Was just doing some research on NeXT Computers, during that time, Steve Jobs was running both NeXT and Pixar, and I thought that these NeXTcubes are used mainly by these animation companies that needed high rendering power. But check this out, UBS, the financial powerhouse, uses the NeXTcube!"Freeborn traces UBS' use of IM back to 1995, when Swiss Bank had a large installed base of NeXT Computer Inc. computers and developed its own chat program for them..." (quoted)
As the article reads, financial services are using IM (instant messaging) in communication because emails are deemed to be "too slow" (Bloomberg terminals already have IM services where you can communicate with the helpdesk -- press "help" button twice). Financial services seem to be in the forefront of technology, among the early adopters, from using NeXT
computers to having proprietary databases, softwares and even languages written for their own analytical purposes, usually in the trading floors.Would it be that financial services are the frontline in pushing the frontiers of technology in the commerce? Any entrepreneur out there coming out with a groundbreaking tech? Maybe the first customer to approach is a banker...
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