{"id":24514,"date":"2022-06-08T10:09:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T14:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/company\/stories\/innovating-a-modern-icon-how-bloomberg-keeps-the-terminal-cutting-edge\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:00:44","slug":"innovating-a-modern-icon-how-bloomberg-keeps-the-terminal-cutting-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/company\/stories\/innovating-a-modern-icon-how-bloomberg-keeps-the-terminal-cutting-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovating a modern icon: How Bloomberg keeps the Terminal cutting-edge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Forty years ago, Bloomberg entered the trading technology space with a killer new digital tool: the Bloomberg Terminal. It quickly became a source for lightning-fast access to financial market data, powerful analytics, and a connected network of financial professionals and business leaders. Continuous innovation on the Terminal has cemented Bloomberg\u2019s status as one of the most important technology firms in history.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe word \u2018revolutionary\u2019 is watered down these days,\u201d says Fahd Arshad, UX Manager in the Office of the CTO at Bloomberg. \u201cBut if you put yourself in the shoes of Mike and the other founders trying to break into that subset of the financial space \u2014 I don\u2019t think you can use a different word to refer to this solution, which leapfrogged many others at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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