lesson on the DevOps approach to improved communications.
SEC Investigations Continue as Firms Retain ExpertsThe US Securities and Exchange Commission launched a broad investigation involving the technology issues at several major brokerage firms. Bob Aiello explains the investigations as well as what the SEC wants to accomplish.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange Goes BrokeOn August 7, 2012, the Tokyo Stock Exchange experienced a serious system glitch that resulted in the stock exchange going broke with the suspension of some transactions. Bob Aiello explains the situation and the next steps to identify the nature of the incident and the course of action.
Will IBM Be Knight Capital's White Knight?After the software glitch that resulted in a $440 million trading loss, Knight Capital Group tapped IBM for help in assessing the financial firm’s existing software and systems development practices. Will IBM be Knight Capital's white knight and help prevent these problems from occurring again?
DevOps Is More than a Marketing OpportunityMany industry experts are calling DevOps a "cultural and professional movement." Perhaps people need to spend a little less time hyping the marketing opportunity for DevOps and a lot more time putting the principles to work.
How Batman Uses DevOps to Fight Crime

The latest Batman movie highlights the importance of software and has Bruce Wayne using DevOps to fight crime. Software can clearly be used for good or for evil, and so it is with regards to software practices.