In the Fall issue of the magazine, due out shortly, Windows in Financial Services announces its first experience Financial Services Innovator Awards. The five vendors and four financial firms who will receive the awards represent various areas of the financial industry – from banking to securities to insurance – and have all demonstrated innovative approaches to using Microsoft Technology to transform the way business is conducted.

As Microsoft’s experience Financial Services theme suggests, the end goal of any process improvement is to improve the experience of both the customers and the employees who tap into financial systems for information. The award recipients have done both. Check the Fall issue, for the full list of award winners, as well as detailed descriptions of their technology that explains why they were chosen, and why their approaches make them unique.