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Sumerian brochures

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Download the Sumerian Brochure - Investment Banking

Case studies

Latency and order fill rate#

Sumerian helps global investment bank to optimise FX trading by quantifying relationship between latency and order fill rate

Cloud capacity#

Sumerian helps European retail bank gain improved capacity and cost visibility with 10% annual savings in cloud service identified

Capacity planning#

Sumerian improves capacity planning and risk management for trading arm of large UK bank.

Capacity latency#

Sumerian helps US investment bank to optimise capacity and latency for critical FX service targeting new market opportunity.

Datacentre relocation#

Sumerian helps investment bank de-risk outsourcing of grid and achieve significant cost savings.

Cost reduction#

Sumerian helps UK bank recover £6.3 millon overcharge for outsourced voice and data service.

Capacity and risk#

Sumerian helps global investment bank optimise capacity and de-risk change for critical pricing service.

White papers

Why an analytics approach to IT optimisation succeeds

In this introductory white paper, we examine the challenges presented by today's large-scale IT estates, and explain how the advanced statistical modelling and repeatable analysis offered by analytics supplies IT executives with the clear visibility and quantified insight they need to drive IT optimisation decisions that count.

Optimising critical banking platforms with analytics

In this introductory white paper, we explain the benefits of taking an analytical approach to the optimisation of core banking platforms. The white paper explores how analytics provides the accurate, quantified insight banks need to drive targeted performance improvements, plan capacity precisely, manage change, and reduce costs -based on real data.  

Achieving successful latency reduction with analytics

In today's highly competitive investment banking landscape, the race to process trades at breakneck speeds has placed latency reduction firmly in the spotlight. In this white paper, we examine how advanced analytics are helping leading investment banks gain a holistic level of insight for targeted latency optimisation.

Achieving business-aligned capacity management with analytics

With many of today's IT organisations facing budgetary constraints, this new white paper examines the need for improved, joined up capacity management, and outlines the specific advantages of analytics' progressive business-aligned techniques.

Maximising cloud initiatives with IT Analytics

Cloud, regardless of its hype, is gaining widespread traction and credibility through open declarations of its use. Analytics provides the necessary multi-dimensional analysis of all key considerations (cost, risk and impact) that are required to ensure initiatives successfully realise their objectives.

Advancing IT-business alignment with usage analytics

We discuss the anaytical capability of IT consumption and outline how its business-centric focus is used to gain a strategic understanding of user demand, business transactions and behaviour. This paper outlines the benefits and how it can be applied towards strategic investments, capacity planning, and facilities management.

Cost reduction - Maximising your initiatives with analytics

This white paper outlines how the advanced scenario modelling provided by analytics is helping organisations to optimise estate resources platform-by-platform, identifying not only cost savings, but understanding the risk and impact of initiatives before implementing them.

Datacentre consolidation - Achieving successful outcomes with analytics

Whilst consolidation represents a clear opportunity to redress the balance of stretched datacentre resources and running costs, without careful preparation and taking into account the business' performance and future capacity demands, service quality and expected cost savings can be left in jeopardy.

Optimising grids/HPC with analytics

With grid computing being a critical element for today's competitive investment banking sector, we examine how analytics' advanced techniques are being applied to drive improved optimisation strategies.

Entering the energy efficiency age - Applying analytics to sustainable IT

With upcoming UK legislation and rising energy costs, Sustainable IT is fast moving out of the fringes to become a priority issue. This Sumerian white paper explores the momentum behind Sustainable IT and explains how an analytics approach not only guides your strategy, but helps reduce costs and track results.

Informing voice and data convergence initiatives with analytics

We take a look at the drivers towards converged voice and data networks and provide recommendations on deciding the best options, managing evaluation and how to achieve a smooth implementation.

 

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