OMG, OMW! WHEN REPLATFORMING ATTACKS.
One of the running sores of the platform industry, for a long time, has been replatforming. This is a typically abstruse[1] term coined by the industry for moving the underlying assets on a platform from one technology firm to another. Sound simple? Well, itâ’s not. I’ve been fond of saying for a while that ‘there […]
SUB-DATAGASM! NEW TECH MARKET SHARE FIGURES RELEASED!
Hello, you. Right, further to our lovely infographic from the other week, we need to update the tech provider projected market share figures. While we’re at it, we took the time to really make some additional changes and widen the set to give a fuller view of the market. We’re still not breaking it down […]
OMG, OMW! WHEN REPLATFORMING ATTACKS.
One of the running sores of the platform industry, for a long time, has been replatforming. This is a typically abstruse[1] term coined by the industry for moving the underlying assets on a platform from one technology firm to another. Sound simple? Well, itâ’s not. I’ve been fond of saying for a while that ‘there […]
COVERT CONSULTATION COMPLICATIONS
I’ve been reading about Kim Philby lately, the so-called Cambridge Spy who fooled the British Intelligence Service for decades as he passed information to his KGB handlers. Secrecy, covering his tracks and passing communications in a manner that meant they would go undetected by all but the intended recipient were all in a day’s work. […]
COVERT CONSULTATION COMPLICATIONS
I’ve been reading about Kim Philby lately, the so-called Cambridge Spy who fooled the British Intelligence Service for decades as he passed information to his KGB handlers. Secrecy, covering his tracks and passing communications in a manner that meant they would go undetected by all but the intended recipient were all in a day’s work. […]
BEHIND THE DATAGASM
Well, that was unexpected. Our infographic on the retail advised platform market seems to have caught the imagination of lots of you; it’s coming up fast on 10,000 views on LinkedIn (which is a lot for little old us) and is one of the most downloaded things ever from the lang cat website. Mind you, […]
BEHIND THE DATAGASM
Well, that was unexpected. Our infographic on the retail advised platform market seems to have caught the imagination of lots of you; it’s coming up fast on 10,000 views on LinkedIn (which is a lot for little old us) and is one of the most downloaded things ever from the lang cat website. Mind you, […]
MID-TERM DATAGASM – THE LANG CAT 2016 INFOGRAPHIC

MID-TERM DATAGASM – THE LANG CAT 2016 INFOGRAPHIC
SLAB: Standard Life and Aberdeen get it on
I don’t know how your weekend was, but I suspect it was more fun than the lawyers, bean counters and PR people at Aberdeen and Standard Life had. Out of the blue, the news was broken by @MarkKleinmanSky around lunchtime Saturday, and from there things have moved rapidly to the point of the merger recommendation […]