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End-User Focus
Guarding Merrill Lynch’s
Intellectual Capital
Financial institutions rely on the integrity of their technology
infrastructure. Split seconds can mean the difference between making
and losing millions. But that’s not all. Protecting the firm’s intellectual
capital is vital, and the Data Centre (DC) must be equipped to deliver
dependable, high quality and cost effective solutions in a complex
business world. Nic Barnes, Director, Head of Solutions Engineering
Europe Middle East & Africa (EMEA) at Merrill Lynch, spoke recently
about the firm’s UK regional data centre, which formally opened in
2007. Leesa Carden reports.
In 1995 Merrill Lynch acquired an his career with Merrill Lynch Barnes meant that when the opportunity
independent equities house where has had operational responsibility to manage the design and build of
Barnes had worked for several years. for components which sit within the a new DC emerged, he was a natural
Since then he has worked with Merrill DC. His mix of operational DC fit.
Lynch in a number of infrastructure experience in distributed servers,
technology roles in EMEA, and spent global email systems, voice and data I asked Barnes what attracted him
several years in New York delivering a networks, combined with experience to the technology industry and
major project for the firm. For most of of delivering major programmes, financial world.
“Leading edge technology. The firm I
originally joined was one of the first
companies to adopt Windows NT
server in its earliest release, a few
years before the more mainstream
adoption. This is just an example of a
‘new technology’ which was exciting
to work with.”
So, what is the most exciting or
challenging aspect of working at
Merrill Lynch?
“The fast pace of change. Our
business is constantly evolving,
entering new markets with
applications designed to give a
competitive edge in that market.
Keeping on top of the technologies
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