The International Banking Systems Journal has recently published an article titled “Web 2.0: Pushing the boundaries of the Web“. This article is fully devoted to Comet technologies and techniques, as can be inferred by the names of the interviewees:

• Paul Caplin of Caplin Systems
• Alessandro Alinone (me) of Lightstreamer
• Sean Bowen of Push Technology
• Jonas Jacobi of Kaazing

On the technological side, there is at least one area which is of interest almost exclusively to the finance industry, the primary exception being online gambling. This is the ability to offer real-time data over the internet, and has obvious benefits for financial trading.

Read the full article for more insights about Comet and the banking industry.