Blockbuster- or Incremental Innovation?

Again inspired by a HBR column (by Rosabeth Moss Kanter). Block buster products don't spring to work in the market place without incremental change.

Market Plunge - Human Error or Revolution of the Machines?

Market Plunge Baffles Wall Street . The stock market plunged Thursday in a harrowing five-minute selloff that appeared to be triggered by a breakdown of trading systems. After dropping nearly 1,000 points, the market rebounded but still closed down 3.2%, leaving Wall Street struggling to figure out what happened.

Some Questions Can Be Answered Before Asked

I am often asked questions like "How can I valuate a convertible bond in the Mathematica Front End?" or "How can I calibrate a LIBOR market model within Mathematica?" or .... After I have answered the question I also tell them to explore the usage of UnRisk in the Mathematica Front End at UnRisk Exploration. Following Documentation one can find the whole documentation of the UnRisk PRICING ENGINE - it's exactly the same documentation as our users find in the Mathematica Documentation Center.

Taming the Machine Infernal

we do implementations within the CUDA framework for many months now. In Nov-09 we installed a nvidia Tesla personal supercomputer in a server-rack with 2 Quadcore processors, 24 GB memory, triple channel architecture, with 2 Tesla C1060 and 1 GTX260 GPUs. A machine that let you "feel" the heat. A-wild-thing-that-makes-my-heart-sing.

Shhh...Testing In Progress

Sometimes, I cannot believe it myself. The next releases of our PRICING ENGINE and FACTORY are in the testing phase.

Imitation or Innovation?

Do creative copiers overshadow pioneers and innovators? Product life cycles need to become shorter and you cannot make groundbreaking innovations to gain a strategic edge just on demand.

Build An Enterprise Without Borders?

Recently when we intensified our partnership with China-Quants, I was rethinking our business models and strategies. 

Why Good Spreadsheets Make Bad Strategies?

A report in Harvard Business Review, Apr-10, relating to a provocative blog post by Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School.

Manage through fear and intimidation, love, role modeling, ... or if you can't measure something, it might be the very most aspect of the problem?

UnRisk and China-Quants. 8 Good Reasons for a Spirited Partnership.

Shawn Liu (picture) head of China-Quants , Shanghai, UnRisk partner, and us met in our development center to formulate the strategic blueprint for marketing UnRisk technologies in China. In a 3 days workshop we thought like one company.

Custom-Fabricated Risk Analytics Factories?

Article in Wired Magazine Feb 2010 . In an age of open source, custom-fabricated and do-it-yourself product design all yo need - is a brilliant idea. Portals to the future of manufacturing are shown in examples like the power of micro-factories for developing a car - LocalMotors, Warham-Masschusetts, combining the power of crowdsourced design and professional experience to develop a power Rally Car. The manufacturing muscle came from a car company.