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How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
News In an interview with silicon.com earlier this year, Betfair's CTO Tony McAlister said the gambling giant is undergoing a radical overhaul of its development processes to allow the company to take advantage of... [23 Oct 2009]
New CTO provides Devine inspiration for Yell
News Most recently, he provided tech consultancy to Bwin, one of the largest listed online gambling companies globally, and before that, he held the position of CTO at Betfair, working with the company for five years. [11 Aug 2009]
Betfair CTO bets on new tech architecture
News Betfair's new CTO is embarking on a radical overhaul of the gambling giant's development processes to allow the company to pounce on new international business opportunities faster. Before joining... [10 Jul 2009]
Alien hunting, Windows through the ages and Christmas gifts
Photo Apparently, it's betting, with online betting exchange Betfair showing silicon.com how closely bets can reflect future outcomes from politics to football. This chart shows how Betfair's punters trying to... [22 Dec 2008]
Photos: How Betfair predicts the future
Photo Online betting exchange Betfair has revealed how its customers placed their bets on a number of recent events and how they reflected their eventual outcomes. Photo credit: Betfair A victory for the team... [22 Dec 2008]
Betfair hits jackpot with new CTO
News Online betting exchange Betfair has appointed a new CTO. Betfair's former CTO Rorie Devine left the business earlier this year after five years with the company. Betfair CEO David Yu,... [18 Dec 2008]
Betfair spins into financial trading
News Online betting exchange Betfair has spun off a new venture called Tradefair which it hopes will allow it to cash in on the retail derivatives space - a market it estimates is worth at least £650m per year. [10 Nov 2008]
Edward Wray
AS Profile Betfair launched two years later, bringing technical and business innovation well beyond its sphere. Back in 1998 former JP Morgan trader Edward Wray teamed up with software programmer and professional card player Andrew... [07 Oct 2008]
Yahoo!'s board gets shareholder backing
News David Yu Betfair Yahoo! s board of directors won strong backing from shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday, with Jerry Yang, the company's embattled CEO, receiving 85 per cent of the vote in his favour. [04 Aug 2008]
Infosys launches radical retail tech services
News David Yu Betfair Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan is an unassuming man, who doesn't use his position to be imposing. It's less important for him to be the company's controller than to look like he is. Perhaps it comes... [01 Aug 2008]
Rorie Devine
CIO Profile Rorie Devine has just left Betfair, where he helped transform the online betting exchange's technology team during his five years there. Scalability and availability were the two big challenges for Devine and his team... [11 Jun 2008]
Who sat in judgement...
Comment Rorie Devine, who late last month announced his departure from Betfair where he had been CTO for the past five years. silicon.com has drawn on the knowledge of an international panel to sift through a long list of more... [03 Jun 2008]
Betfair CTO moves on
News Betfair CTO Rorie Devine is leaving the company by "mutual consent" in an amicable parting of ways after five years at the online betting exchange. Betfair's CEO David Yu said Devine has transformed the... [21 May 2008]
Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys
News David Yu Betfair Nandan Nilekani is pretty much a legend in his own lifetime. Co-founder of Indian outsourcing giant Infosys, foundation board member of the World Economic Forum, co-founder of the Indian National... [03 Mar 2008]
Betfair Ensures IT Scalability and Performance to Support Explosive Growth
White Paper Betfair has staked its business on Oracle's real-time technology to meet the speed, performance, and scalability needs of one of the busiest and most time-sensitive applications on the internet. In contrast to... [09 Feb 2008]
