November 2011
22 posts
My fav places on @goscoville ★ @artinstitutechi ★ #toptuesday http://t.co/i3uIZSEv
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US Govt to influence Chip Design? →
Not that this is new news (Cray’s business model has been to cater to the needs of three letter US agencies).
Though it interesting, that even Dept of Energy recognize the need to build CPUs for higher fault tolerance / resiliency and that going forward it will become crucial. Could not agree more - it is only a matter of few years when laptops and desktops will have anywhere from 80 - 200...
Amex launches #prepaid cards via partnership with #greendot http://t.co/PEdX2s67
Is the bar for modelling business about to undergo massive bump? http://t.co/oe5qrRsN #analytic #R
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Is R going to displace Excel as the defacto...
5-6 year seems like an eternity. Though many may not realize it, there have been huge strides made in technological horsepower that is available at our fingertips.
For instance back in 2005, this would have been deemed as a high end workstation:
Pentium 4 @ 3.2GHz w/2Gb of DDR RAM (and if necessary 10k rpm HDD)
In fact, the predominant usage of such machines would have been in the graphics...
#Palantir is poster child of modern #analytics getting real life use http://t.co/hpBhNrb4 #bigdata
#Visa enrolls #shopkick to fight Amex + 4sq combo. Let the games begin #retail3.0 http://t.co/PyqoVw0R
#iPad 3 may hit stores Mar / Apr 2012 http://t.co/L1Mm3IXM
GE bets $1B big on #analytics & SW development http://t.co/7210bDDb
Oh, it is official; @Klout scoring is subjective http://t.co/6pLwCSF4 Thoughts?
Meant to be a commercial for Exedrin - more like bus case for mobile and p2p payments http://t.co/oLnHvUkZ via @youtube #nfc
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Compliance in a digital world
[Day 2 of the ABA conference] It was interesting to note how attendees and some of the speakers were dealing with advancements in modern payment networks. One of the speakers were discussing Amex’s Serve platform and the implications of digital wallets in terms of compliance and money laundering.
Most of the statutes are geared towards physical movement of funds and what may be termed...
Thoughts on analytic models and BSA/AML compliance http://t.co/Rtt9fGGW @ABAMLEC #BigData #analytics
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Advanced Analytics and Transaction Monitoring in...
I am currently attending the annual ABA / ABA Money Laundering Enforcement Conference in Washington DC.
An interesting theme this year is the validation of the monitoring systems and ‘models’. It is interesting that regulators are building the talent and wherewithal to validate models developed by financial institutions (mostly banks) to detect anomalous behaviour warranting further...
#Rackspace wld stp measuring utilization in terms of floor space & shift 2 counting megawatts of power available & used http://t.co/JvJLXZyQ
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RT @PwC_Insurance: What is the top #IT priority? RT @edward_grossman: #InsSummit audience poll: IT budgets going up in 2012
Paypal’s digital #wallet speaks to potential innovations like spreading payments across multiple sources http://t.co/PwYkwno5
Wow! Does your employer own your #Linkedin contacts? British court thinks so http://t.co/C1FGtquE
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My fav places on @goscoville ★ @ZengoNYC, @GrandCentralNYC, Cellini ★ #toptuesday http://t.co/JZ0W4Smz
Sprint: Android Uses More Data than #IOS http://t.co/pscncIHD like 50% more!