Latest Firstderivatives Podcast Episodes

6 – Data Enables Utilities to Deliver with the Flick of a Switch

Microsecond Mindset - December 20, 2021 07:00 - 32 minutes
Most of us don’t think about the complex system working to deliver our utilities 24/7, even in the face of high demand or disastrous challenges. Part of what’s keeping the lights on is the ability to monitor demand levels far and wide, detect outages, and deliver resources where they’re needed m...

5 – How Access to Real Time Data Empowers Foreign Exchange Trading

Microsecond Mindset - December 13, 2021 07:00 - 32 minutes
The foreign exchange market fluctuates every second, if not even faster. For asset managers in the FX space, access to timely, accurate, clear data is critical to every move. Many now rely on Execution Management Systems (EMS) to manage thousands of diverse portfolios and simplify operation. W...

4 – How Surveillance Equips Financial Institutions to Maintain Compliance

Microsecond Mindset - October 01, 2021 20:35 - 34 minutes
Even though compliance is not a new requirement for financial institutions, organizations still work daily to check the boxes and stay up to date. While innovation enabled new ways to monitor activity, it also complicated things, burying organizations in data. The sheer volume and velocity can d...

3 – Streaming Analytics in Action: How Zipabout is Making Journeys Easier and Safer

Microsecond Mindset - May 24, 2021 01:02 - 30 minutes
What does the real-world impact of real-time analytics actually look like? To find out, we sat down with Dan Chick, CTO of Zipabout, who’s been working to improve the UK’s public transit experience through personalized travel information and real-time mobile updates. We asked Dan how incorpora...

2 – The 5 Steps to a Microsecond Mindset

Microsecond Mindset - May 24, 2021 01:01 - 27 minutes
Everyday, James Corcoran, CTO of Enterprise Solutions at KX, helps businesses build a culture and capability around real-time data analytics and continuous intelligence. On this episode, he talks about how businesses can jump aboard the real-time train, walking us through the five steps orga...

1 – A Big Year Ahead for Streaming Analytics? Real-time Expectations for Businesses

Microsecond Mindset - May 24, 2021 01:00 - 29 minutes
To kick-off the show, we're talking to talking to tech journalist Alex Woodie, who's been writing about data and computing for nearly 25 years. We asked him how real-time data impacts both consumers and businesses, how it works with other cutting-edge technologies and what needs for happen f...

3 – Streaming Analytics in Action: How Zipabout is Making Journeys Easier and Safer

Microsecond Mindset - May 24, 2021 01:00 - 30 minutes
What does the real-world impact of real-time analytics actually look like? To find out, we sat down with Dan Chick, CTO of Zipabout, who’s been working to improve the UK’s public transit experience through personalized travel information and real-time mobile updates. We asked Dan how incorpora...

Coming Soon: Microsecond Mindset

Microsecond Mindset - April 15, 2021 18:31 - 2 minutes
The Microsecond Mindset Podcast launches this month! Join KX – the experts behind the fastest, best-informed, real-time decision-making engine in the world – and explore why now is the time to adopt a microsecond mindset using streaming analytics. We’ll be covering the value it can create for in...