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IBM wins patent securities pricing
Securities Technology Monitor notes that IBM was awarded U.S. Patent US7865332 for a “scaled exponential smoothing for real time histogram” this month, which covers a method for estimating current volatility of the price of a security based on high-frequency trading and pricing data.
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IBM security unit rises at right time
Does IBM loom as a security consulting powerhouse?
Recall that IBM recently announced it will buy Q1 Labs, a leader in the "security intelligence" realm, which had made a big splash for its efforts to use data to better manage IT risks. Brendan Hannigan, former CEO of Q1 Labs, has already star
IBM buys Q1 Labs, forms new security division
Companies are increasingly being being forced to think about security as more than a collection of discrete solutions aimed at disparate problems.
The new approach calls for executives to consider security as a problem that takes many forms and cuts across the entire company and supply chain.
IBM pushes into analytics with deals
The news that IBM is buying Algorithmics for $387 million is yet another deal by Big Blue that enhances its analytical, risk management and financial expertise.
Over the last five years, IBM has spent more than $14 billion on 25 acquisitions focused on analytics to help its customers deal with
Edgar Online hopes to ride XBRL deadline wave
With a major XBRL deadline looming, this is a good time for a look at one of the industry leaders, Edgar Online.Recall that just about all public companies will be required to file financial information in XBRL for quarters ending on or after June 15, 2011--which is coming up.
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FCPA enforcement activity grows
We've noted that the Justice Department and SEC have really stepped up their enforcement activity when it comes to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), charging the likes of IBM , Tyson Foods, General Electric, Daimler and others. The cases span the globe, with billions in contracts im
IBM-Open Pages' first big announcement
We brought you an update last week of the EMC-Archer deal one year after it was struck . No reason not to update another big deal in the GRC industry, the IBM-Open Pages deal, which was inked in late October. In the first major announcement as a combined entity, the company announced recently t
XBRL market to thrive? IBM's Clarity deal builds on momentum
IBM continues to build its business analytics unit with the purchase of Clarity Systems, a privately held financial governance software maker, and the completion of its acquisition of GRC powerhouse OpenPages . IBM says it has now spent more than $14 billion on analytics and related acquisition
IT asset and information disposal looms as a big issue
When we ponder compliance and data retention, we think mainly of how to properly store per all the FRCP and other regulations. We do not often think about the disposal of assets--which might be a mistake because proper disposal is an issue that can crop up in surprising ways.
We've noted the
IBM to buy OpenPages
OpenPages was one of the pioneering independent GRC software companies, and you always got the feeling a deal could be announced at anytime. So few were surprised when IBM ( IBM news) announced it would buy the company in what is likely a relatively small acquisition. The terms were unannounced
