Microsoft Financial Services - Announcements, Interviews & News Stories

Arcontech upgrades CityVision Excelerator

Arcontech, a leading supplier of real-time data distribution systems and desktop integration software has announced the latest release of its object oriented "add-in" technology for Microsoft Excel, CityVision Excelerator.

31 July 2006

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Xenomorph adds spreadsheet content to data management system

Xenomorph has today announced a breakthrough in financial markets data management, Spread-Sheet InsideTM (SSI) technology, enabling the server-side centralisation of complex spreadsheet calculations within Xenomorph’s TimeScape data and decision management system.

22 June 2006

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BT collaborates with Microsoft on trading communications

BT today announced that it is working with Microsoft to develop a unified communications capability, designed to allow all participants in the financial trade cycle to share information regarding their presence, and preferred means of communication in real time.

21 June 2006

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Temenos T24 to run on Microsoft SQL Server 2005

TEMENOS Group (SWX: TEMN), the provider of integrated banking systems, today announced that TEMENOS T24, its modular core banking system, will add support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

21 June 2006

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Microsoft powers up Excel

At the largest single IT event targeting the securities industry, Microsoft Corp. today demonstrated what may soon become the standard modeling and trading platform of the future: Microsoft® Office Excel® and Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server built upon a Windows® Compute Cluster Server 2003 high-performance computing cluster.

20 June 2006

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Misys showcases Opics Plus

Misys Banking Systems, a global leader in banking software and solutions, is demonstrating the new .NET powered Misys Opics Plus at Microsoft's booth #2211 at SIA 2006.

19 June 2006

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Rapid Addition releases C# port source code for FAST Protocol

Rapid Addition Limited, announces that it has completed a C# port of the reference source code and supporting documentation for the core FAST Protocol algorithm.

15 June 2006

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Hemscott launches SMS financial news alert

Hemscott (LSE:HEM) has launched a free Short Message Service (SMS) financial news alert service, in association with Microsoft Windows Mobile.

13 June 2006

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Tap Solutions receives Microsoft gold partner certification

Canadian software provider TAP Solutions (TAP) has been designated a Gold Certified partner by Microsoft Corp., the highest level within the company's international partner program.

05 June 2006

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Bovespa ditches mainframes for HP, Intel, Microsoft platform

BOVESPA announced the migration of its IT infrastructure to a new platform jointly developed by HP, Intel and Microsoft will totally replace the mainframe environment for both BOVESPA and the Brazilian Clearing and Depository Corporation (CBLC). This migration will enable reduction of maintenance cost, return over investment and a greater flexibility to expand the trading system, thus ensuring the evolution of a growing Brazilian Capital Market.

17 March 2006

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Turkey's DenizBank converts entire IT infrastructure to Microsoft technology

Microsoft Corp today announced that DenizBank AS, one of Turkey’s largest banks, is using Microsoft® technology as the basis of its entire IT infrastructure to achieve greater profitability, improve productivity and comply with financial services industry regulations.

14 February 2006

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Platform Computing integrates grid technologies with Microsoft, IBM and HP

Platform Computing, the global leader for grid computing software solutions, today announced the integration of Platform LSF with Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, which allows IT to allocate resources in real time through a single management console, leveraging the performance and capacity of both cluster and data centre environments.

17 November 2005

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