Time to Market
Why ETL just isn’t good enough for Reference Data Distribution
Warren Buckley, CTO PolarLake
ETL as a concept sounds very well suited to the world of Reference Data Distribution. Extraction, Transformation and Loading all sound like good things to do when distributing Reference Data. This is why a lot of the ETL vendors show up at the usual Reference Data conferences. It all sounds logical. And lots of Financial Institutions are using it for Reference Data Distribution, usually because there is an available license and it is notionally “free” to use. This all sounds straightforward?
Why Reference Data Distribution is Critical to Successful EDM
John Randles, CEO PolarLake
There has been a massive surge in the amount of data fund managers have to deal with. This is a result of globalization, the massive increase in trade volumes, more complex asset classes and the mix in asset classes, among other things.