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Some Insight into the OpenGamma Recruitment Process

The technical recruitment process at OpenGamma has changed considerably over the years. In this post, Jim Moores, Head of Platform Development, describes its evolution and what the process looks like today.

10 May 2012 By Jim Moores Comments

OpenGamma in a Minute - Animated

Announcing a new animated video that tells the story of OpenGamma in one minute.

26 April 2012 By Henning Holter Comments

OpenGamma OpenHouse - May 2012

It's that time again: on May 3, 2012, we're hosting the third OpenGamma OpenHouse. Come along to see the 1.0 Platform in action.

23 April 2012 By Kirk Wylie In Announcements Comments

Countdown to R/Finance

The fourth annual R/Finance conference will take place in Chicago in May. Aimed at users of R, the open source programming language for statistical computation and graphics, the event focuses on using R as a primary tool for financial risk management, analysis and trading.

17 April 2012 By Kirk Wylie Comments

Converting Javadocs from LaTeXlet to MathJax: A git-sed-vim Case Study

Financial analytics are all about the math, and documenting financial analytics means making the math pretty. LaTeX has been the standard way to do this in print since the 1980s, but making math pretty online has always been contentious and problematic.

12 April 2012 By Ana Nelson Comments

Conventions, Bloody Conventions!

Ever wish you were able to access all the conventions and market standards for the most common interest rate instruments in one single place? A booklet just published by the OpenGamma Quantitative Development Team attempts to do just that. Marc Henrard explains the idea behind this reference guide.

5 April 2012 By Marc Henrard Comments

OpenGamma Platform 1.0 Is Here - Pop the Champagne!

OpenGamma has released version 1.0 of our flagship technology stack, the OpenGamma Platform. Kirk Wylie talks about where the new release takes OpenGamma as a company and ecosystem.

2 April 2012 By Kirk Wylie In Announcements Comments

OpenGamma Platform 1.0 Released

Jim Moores describes the key improvements in the 1.0 release of the OpenGamma Platform, including the R Integration Module, open source Bloomberg integration, new HTML5 GUI and new asset classes and analytical methods.

2 April 2012 By Jim Moores In Announcements Comments

Partial Application in JavaScript Revisited

Afshin Darian explains partial application in JavaScript.

22 March 2012 By Afshin Darian Comments

Managing a Large Mixed Public/Private Java Project Using Git

Having a mix of public and private source code repositories poses an interesting challenge to any organisation. Jim Moores describes how OpenGamma addressed the challenge with Git.

13 March 2012 By Jim Moores Comments