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The following article was written prior to the devastating earthquake in Haiti. To contact The Children Heritage Foundation or inquire about aiding their efforts in Haiti, email jose@childrenheritage.com or call 732-642-1389. When Jose Pierre, founder and CEO of Marketware International Inc., travelled to Haiti in 2007 he was struck by the enduring beauty of ... Full story

Asysco Migration Technology helps companies save money and unlock the full potential of their legacy applications We sat down with Jayson B. Goldman, managing director of Asysco, a global leader in legacy migration solutions, who shared why legacy modernization is an inevitable ... Full story

At Microsoft Gold Certified Partner SunGard, cloud computing is not just strategy, but a reality that is continually being improved upon, according to James Gibbs, SunGard's senior vice president of .NET architecture. "We have really managed to recognize some of that vision and make it a reality," he says. "Going forward we will be continuing to ... Full story

A Microsoft-sponsored survey of 500 18 to 29-year-olds (or "millennials") finds that banks can use blogs and other social networking technology to improve their image. Nearly 60 percent of survey respondents said their level of trust in financial services has decreased in the last year and only half of the group felt that the industry was ... Full story

Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC (AGID) is further empowering the cell phones of its agents. The company, which is the exclusive distributor of PIMCO funds and Allianz funds, is bringing its SharePoint-based document management and team collaboration portal to the cell phone screen. The project, called the Apollo Initiative, was implemented using a Pyxis Mobile enterprise application platform to extend Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to ... Full story

The fortitude of the Microsoft capital markets team was on display in the English Channel on July 13, when Craig Saint-Amour, director of U.S. Capital Markets swam across the channel as part of a relay team with his daughters Melissa Saint-Amour and Roberta Saint-Amour, both of whom also have careers in the financial industry. The trio ... Full story

By Renee Wijnen Caruthers Manchester Capital Management, LLC is a private wealth management firm targeting clients with investable assets of $10 million or more. The rapidly growing firm, with approximately $1.5 billion under management, and offices in Manchester, VT, and Montecito, CA, recently overhauled its IT infrastructure to achieve scale and flexibility. We spoke with Henry Morneault, senior vice president, and James Bishop, IT director, to ... Full story

Microsoft's Susan Hauser envisions more partnership emerging in the financial industry By Renee Wijnen Caruthers Early in her career, Microsoft's vice president of worldwide financial services, Susan Hauser, started a conversation with customers. That dialog, which began with a council of CIOs - 12 at the time - was a frank discussion about what Microsoft ... Full story

By Ben Mattlin Before 2006, information-technology innovators had no efficient way to share news affecting their industry. IT solution providers, software developers, technology resellers, trade associations, user groups, consumers, related businesses and myriad others who care about the future of innovation needed a reliable stream of up-to-date information about workforce developments, educational trends, shifts in the ... Full story

By Adam Kornak Microsoft has been hard at work putting the finishing touches on the next major Windows Mobile release, to be known as Windows Phones (www.windowsphones.com), which became available around the world on October 6. This new generation of Windows Phones will be based on Windows Mobile 6.5 and will feature devices with a ... Full story