Big Data May Be the Final Frontier on Wall Street
By Larry Tabb
Published November 29 2011 Wall Street & Technology
While data managers repeat the mantra, "Its all about the data," the more I look around, the more I think the slogan should be: "Its only about the data." Data is becoming all encompassing. While trading data always has been critical, symbology, reference data, valuations, risk metrics and unstructured data (from the depths of the web) are becoming increasingly important.
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