Case Study: Global Tier-One Investment Bank achieves first-to-publish status and 50% lower TCO with MarkLogic

Tier-One Investment Bank Leapfrogs Competition with MarkLogic Database

This North American tier-one investment bank’s global research and analysis team — nearly 400 analysts across 20+ countries — needed to deliver up-to-the-minute equity and fixed-income research in any format, including mobile and alerts. Its legacy Oracle/FAST system lacked component-level search, hindered content reuse and feature agility, and forced long development cycles that made it hard to stay first-to-publish in a highly competitive market.

The bank built a new equity research authoring and delivery platform on the MarkLogic database, chosen for NoSQL flexibility plus enterprise security and disaster recovery. The solution enabled component-level search, faster mobile and real-time delivery, and shorter development cycles (3–4 weeks vs. 6–12 months), delivering first-to-publish status, roughly 50% lower TCO, substantial cost savings, and increased revenue and reputation.