Paul Fermor
UK Solutions Director for Software AG
Paul has spent his career creating solutions for very large-scale data analysis & real-time processing in a variety of applications, ranging from medical imaging to capital markets trading. He holds a first-class honors degree and PhD in Physics from the University of Surrey.
Recent posts
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App & Data Integration
How to avoid a bleak Black Friday
The crescendo to the retail year now starts in late October, thanks to the retail industry positioning big shopping days such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Singles Day within a month of Christmas. Offering multiple instances of the heaviest shopping days within a short space of time provides huge revenue opportunity, but it also concentrates operational risk across the whole retail ecosystem. Consumers, quite… -
Process Management
Operational resilience: A litmus test for the insurance industry?
March 2021 saw the publication of the Prudential Regulation Authority’s Operational Resilience Instrument (ORI). If you aren’t familiar with it, this new piece of regulation comes into force in March 2022 and mandates that insurance companies demonstrate “the ability to prevent, adapt, respond to, recover, and learn from operational disruptions…” In a nutshell, it will require the management of insurance firms to: Identify… -
IoT
Managing Risk and Regulation in Shipping
Where would the world be without ships? The Egyptians may never have discovered trade. The Vikings might never have conquered and raided neighboring nations. Today, shipping is the lifeblood of the global economy. The international shipping industry is responsible for the movement of around 90% of world trade – from raw materials to food and finished goods. In the EU, the shipping…
