According to Gartner the DAM thing is on the right track

Gartner has published a new report stating that the Digital Asset Management sector is on the rise (something that we know and see for a long time) ... up for a subscription plan that will guarantee them a “supported hassle free” Digital Asset Management ... into other document types…” In this regard we would like to emphasize our open source Digital Ass [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 11:08:56

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More Lessons From The 2008 Financial Markets

Larry Swedroe, principal of an asset management company and investment book author, ... that covered a variety of topics from active management to Madoff to your “Plan B”. Here ... . ... If their money managers could protect you, why did firms like Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns go belly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 07:46:53

Vibrancy in the ECM market

The ECM world is dominated by EMC, Open Text, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle -- all big vendors with equally big publicity machines to keep their brands ... planned application for mid 2009 in Digital Asset Management. Why is this interesting news? Well Nuxeo ... -driven framework/platform approach to software. Added to this sign of corporate maturity (packaged [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 15:06:00

A modest proposal for an IT bailout

A modest proposal for an IT bailout Posted by Joe McKendrick @ 9:55 am Categories: General, Business ROI Tags: Asset, Information Technology, SOA, IT World, Asset Management, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Strategy, Operational Planning ... .  And interesting approaches — cloud, Web services, SOA, virtualization, open source — [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 17:55:39

pTools plans European expansion on back of digital asset deal

Irish content management software house pTools is projecting European growth plans after striking a vital partnership with digital asset management (DAM) technology leader Equilibrium. [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 13:23:00

Risk Management Watch: Firms to Boost Spending on Risk Management in ‘09

Fortune 1000 companies plan to invest more in risk management in 2009 as experts anticipate new laws and regulations aimed at improving corporate ... role as Global Head of Alternative and Quantitative Investments (A&Q) within UBS Global Asset ... risk management oversight. That’s according to the results of a recent survey conducted [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 08:00:40

Mitsubishi UFJ Loses $500 Million on Morgan Stanley Stake

Boy, there have been bigger bad investments (TPG putting $7 billion into WaMu comes to mind) ... Asset Management Co. in Tokyo. ``The U.S. bailout plan was the big change we hadn't had before ... . have tapped the region's banks and sovereign wealth funds for money in the past year as falling U.S. home [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 04:03:53

Victory! Plum Creek Drops Easement Change

I slept in after a quiet and lovely New Year’s Eve. I was planning an equally pleasant morning, ... Asset Management Corporation and Newground Social Investment, to pursue a shareholders strategy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:59:22

panch-tattva talk…chartists and market

Friends,The chartists are busy finding clues to the markets next move ... them. However, while Russia suffers due to low crude prices, India thrives. Landsman of ING Asset Management team says ‘global rate cuts and stimulus plans are going to drive consumption, which most [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 03:54:44

Plantronics Cuts Guidance; Reducing Staff By 18%

Plantronics (PLT) said it now expects revenue for its fiscal third quarter ended December to be about $184 million, ... loss for the quarter of 94 cents to $1.20 a share, including a non-cash asset impairment charge of $60 ... reduction plan. The company also is reducing management salaries and taking other measures to reduce [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:33:00

AIG to pare itself down

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The beleaguered insurance giant AIG announced plans Friday to hold on to its property and casualty insurance businesses, ... its aircraft leasing unit, asset management division, retirement services and U.S. life insurance ... and nimble after the asset sales. –From CNNMoney.com’s Tami Luhby and Aaron Smith [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 19:41:53

San Francisco Real Estate Market Update for week of November 16, 2008

Read what Rick Turley, President of Coldwell Banker, San Francisco/Peninsula says in his latest weekly report: ... and stabilize prices.  In addition, the plan urges that the Troubled Asset Relief Program be put back on track ... estate brokerage and property management. “The only way to overcome today’s economic turmoil [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 16:21:20

Why the US Bail-out Plan Will Hardly Solve the Financial Crisis

The Mark-to-market rule (Wikipedia): “Mark-to-market" ... Jane Caron, chief economic strategist at Dwight Asset Management. Wall Street Journal Oct. 1, 2008 ... decline in asset values. For example, the prices [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 22:18:59

AIG to sell some units

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The beleaguered insurance giant AIG announced plans Friday to sell off parts of the company to pay off its massive debt ... its aircraft leasing business, asset management division, retirement services and U.S. life insurance operations. –From CNNMoney.com’s Tami Luhby and Aaron Smith [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 15:45:08

Buy, Sell or Hold Insight: GM Remains a High Risk Profit Play – Even as it Files its Turnaround Plan Today

With America’s “Big Three” automakers all due to submit turnaround plans to Congress today (Tuesday) – a requirement if General Motor Corp. (GM) ... -billion-dollar asset management organization as its head of credit. While most of my experience before [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 16:31:34

IBM unleashes tools to make data 'capital asset'

IBM unleashes tools to make data 'capital asset' IT giant unveils new suite of information management software and services, alongside plans to beef up its Asia-Pacific partner network. [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 11:39:00

Four at Four: Washington Gridlock

What happened Thursday in Washington was not an exact repeat of the breakdown in negotiations over the funding of the TARP plan, ... Arnold, investment advisor at Dawson Wealth Management in Cleveland. The unsteady procession toward ... , the extreme spreads evident in credit markets, where the loan markets, asset-backed, and high-yield [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 12:45:00

Playboy Dumps DVD Business For Internet Video

Playboy CEO Christie Hefner announced yesterday plans to shut down its DVD business and focus on Internet video: ... pre-production work and building a more robust digital asset management system.  Expect to see a lot [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 20:48:18

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Kuwait quits Dow deal. Kuwait has notified Dow Chemical (DOW) that it's pulling out of their planned $17.4B petrochemical joint venture ... .' DOW -2.5% premarket. NYT shrinks down. The New York Times Co. (NYT) is turning to asset sales ... include J.C. Flowers & Co., Dune Capital Management, and hedge fund Paulson & Co. The group [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 12:50:18

GMAC Loosens Credit Reins After $6 Billion Treasury Loan

The U.S. Treasury has agreed to lend $6 billion to GMAC LLC (GOM), the financing arm of General Motors Corp. (GM) ... banking industry with plans to access even more funds from the Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief ... . To raise that $30 billion, GMAC – owned by GM and Cerberus Capital Management L.P. – convinced about 75 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:20:33

GMAC Loosens Credit Reins After $6 Billion Treasury Loan

The U.S. Treasury has agreed to lend $6 billion to GMAC LLC (GOM), the financing arm of General Motors Corp. (GM) ... banking industry with plans to access even more funds from the Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief ... . To raise that $30 billion, GMAC – owned by GM and Cerberus Capital Management L.P. – convinced [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 16:23:22

Citi breakup in sight after Morgan Stanley deal (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Citigroup Inc agreed to merge its Smith Barney brokerage with Morgan Stanley's wealth management unit on Tuesday, and is expected to make further asset sales to raise capital and to isolate toxic assets from the rest of the bank. Citigroup, once the world's largest bank, may announce plans on January 22 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 01:46:29

Will investors support Pandit's new plan for Citi?

Citigroup Inc.'s board is supposedly standing behind CEO Vikram Pandit as he pulls apart Sanford Weill's trumpeted financial ... that the banks reached a definitive agreement to combine Morgan Stanley's Global Wealth Management Group ... ? This restructuring is sounding similar to American International Group Inc.'s asset sell-off, and [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:22:38

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