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The elephant in the cloud marketplace

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What Cloud Marketplaces Do and Don’t Do

Not long ago, we observed here in our blog that the critical insights that drive business value come from data that is both (1) fast and (2) reliable.

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The 3 Dimensions of AI Data Preparedness

This past year has been exciting, representing the dawning of a new age for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)—with large...

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How Do Small Hedge Funds Solve the Big Problem of External-Data Integration?

How do you get white-glove customer service from a major data supplier?

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6 Things You Need to Know about ESG Data Management

There’s an old saying: “What gets measured gets managed.” This sentiment represents the foundation of ESG best practices. The best practices are...

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Build or Buy? What to Do about External-Data Integration

With any technology, companies perpetually face a decision: build or buy?

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Crux Makes Dealing With Schema Changes Easy

Getting external data ready for analytics and data science is complicated. You can spend hours sifting through reference specs trying to find the...

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Crux and Morningstar

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Delivering Research-Ready Morningstar Datasets to the Cloud

Solving the complexities of external-data integration to bring more of Morningstar’s most critical datasets to the cloud

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Google Next ‘23 Conference Recap

It’s always a fun time for us Cruxers when we get to go to a conference and show off what our products can do. Google Next ’23, which just wrapped up...

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Leveraging Agility in External Data: A Strategic Advantage

In today's data-driven business environment, external data sources represent insights crucial in making informed decisions, identifying new...

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Crux and Databricks Expand Partnership to Supercharge Data Integration and Analytics Capabilities

We are very excited to announce the expansion of our partnership with Databricks, the leading Data and AI company, to bring you even more powerful...

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Crux Unveils Game-Changing Crux External Data Platform

Picture this: thousands of external datasets flowing seamlessly from vendors to internal data systems at lightning speed. Say goodbye to the days of...

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Crux Adds New Faces to Leadership

Crux, a cloud-based data integration and operations solution, has recently announced the addition of two new members to its leadership team: Jonathan...

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Outsourcing External Data Operations: Three Common Misconceptions

Managed services can be a data engineer’s best friend. Here’s what they don’t know–but should–about utilizing these services.

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ESG Data provider Catalog

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ESG DataSet Starter Packs: Getting Started with Social & Governance Data

Combining social and governance data provides a holistic quantitative and qualitative view of your investments.

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Forrester Research Reveals Data Teams Spend 70% of Their Time on Prep & Plumbing of External Data

Just 30% of the time is spent on data analysis as the outcry for a solution grows louder.

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ESG Starter Packs: A Guide to Getting Started with Environmental Data

Controversies are a common filter for ESG data investments and a good place to start with external data investments.

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Leave it to the Experts: An Agile Approach to Data Integration is Faster with the Right Team

Surgery is complex enough that you would leave it to an expert–the complexities of external data are worthy of the same treatment.

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Data Accessibility and the Data Cloud Market are Big Focuses for external Data in the Coming Year

The overwhelming demand for more data to maintain a competitive advantage is driving the need for access to clean, usable data from anywhere.

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ESG Starter Packs: A Guide to Getting Started with ESG Controversies Data

Controversies are a common filter for ESG data investments and a good place to start with external data investments.

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A Build vs. Buy Decision for External Data Solutions is a Balancing Act

Time, money, resources, and scalability can influence when, not if, your business needs to buy an external data solution.

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Bad Data’s Lasting Impact on your Analytics Runs Deeper than you Think

Data monitoring can’t be neglected–the net effect of erroneous data can be catastrophic for your business.

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The Future of External Data is Backlogs if We Don't Shift our Reality

Maintaining the status quo for data consumption supports stagnancy, not scale.

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Remaining Objective & Methodical is the Key to a Successful ESG Integration

In a landscape full of variety and change, staying organized and on-target is the best way to benefit from ESG data integration.

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Transitioning to a Centralized Data Solution is Undeniably Beneficial

Untangling the complex web of technology and data is hard, but not impossible.

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Crux Leadership Attended Google Next ‘22 and Shares Their Predictions

2025 is two years away–what can we accomplish by then?

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What is External Data University?

Here's what you need to know about External Data University.

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Data Engineers are Not Vendor Managers

It’s time to shake up the status quo of external data vendor management.

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External Data Integration is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

Identifying the path forward is the first step towards external data integration, simplified.

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The Evolution of ESG Data Part 2: Increased Velocity.

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ESG Driven Growth: Limitless ESG Data Sources & Use Cases

The exponential growth of ESG data, providers, and uses is limitless–learn how you can apply it to your industry and organization. This is part II...

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The Four Vs of Big Data Need a Facelift

External data can no longer be left out when we talk about big data as a whole.

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Crux is Now Available on Google Cloud Marketplace

The Crux platform solves the three biggest challenges of integrating external data for Google Cloud customers: rapid onboarding, personalized...

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The External Data Maturity Model.

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Introducing the External Data Maturity Model

External forces are all around us… Anyone who has attended business school or even joined a singular session on business basics has likely come...

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Crux enables external data integration with Crux Data Pipelines.

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External Data Integration Simplified: The Crux EXTERNAL Data Pipeline

An additional resource for your data engineering team.

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Crux Collective: Volume 1

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Crux Collective: Volume 2

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Welcome to External Data Products Delivered Reliably

Take your workflows to the next level by automatically validating external data against battle-tested, metadata-derived metrics, giving you more...

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ESG Data: Trend to Mainstream

ESG data will continue to influence the world around us and it’s important to know why–download the infographic and read the article now.

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Tackling External Data Integration For a Competitive Advantage

Having multiple external data sources that are linked to each other and to strategic internal data, allows a related set of questions to be asked...

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External Data Integration

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The Importance of External Data in the New Normal

Consumption of external data is growing everywhere. However, the fragmented and diverse data supply is riddled with unique challenges to getting to...

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Multi-faceted Security to Mitigate Threat: Log4j

Industry leading security program designed to future-proof client infrastructure and Crux Platform - AICPA’s SOC2 Type II. Trust and security have...

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New Supplier Announcement: Consensus Economics

Consensus Economics has partnered with Crux! Consensus Economics is a global macroeconomic survey firm, polling a wide range of local and...

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Crux Adds Dan Lynn to Lead Product and Scale its Enterprise Offering

Dan is the most recent senior hire for Crux, bolstering the product capabilities of its data integration and operations solution

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Crux Informatics Names Patrick Ball as New Chief Revenue Officer

Patrick’s addition will help the technology company seize on the growing demand for analytics-ready data

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Crux Informatics Advances Data Engineering Services with New Data Quality Measures and Transformation Capabilities

Launch of Crux Data Protect and Crux Wrangle services expand users’ ability to ensure data quality across data pipelines and transform datasets to...

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Accelerate Summit | Event Highlights

Unearth the latest solutions available by which data is discovered, processed and delivered in the cloud! In April, we explored the leading tools and...

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Will Freiberg Named Chief Executive Officer of Crux Informatics

Leading Data Engineering and Operations Platform Enters New Phase of Growth

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Crux Informatics Closes $36M Round to Accelerate Dataset Onboarding and New Product Launches

Round signals significant market demand for more dataset availability and data validation, schema protection, and data transformation capabilities...

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The Crux Summit: Fall 2020 | Event Highlights

Metadata, cloud migration, standardization, data discovery, improving quality, and…uranium? In November, we explored these topics and the state of...

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Data Supplier Survey 2020

Earlier this fall we ran our first Data Supplier Survey, unearthing the main industry challenges and focus areas across data distribution,...

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Philip Brittan on Wharton Fintech Podcast

In this episode the host Ryan Zauk of Wharton Fintech chats remotely with Philip Brittan Founder & CEO of Crux Informatics Available on Apple...

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Mark Etherington on DTV: Back to the Future of Data

In this episode, the host Avery Lyford chats remotely with Mark Etherington, CTO of Crux Informatics Avery Lyford and Mark Etherington discuss the...

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Crux Informatics Announces Partnership with Google Cloud to Provide Access to Thousands of Datasets

Partnership Enables Suppliers to Deliver Datasets with Ease to Customers with Google Cloud; Unlocking Efficiencies Across Data Discovery,...

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Philip Brittan on Bank on It Podcast

In this episode the host John Siracusa chats remotely with Philip Brittan Founder & CEO of Crux Informatics Episode 362 #BankOnItPodcast available...

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Dataset & Product Features Newsletter | September 16, 2020

New Datasets and Product Features September 16, 2020 • We are proud to announce the 100th...

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100 Data Suppliers Sign-up to Deliver their Data Via Crux Informatics

2020 Highlights Include Increase in Data Volume Delivered on the Crux Platform, Launch of Crux Discover Application, and Expansion of Industry...

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Dataset & Product Features Newsletter | August 26, 2020

New Datasets and Product Features August 26, 2020 • Within the past month, we’ve...

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The Power of Data Validations

Making data actionable with data validations In the business of data distribution for financial institutions, it’s never fun to receive an alert in...

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Crux Informatics Announces Collaboration with AWS to Onboard and Manage Datasets on AWS Data Exchange

The Collaboration Expands the Availability of High Quality, Validated Data from Various Data Suppliers on AWS Data Exchange

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Dataset & Product Features Newsletter | August 13, 2020

New Datasets and Product Features August 13, 2020 In the past 2 weeks, we’ve on-boarded 20+...

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Dataset & Product Features Newsletter | July 30, 2020

New Datasets and Product Features July 30, 2020 • We have signed over 95 data suppliers! 2...

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Crux Informatics and MSCI Enter Agreement to Expand Turnkey Access to MSCI’s Risk Factor Models Through the Cloud

Users of MSCI’s Leading Models Can Now Access Them Via Various Cloud Warehouses and Platforms Enabled by the “Crux Deliver” Service.

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Six Key Takeaways from the Crux Data & Sustainability Summit

Energy use is at the crux of sustainability. The Crux Informatics inaugural Data & Sustainability Summit took place on June 23rd and 24th, 2020. The...

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Danel Capital Partners with Crux Informatics to Broaden Delivery of Stock Selection Predictive Dataset

NEW YORK, July 22, 2020 – Danel Capital, an AI-driven analytics company, announces a partnership with Crux Informatics (“Crux”) to offer the Danel AI...

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Dataset & Product Features Newsletter | July 14, 2020

New Datasets and Product Features July 14, 2020 • We are currently delivering and operating ...

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Crux on Data & Sustainability

Efficient energy usage makes sustainability possible–but how do we address this need now for the future? For some time, renewable energy sources,...

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Statement of support for racial equality and peaceful demonstration

Yesterday, on Blackout Tuesday, we listened to the overwhelming outpouring of grief, frustration and feelings of injustice.

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Welcome Naviga to Crux!

Naviga delivered by Crux! Naviga’s CaaS solution uses advanced technology to deliver AI-ready text and multimedia news with guaranteed reliability....

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Data safety and privacy takeaways from MFA West 2020

Event Learnings | MFA West Last month, our CEO Philip Brittan participated in a panel discussion around “Best Practices in the Lifecycle of Data...

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SIX partners with Crux Informatics to deliver core datasets in a cloud-based platform

31 March 2020 – SIX, the Swiss financial data expert, announces today its partnership with Crux Informatics to provide a state-of-the-art managed...

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Crux Informatics and Euronext FX Enter Agreement to Broaden Delivery of FX Market Data Product

NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Crux Informatics (“Crux”) has entered an agreement with Euronext FX, a leading foreign exchange ECN, to enable...

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Using Corporate Action Data, Reference Data, and End of Day Prices to Research and Monitor Securities Worldwide

Supplier Spotlight Crux’s mission is to help data flow efficiently between data suppliers and data consumers, and we look to highlight major trends...

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Serving Point-of-Sale Data with additional Ingestion Delivery Mechanisms

Supplier Spotlight Crux’s mission is to help data flow efficiently between data suppliers and data consumers, and we look to highlight major trends...

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Developing Proprietary Models using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning Strategies

Supplier Spotlight Crux’s mission is to help data flow efficiently between data suppliers and data consumers, and we look to highlight major trends...

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Managing and Monitoring our Data Pipelines

Data Operations (DataOps) at Crux Beyond the core Crux Deliver feature of building data pipelines, a critical element of our value proposition is...

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Delivering Technology Industry Data Without Friction

Supplier Spotlight International Data Corporation (IDC)

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Welcome MT Newswires to Crux!

MT Newswires datasets now delivered by Crux! MT Newswires is a recognized leader in original, unbiased business and financial news. Offering over...

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Crux Informatics Expands Data Delivery Reach to AWS Data Exchange

NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Crux Informatics (“Crux”), a leading data delivery and operations company, today announced it has joined the...

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Crux Hits 1,000 Datasets!

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Welcome Vertical Knowledge to Crux!

Vertical Knowledge datasets now delivered by Crux! Vertical Knowledge provides rich historical libraries of auto, retail, real estate, travel,...

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Welcome IDC to Crux!

IDC’s global technology research data can now be delivered by Crux. IDC is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services,...

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Welcome FTSE Russell to Crux!

FTSE Russell’s index data now delivered by Crux. Their 1,000+ indexes provide a modular framework that cover all major asset classes, regions, and...

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Welcome GTCOM to Crux!

GTCOM-US and their JoveBird Sentiment Data now delivered by Crux! GTCOM’s advanced NLP & semantic computing technologies analyzes global news &...

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Welcome 2iQ to Crux!

Very excited to welcome @2iqresearch and their insider transactions data onto the Crux Supplier Network! Their datasets cover a universe of over...

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Welcome S&P Global to Crux!

We are excited to welcome S&P Global and their financial and industry data, research, and news onto the Crux platform! They are a leading, global...

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Welcome trueDigital to Crux!

We’re delighted to announce that trueDigital and their global digital finance platform has joined the Crux supplier network! trueDigital’s...

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Welcome Morningstar to Crux!

Thrilled to share that Morningstar has joined the Crux Supplier Network as a leading provider of independent investment research to the industry....

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Welcome Moody’s Analytics to Crux!

We are delighted to welcome Moody’s Analytics to the Crux platform! Datasets from Moody’s include Ratings Delivery Service and CreditEdge Plus...

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Welcome Stoxx to Crux!

We’re excited to announce that Stoxx has joined the Crux supplier network, bringing their suite of global indices to the platform. Stoxx is a...

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Welcome RavenPack to Crux!

We’re delighted to announce that RavenPack has joined the Crux Supplier Network. RavenPack uses Natural Language Processing methods that converts...

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Welcome Financial Calendar to Crux!

Announcing that Swaps Monitor Publications and their Financial Calendar product have joined the Crux Supplier Network! Covering holidays, trading...

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Welcome Fraud Factors to Crux!

We’re delighted to announce that Fraud Factors joined the Crux Supplier Network. They leverage machine learning and natural language processing...

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Financial data delivery gets easier with cloud-native Crux Informatics

A vast majority of financial institutions are exploring cloud computing to see how they might serve investment processes and customers better,...

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Welcome Revelio Labs to Crux!

We’re delighted to announce that Revelio Labs joined the Crux Supplier Network. Their datasets leverage AI methods to create structured & accurate...

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Welcome OptionMetrics to Crux!

We’re delighted to announce that OptionMetrics has joined the Crux Supplier Network. Over 300 institutional subscribers and universities rely on...

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Welcome Brain to Crux!

We’re excited to announce that Brain and their alternative datasets are joining the Crux Supplier Network! Brain’s datasets are based on Natural...

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Welcome Cryptoquote to Crux!

We’re excited to announce that Cryptoquote and their real-time and historical market datasets have joined the Crux Supplier Network! Cryptoquote’s...

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Welcome GfK to Crux!

We’re excited to announce that GfK and their Proprietary Point of Sale (PoS) datasets have joined the Crux Supplier Network! GfK Boutique Research...

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Welcome Orbital Insight to Crux!

We’re excited to welcome Orbital Insight to the Crux Supplier Network! Orbital Insight leverages machine learning and computer vision to analyze...

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Welcome QMIT to Crux!

We are delighted to welcome QMIT to the Crux platform! QMIT is a Machine Learning enhanced signal provider spun out of QuantZ Capital. The QMIT...

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Welcome Washington Service to Crux!

We’re excited to announce that The Washington Service and their US Insider Trading datafeed have joined the Crux Supplier Network! The Washington...

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J. Tomilson Hill, Former Chairman, President and CEO of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management Joins Crux Informatics Board

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, April 3, 2019/PRNewswire/ — Crux Informatics (“Crux”), a leading data operations and delivery company, today announced that J....

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Welcome Wall Street Horizon to Crux!

We are delighted to welcome Wall Street Horizon to the Crux platform! Wall Street Horizon provides forward-looking event data on over 7,000...

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January Newsletter: 9 Data Trends to Look Out for in 2019

The 9 Trends Shaping Data and Finance in 2019

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An Efficient Approach to Data

By Elizabeth Pritchard, Head of Go-to-Market at Crux Informatics

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Crux Informatics Closes $20 Million Series B Financing Round

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, October 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Crux Informatics (“Crux”), a leading data engineering and information supply chain operator,...

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3 Tech Trends Shaping the Future of Business

Data is changing what’s possible for businesses in financial services and laying the groundwork for future growth. Data-driven technology is...

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Panel to Share New Strategies for Sourcing Data

How do leading asset managers source and ingest new datasets to make stronger investment decisions? This Thursday, October 4, Crux will co-host a...

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Crux Crosses the Atlantic: Insights from BattleFin London 

The Crux Team traveled to London last week to attend BattleFin Discovery Day, a gathering of investment managers and data providers with eyes set on...

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Welcome FactSet to Crux!

We are delighted to welcome FactSet to the Crux platform! FactSet helps financial professionals identify investment opportunities and uncover risk...

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How to Build a Product People Want to Use

Spotlight: John Kelly, Vice President of Product Analytical and approachable, our VP of Product John Kelly welcomes bright ideas from our clients...

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Humility

One of Crux’s core values is humility. We believe that being humble is a healthier approach for us than braggadocio or declaring superiority.

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Why Developers Should Keep on Learning

Spotlight: David Tong, Senior Developer

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Welcome eMBS to Crux!

We are delighted to welcome eMBS to the Crux platform! eMBS Inc provides data and analytics on mortgage pools, REMICs, Strips, TBAs, and CRT deals...

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Solving the First Mile of Data: Tip #2

This series shares insights from our CEO Philip Brittan to help you gain value from data efficiently. Last week’s tip can help you solve the first...

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Conveyor Belt of Goodness

In a growing business, it is critical that all elements of the firm tie together to achieve the company’s mission. Business leaders understand that...

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SafeGraph now on Crux!

We’re delighted to welcome SafeGraph’s geolocation data products to the Crux platform! SafeGraph is a geolocation data provider that maintains ground...

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What it Means to Have Strategic Investors

In the world of company financing, investors are—at a high level—generally grouped into “financial investors” and “strategic investors.”

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What it Means to Have Strategic Investors

In the world of company financing, investors are—at a high level—generally grouped into “financial investors” and “strategic investors.” Financial...

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How to See New Connections in Data

Spotlight: Ezgi Bereketli, Data Engineering Product Manager Technical and open minded, Ezgi Bereketli applies quantitative and creative thinking to...

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How to See New Connections in Data

Spotlight: Ezgi Bereketli, Data Engineering Product Manager

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Being a Learning Organization

We have a number of core company values which guide how we operate and how we see ourselves at Crux. One of these key values is to be a learning...

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Being a Learning Organization

We have a number of core company values which guide how we operate and how we see ourselves at Crux. One of these key values is to be a learning...

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Welcome Exchange Data International to Crux!

We’re delighted to welcome Exchange Data International’s (EDI) comprehensive and complete reference and corporate action datasets to the Crux...

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The Must-Have Qualities of a Platform Engineer

Spotlight: Jonathan Major, Head of Engineering and Operations With nearly 20 years of experience in engineering and management, Jonathan Major...

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Charging Up Mountains

I like to think of getting projects done as ‘charging up mountains’. I appreciate the intense concerted effort and determination needed to do that,...

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The Must-Have Qualities of a Platform Engineer

Spotlight: Jonathan Major, Head of Engineering and Operations With nearly 20 years of experience in engineering and management, Jonathan Major...

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SafeGraph now on Crux!

We’re delighted to welcome SafeGraph’s geolocation data products to the Crux platform! SafeGraph is a geolocation data provider that maintains...

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ETL → EVLS TTT

In the world of Data Engineering, the acronym “ETL” is standard short-hand for the process of ingesting data from some source, structuring it, and...

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ETL → EVLS TTT

In the world of Data Engineering, the acronym “ETL” is standard short-hand for the process of ingesting data from some source, structuring it, and...

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Spring Community Newsletter – Creating Data Harmony

Hello from the CEO The Crux team has ramped up our rhythm, and our efforts are reverberating in the marketplace. As you may have heard, Citi...

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Crux Informatics Receives A Strategic Investment from Citi

NEW YORK, March 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ —Crux Informatics, a leading data engineering and information supply chain operator, announced a...

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February Community Newsletter – Data Engineering: Get to the Crux

Hello from the CEO Delightful data is useful and useable. Data Scientists make data useful through analysis that extracts valuable insights from...

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Reuters: Goldman Sachs leads $10 million investment round in data startup Crux

Originally published November 8, 2017 at Reuters

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American Banker: Data service startup Crux gets $10 million in funding led by Goldman Sachs

Originally published November 8, 2017 at American Banker

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Crux Informatics Announces $10 Million Series A Led by Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments

NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8, 2017 / PRNewswire/ — With the volume and variety of data exploding year-over-year, extracting value has never...

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Informatics Firms and Information Supply Chains

Philip Brittan, CEO of Crux Informatics, Inc.

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