By Thomas Kejser, Fusion-io
www.fusion-io.com
Time is money. In the finance industry, the truth of this adage has driven
leaders to the forefront of the technology adoption curve. When microseconds
and milliseconds mean the difference between profits and losses, financial
organisations soon build up teams of phenomenal IT experts to ensure the
infrastructure powering the company and its services runs at top speeds.
Many of these teams focus entirely on managing huge datasets, and when
it comes to processing massive amounts of data, time is often the first casualty. For this reason, financial companies, who use big data to better understand
their customers, their habits and preferences, are constantly striving to build
faster, more powerful systems to meet the needs of their businesses.