Magazine

What I learned from creating a WebRTC POC

Development
Process
2021-02-25

Have you ever wonder how Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or any other web-based tool for conferencing is able to do what they do? Our Back-End Developer Casper Broeren wrote an excellent article on the topic to help you get started!

Backend

Fundamental research into low-code pt. 2

low-code
Process
innovation
research
2021-01-26

In this second part, I will continue to explain how we were able to gather information about each of our selected technologies in a comparable way. I will also explain more about the rapid prototyping we undertook and the results of the experiment. So, without further ado, let us continue where we left off!

Backend
Solution Engineer

Fundamental research into low-code pt. 1

low-code
Process
innovation
research
2021-01-14

Ongoing attempts to drive innovation in the financial markets have been undertaken both within and outside of VI Company. In this article, I share the details of our fundamental research into low-code. I'll provide you with insights into our approach, experiences, and the final results.

Backend
Solution Engineer

How to model Business Logic using Configuration

Development
Data
Process
2020-11-26

Representing a business’ domain in code is a common task for developers everywhere. Often the same approach is chosen: code everything. But what could be an alternative method to structure the technical side of things?

Backend

Operations and Sales: how VI Company tackles the eternal 'epic battle!'

Process
2019-07-22

Operations and sales are eternally at odds. How can you solve the chicken-and-egg problem and ensure a healthy battle? VI Company shares its experience!

Marloes van Uffelen

Operations
CFA®-fundamentals
Management Team

Tackling increasing complexity: bring it on!

Projects
Process
2019-04-24

Complexity is a given in our field. The rapid succession of developments results in an ever-changing technological environment. Furthermore, our clients operate in the financial and investment management industries, which grow more and more complex due to market changes – such as new regulations that take effect on a regular basis.

Founder
Management Team

Should I be worried about my DIY-Excel behaviour?

Process
2016-08-22

Your awesome IT department is too backlogged with work regarding the latest MiFID II obligations to discuss the practical problem you need to deal with… should you wait? You can't. You love Excel. It's just so easy to extract and link data files from third party systems (Bloomberg, Simcorp, ...) to …

Founder
Management Team

Why you shouldn’t let your manager judge you

Process
People
2016-08-18

Constructive feedback, given at an appropriate moment. Now that’s something you can work with. Performance reviews are usually done top-down and well after the moment you can still do something with the given feedback. This way you’re stuck with a one-sided view, without the possibility to do …

Founder

How to avoid prototyping pitfalls and maximize results

Design
Process
Testing
2016-07-22

It is unclear what a prototype is It is not surprising that there are multiple views on what a prototype is. There are, after all, multiple purposes for which you could use a prototype. This however, emphasizes the importance of making choices of what to develop in a prototype. The first question …

Management Team
CCO

5 tips to become a great Product Owner!

Process
People
2016-06-06

If you know what Scrum is you’re probably familiar with the term " Product Owner ". These days there are more and more Product Owner vacancies and there are a lot of retraining courses. Becoming a good Product Owner takes effort and is of great importance for the success of your project. To be …

Sophia van der Meijden

CFA®-fundamentals
Project lead

Fintech: Resistance is futile – or is it?

Strategy
Fintech
Process
2016-03-10

According to McKinsey, fintech start-ups numbered 2000 in February 2016, compared with 800 in April 2015. In addition, the past five years has seen $23billion of venture capital and growth equity deployed to fintechs globally, with $12.2 billion deployed in 2014 alone. This is a sector renowned for …

Founder
CFA®-fundamentals
Management Team

Why focusing on ROI for your business case could backfire

Process
Fintech
2015-11-16

Sounds like a promising start to this story doesn’t it? The sad thing, however, is that most ideas did not see the light of day since no budget was filed for it last year. Of course this is just a story, but it reflects what happens all around us. And it happens a lot! Though the necessity for …

Management Team
CCO

Getting ready for MiFID-II & MiFIR

Regulatory
Strategy
Fintech
Process
2015-09-25

The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), which we now call MiFID-I, was announced during Frits Bolkestein’s term as European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services (1999-2004) and came into force on January 1st, 2007, on the eve of the crisis that hit financial markets …

Founder
Management Team

The persona is dead, long live the persona!

Process
Design
2016-01-21

The personas hang there for a while, sometimes someone stops and takes a look, and after a couple of months the poster ends up in one of the drawers next to the brand book. Despite of all the effort, no-one really cares. So what are the most common reasons personas fail in the real world? The …

Sophia van der Meijden

CFA®-fundamentals
Project lead

How to empathize with (y)our customer

Process
Design
2016-04-07

To understand a business, you first need to understand the language of the trade. Developing a rich common vocabulary helps in understanding the system more deeply and thus leads towards a better interaction between the customer and the company. This resolves one of the biggest issues that …

Founder
CFA®-fundamentals
Management Team

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