By Victor Chu, Senior Consultant Bitcoins are an experimental digital “crypto-currency” that enables instant peer-to-peer transactions worldwide. The bitcoin network was introduced to the public in 2009 as open source, meaning that anybody could view the inner workings of the code and contribute changes to it with approval from the user community. The use...
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Technology Implementations Change, But APM Always Matters
Although the core problems enterprise companies face haven’t changed, modern applications and complexities in the IT infrastructure mean they require different technical solutions and data gathering approaches. Armed with this understanding you'll be in a better position to decide what you require.
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Monitoring Transactions Without a Forklift
With so many business expectations evolving around the consumer experience as a focal point, why has transaction-centric application performance monitoring NOT been adopted by ALL banks?
Newer network-based solutions can be deployed in less than a day that can correlate multi-hop transactions in near real-time – without requiring agents, code changes or extra traffic loads....
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Why should a trading firm try to be an IT firm?
It used to be the case that the more complex your trading infrastructure, the larger your IT team needed to be. Systems specialists, networking gurus, database administrators, telephony and IT support were all needed to manage these systems front-to-back, globally. Arguably, things have become even more complex in recent years – multi-asset, multi-jurisdictional strategies...
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Jobs Calculator Updated with April Data, Revisions
The economy added 165,000 nonfarm jobs in April, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Check out the Jobs Calculator to see how changes in payrolls and other key labor force statistics influence the unemployment rate.
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A Summary of the Final Remittance Transfer Rule (Section 1073)
Section 1073 of the Dodd-Frank Act creates new protections for U.S consumers sending money abroad. This article describes the background for the rule, explains what the rule covers, and clarifies exceptions to the rule.
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Travel Outlook Remains Bright, but Challenges Remain
Although the recession struck the travel and tourism sector hard, the appetite for travel among businesses and consumers is growing. The Atlanta Fed recently talked to some contacts about the sector, and SouthPoint discusses their perspectives.
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Regional Housing Market Continues to Advance
Residential brokers and builders report greater sales in March, compared to a year ago. The Atlanta Fed's Construction and Real Estate Survey also shows that home inventories continue to decline on a year-over-year basis.
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Beige Book: Southeast, U.S. Exhibiting Similar Trends
Eight times a year, the Beige Book summarizes information about regional and national economic activity. In the wake of the recent Beige Book release, SouthPoint compares national and southeastern reports of economic activity and finds numerous similar...
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Deflation Probability Updated
One measure of the probability of deflation for the 2012-17 period is 0 percent, where it has been most days since early February this year. The 2013-18 deflation probability, based on the 5-year TIPS issued this month and the 10-year TIPS issued i...
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