With finance organizations increasingly focusing on the quality and not the quantity of data, data cleansing has become a prime focus of business intelligence (BI) software providers. Now, BI software leader Cognos Inc., based in Ottowa, Ont., has announced an expansion of its nine-year partnership with Redwood City, Calif.-based Informatica...

As if things weren't already tough enough for hedge funds and private equity firms, what with liquidity drying up faster than you can say Death Valley in the face of the subprime meltdown, yet another congressman is proposing yet another commission to study the impact of these funds on the...

The mantra at treasuries today is, "One format, one pipe" to make payments anywhere on the globe, and banks and treasury technology companies are trying their best to comply