Microsoft, you are almost there!
I had the pleasure of meeting Marc Adler from CitiGroup in the Capital Markets division. He has some interesting thoughts on Microsoft's direction. I think Marc is right on for the most part.
I get the feeling that we are on the cusp of an incredible stack from Microsoft, but the parts needs to be put together in a cohensive manner. Mike Walker is charged with providing reference architectures for the financial vertical, but Mike needs some assistance from us in understanding the trading stack.
Marc is right, specifically with my role Microsoft is showing that we do care about our customers pain points in the industry. Marc has even offered up to help Microsoft understand CitiGroup's trading issues so we can better address that market.
Thanks Marc!
Mark has a really good blog at: https://magmasystems.blogspot.com/ Check it out.