New Analytics Provides Real-Time KPIs on Financial Data
London – 3 November, 2009 – Hitachi Consulting United Kingdom today announced the successful implementation of Betfair’s new financials analytics capabilities. Hitachi Consulting had previously been Betfair’s systems integrator for Microsoft’s BI Suite. This ongoing initiative takes data from Betfair’s Sun financial system, integrates it into a structured [...]

London – October 2- Global Datacentre Services Company ControlCircle has been ranked 36 in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100 based on 67.52% sales growth over the past three years from 2005 – 2008.
ControlCircle is focused on supporting mission critical systems hosted within a datacentre. ControlCircle’s client base spans the Pharmaceutical, Consultancy, Finance, Legal, On-line, [...]

Betfair, one of the world’s largest online betting companies, has expanded its technology operations by establishing a Development Centre in Cluj, Romania. Betfair currently employs over 1500 people, principally in London, Malta, Tasmania and the US (as part of the acquisition of TVG). The office will add approximately 70 new members of staff to the [...]

Veteran of entertainment and e-commerce sectors to join executive leadership team and run global engineering operations.
18th December 2008 — Betfair today announced the appointment of Tony McAlister to the role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). McAlister will run Betfair’s 300 person global engineering organisation responsible for enhancing the customer experience, driving innovation and underpinning profitable [...]

o New utility computing model means time to market for new applications now up to 6 weeks faster
o Virtualisation means IT assets are better exploited with IT spending curtailed as over provisioning is avoided and less power consumed
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