If Great Tech Is Hard to Use, It’s Not Great Tech

If Great Tech Is Hard to Use, It’s Not Great Tech

If Great Tech Is Hard to Use, It’s Not Great Tech Technology is never a differentiator in itself. Creating a competitive advantage depends on finding applications of that technology to better serve customers. The distinction may seem obvious, but as fund...
The right mindset can unlock success in fund services

The right mindset can unlock success in fund services

The right mindset can unlock success in fund services How Elon Musk and a Depression-era self-help book can guide Wall Street forward What do the Oracle of Omaha, America’s Money Manager and the Technoking of Tesla all have in common? Cool nicknames, for sure. But...
Technology and Leadership: A Reading List

Technology and Leadership: A Reading List

Technology and Leadership: A Reading List Fund administrators and everyone else seeking to grow their business might want to consider Harmonate Chief Technology Officer Richard Scheffrin’s book recommendations. Richard has been moving recently from a tech-heavy...
Building credibility in the face of resistance to change

Building credibility in the face of resistance to change

Building credibility in the face of resistance to change Automating back-office tasks is the way of the future. It’s the indelible image of market upheaval. Whenever there’s a hiccup on Wall Street – boom or bust – the financial press runs photographs of brokers on a...
Microservices are at the heart of Conductor’s flexibility

Microservices are at the heart of Conductor’s flexibility

Microservices are at the heart of Conductor’s flexibility Complex systems are necessarily fragile. One change can throw everything into chaos. Like the puzzle game Jenga, a technology stack might fit together to form a beautiful structure. But if someone takes away a...