Cost reduction, regulations and the need for improved insight and control remain the key drivers affecting data management. They have shaped two key TimeScape product enhancements: the new workflow and application front ends for automated data cleansing and manual exception processing; and our new cloud-based platform for publishing, consuming and monetising financial markets data: TimeScape on Azure and TimeScape MarketPlace.

Read on to find out more about these initiatives and join us on 4th November as we participate in the Waters webinar to discuss the business benefits of cloud-based data management.

News in Brief

Mizuho Securities USA selects TimeScape

Mizuho Securities USA (MSUSA) has implemented Xenomorph TimeScape to replace its existing market and reference data platform on account of the greater data model flexibility, data cost savings and faster processing times which TimeScape affords the broker/dealer. Naj Alavi, Managing Director of Xenomorph Inc. commented: “TimeScape provides MSUSA with enhanced control of its data on a centralized platform and the means to easily visualize and extract business-critical data and it’s also a platform that will accommodate changes with ease.”

Xenomorph launches TimeScape MarketPlace, our cloud-based solution for publishing, consuming and monetising financial markets data and analytics.

TimeScape Marketplace enables users to access data wherever they choose through one set of cloud-based interfaces and it provides organizations wishing to sell data with the value-added data cleansing, validation and delivery tools they need.

Following the successful TimeScape MarketPlace launch events in New York and London we are planning to host similar events in Hong Kong and Singapore. If you or your colleagues are interested in participating in either of these events please email events@xenomorph.com and we’ll be in touch.

The TimeScape Data Validation Dashboard is released

Using industry-standard technology and tools such as Microsoft SharePoint, SSIS and SSRS, the TimeScape Data Validation dashboard provides a robust platform for firms to streamline and simplify their exception management processes and adhere to regulatory requirements. The use of visual tools enables data for any asset class to be validated and remediated using out-of-the-box and extensible rules, covering instrument, curve, surface and cube validations. Workflows can be configured to manage and control the validation of data points that are shared across multiple complex objects, such as curves and surfaces, and validated in the context of those objects. If any of the validations fail, those points can be rolled back and manual intervention employed to correct the data using four-eyes validation with full audit control.

Events

Join us at the A-Team Data Management Summit London, 8th October 2014

The latest in the series of Data Management Summits takes place at the America Square Conference Centre, London, on Wednesday 8th October. The conference, billed as THE event for the London community of data management professionals, has the headline theme of ‘data management as a value generator’. Registration commences at 8am and there’s a full day of panels and workshops – including risk data aggregation under BCBS239 and Basel lll, at 2.45pm, where Brian Sentance, CEO Xenomorph will add his voice to the discussion – culminating in a networking reception at 6pm, sponsored by Xenomorph. Brian and the Xenomorph team look forward to seeing you there.

You can still reserve your place and view the agenda here.

Hold the date

On Tuesday 4th November at 15:00 BST/10:00 EST, Xenomorph will be participating in the Waters webinar discussing practical strategies and the business benefits of cloud-based data management and storage services. Look out for details of how to register coming soon.

Xenomorph in the News

Few Firms Have a Handle on Data – Global Investor – September 2014

While regulators are providing some process and structure through the implementation of the Legal Entity Identifier and BCBS 239 for risk data aggregation and reporting and the EDM Council has developed the Data Maturity Model to objectively assess an institution’s data management capability, Brian Sentance, CEO Xenomorph, argues for data standards to help firms reduce costs and better understand data related risks.

http://www.globalinvestormagazine.com/Article/3381519/Few-firms-have-a-handle-on-data.html

InFocus: Xenomorph – Wilmott – September 2014

Xenomorph CEO, Brian Sentance, discusses the most recent TimeScape product innovations and drivers for them. In particular he reviews the new workflow and application front ends for automated data cleansing and manual exception processing and the new cloud-based platform for publishing, consuming and monetising financial markets data.

Summer C-Level Series: Brian Sentance, Xenomorph – Markets Media, 14 August 2014

Xenomorph CEO, Brian Sentance, discusses the main themes so far for Xenomorph in 2014. These ranged from the ongoing need for quality data, particularly in light of existing and forthcoming regulation to two important product developments: the release of a thin-client data quality dashboard for Timescape and the launch of TimeScape on the Microsoft Azure Cloud.

http://marketsmedia.com/summer-c-level-series-brian-sentance-xenomorph/