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Future Proofing our Technology – The Journey from MapReduce to Kafka
When it comes to the Big Data industry, technological updates are part of the package. At TickSmith, we pride ourselves in using the latest technologies to improve our client experience,
Data Everywhere | Startupfest 2019 Recap
By Emilie Katavic At TickSmith, our employees are encouraged to participate in activities happening in our bustling city. Especially since the summers are so short, it’s nice to get out
Finally, A Risk Solution for Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) Regulations
By Jimmy Huang FRTB: A Brief Synopsis on Pricing Assets FRTB requirements from the Basel Committee are centred around proactive measures to ensure another financial crisis doesn’t occur. What we
3 Major Data Problems Capital Markets Face
By Jimmy Huang Coping with Big Data: CSTA 2018 Recap This past August, at the 2018 annual Canadian Traders Securities Association, TickSmith was invited to speak with industry titans on the importance of
How to Implement Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technology in Capital Markets
By Jimmy Huang Machine learning and artificial intelligence are exciting buzzwords right now, used frequently and perhaps inattentively at times to describe a sort of nebulous innovation that an organization
Building on Top of our Platform is Easy – The DXC Fixnetix Use Examples
By Emilie Katavic TickSmith’s Data Lake platform, TickVault, provides the missing link to centralize data from external and internal data sources. Based on big data technology and built as a
What is the secret sauce of successful Data Lake Platforms? (Featuring National Bank of Canada & AWS)
By Emilie Katavic We did it again- we hosted the second edition of our breakfast event to discuss the topics of: open technology, data lakes, and cloud storage security. There
JWG RegTech 2018 Conference Recap
By Emilie Katavic We exhibited at the JWG 2018 RegTech conference last week. The audience included more than 200 senior-level attendees from top-tier banks and buy-side firms. All these executives
Coping With Large and Diverse Quantities of Data (Featuring CME Group and AWS Amazon)
We hosted our first breakfast event on Wednesday, February 21st in Montreal with the contribution from Finance Montreal and AWS Amazon. The event’s purpose was to shine light on an issue that many