Agio Service Offering
Agio provides flexible managed service solutions to hedge funds of all sizes. From outsourcing your complete infrastructure to managing an individual element, we can tailor our solutions to meet your individual needs. Our Service Desk supports your IT infrastructure 24/7 and offers much more than resolution of IT issues. Using best practice service management tools, we deliver strategic outcomes, not only addressing the technology issues but the business' performance as a whole.
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Agio's CEO weighs in on the Top 10 iPad Apps for Hedge Funds
August 19, 2010
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Agio's CEO weighs in on the Top 10 iPad Apps for Hedge Funds
August 19, 2010
I believe the advent of the iPad will bring about a shift in the dynamic IT environment of hedge funds. As an avid user of Apple products, and an early adopter of the iPad, I've enclosed my Top 10 Favorite Apps for Hedge Funds:
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Bloomberg
(free)
- Bloomberg is a staple on my desktop computer and with the iPad I can take it mobile. The Bloomberg app provides good stock information and portfolio tracking. Best Feature: the company news feed.
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Thomson Reuters News Pro
(free)
- Reuters News Pro provides up-to-the-minute news as it happens. The app includes video and market commentary news. Best Feature: a simple stock watcher portfolio section for keeping tabs on your favorite stocks.
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Wall Street Journal
(app is free; monthly subscription is $3.99 a week)
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The top pure news app on our list. Even without being a paid subscriber, you can get a tremendous amount of information from this app. The subscription juices it up with videos to compliment the related stories. Best Feature: the news – simply the best.
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Nasdaq OMX – Qfoloio HD
(free)
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This official app from Nasdaq will give you real-time quotes from US and Nordic markets. You can also get charts and create watch lists. Best Feature: its ability to sync with StockTwits to see what others are saying.
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Daily Stocks
($19.99)
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One of the more expensive apps in the AppStore - but completely worth it. This app will help you backup your ideas with some solid technical data presented in a very user friendly format. Best Feature: the charting is very powerful and really takes advantage of the iPad's gorgeous screen.
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powerOne Financial Calculator
($5.99)
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Replace your desk-based financial calculator replaces and many of your spreadsheets with one app. As a calculator with templates, it functions almost like a spreadsheet but with the ease of a calculator. This is a must have for any analyst or PM. Best Feature: 60+ templates easily get you the answers you need to common issues without having to memorize the formulas.
Stock Portfolio for iPad ($4.99)-
Sync up with multiple brokers (Schwab, ETrade, Fidelity, ScottTrade) and view all of your portfolios in real-time. A must have for keeping an eye on your PA. Best Feature: its ability to sync to multiple brokers, hands down.
iCurrency Pad ($0.99)-
Watch and compare the various FX rates around the globe. Perfect for your FX needs, this app provides a myriad of charting options along with a rich collection of data. Best Feature: a great interface to seamlessly view all the various FX rates.
Numbers ($9.99)-
Not the same as Excel, yet Numbers boasts plenty of functionality to get the job done while you are away from your main computer. Best Feature: easily converts Excel spreadsheets to be able to view and edit on the iPad.
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Loki – 10K Annual Reports ($6.99)
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This app holds 5 years of Fortune 100 annual reports that are optimized for viewing on your iPad. Consider it research gone mobile. Best Feature: all of the 10K reports so easily accessible from your iPad.
by Bart McDonough
Two Agio System Analysts Move the Company forward with McAfee Certification
August 17, 2010
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Two Agio System Analysts Move the Company forward with McAfee Certification
August 17, 2010
Sudeep Acharya and David Letourneau, System Analysts in Agio's Infrastructure Support group, successfully completed certification enabling Agio to be a partner reseller of Mcafee Saas Email and Web Security services. The benefits for Agio's hedge fund clients are numerous. "We can now offer our clients McAfee's trusted services including Anti-Virus protection, anti-spyware protection, and desktop firewall all at an enterprise level," said Acharya. "Our service will allow Agio clients to create enterprise level rules for website filtering, content filtering, and email protection."
By using Agio's hosted security service the client does not have to hire dedicated staff to maintain enterprise level security. This translates into a cost savings for the client. Simplified and central management of the client's domain environment will give them full control of their network and infrastructure security. "This service is a good addition to our sales readiness project," says Letourneau. "We can quickly deploy these service to our clients, regardless of their location."
Agio Technology Unleashes 24x7x365 Service In-House
August 10, 2010
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Your Next IT Budget: 6 Ways to Support Business Growth
July 20, 2010
Great article by Robert Whiteley of Forrester Research. For hedge funds, we believe implementing client virtualization, leveraging IaaS for new applications and services, and reogranizing your org structure into a service model make the most sense.
CIO.com
Is Financials Services IT Innovation Dead?
July 19, 2010
Innovation dead? Far from it. The use of 'smart' technologies and deployments is just getting started in the Financial Services vertical. The amount of efficiency organizations will achieve from their technology spend is starting to increase at a modest rate. In the years to come, we believe this efficiency rate will start growing exponentially.
WallStreetAndTech.com
Data storage virtualization benefits for small businesses
July 19, 2010
All Hedge Fund CTOs should be considering implementing some sort of storage virtualization - if they haven't already. While this is very dynamic technology, it certainly can and should be used within hedge funds of all sizes.
SearchSMBStorage.com
FusionIO – a must have for performance driven hedge funds
July 13, 2010
If you haven't heard of FusionIO, you should check them out. FusionIO has coupled solid-state drive technology with a PCIe interface. Intrigued – you should be.
WindowsNetworking.com
8 Ways to Measure Cloud ROI
May 26, 2010
A very good article for our hedge fund CTOs looking to measure their rate of return by using cloud technologies. We also believe this article does a great job of defining cloud technologies by a list of 5 characteristics.
CIO.com
IT Leadership – The Dual Role of Today's CIO
April 19, 2010
We feel strongly that CIO/CTOs need to focus on the "I" and not the "T". Focus on what differentiates your firm from others, not the technology that you need to make it so - even if that technology is essential to your business. Experts can help you run the essential technologies, but only your organization can create and manage the information required to differentiate you from the market.
CIOUpdate.com
Techies Go Inland
July 18, 2010
The CNN story "Techies Reject Coasts for Silicon Prairie" struck a cord with us. We knew we were onto something bringing Wall Street technology inland. Read here how young, cyber-savvy talent is choosing a life on the range.
CNN.com
Government Regulation
June 28, 2010
With Government regulation coming at the hedge fund industry quickly more firms are starting to prepare for registration and think about their information governance requirements. Company data is one of the most important assets of a hedge fund. How do you protect your data yet be transparent with the regulating bodies? Below is an update on the state of regulation and registration within our industry.
Proskauer.com
The CTO's Guide to Outsourced IT
June 10, 2010
Learn everything you need to know about outsourced IT by downloading a free copy of The CTO's Guide to Outsourced IT by Bart McDonough, Agio CEO.
Storage Virtualization
June 6th, 2010
Hedge Fund CTOs: As a strong proponent of storage virtualization throughout the years, we strongly encourage you to learn about VMWare's recent announcement, VPLEX. While the initial announcement has some interesting potential, once the technology is enabled for async distance replication - the possibilities get very interesting. Relevant resources:
Official EMC VPLEX Site
EMC White Paper
VPLEX: Redefining the Boundaries of the Data Center
3.003 To Boldly Go
OU President Boren and NEDC welcome Agio to Norman, OK
March 30th, 2010
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We would like to covey our sincerest appreciation to Don Wood and the rest of the Norman Economic Development Coalition staff along with President David Boren and the University of Oklahoma for hosting this amazing event. We were honored to be welcomed to your community so graciously and look forward to being a valueable member of the community over the coming years.
– Bart R. McDonough, Agio CEO
The iPad and the Financial Web…To Infinity and Beyond
February 20th, 2010
While we might not share Howard's overall bullishness, we do expect the iPad to have a significant impact on the financial markets and on our customers. Whether they use their iPad's simply to stay up on their research, check e-mail, or to actually monitor their positions, the iPad will be playing an important role in the lives of Hedge Fund managers over the coming months.
– Bart R. McDonough, Agio CEO
HowardLindzon.com