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You Say You Want an Evolution?

From the Editor:

One of the four talks in the opening general session of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Technology Management Conference & Exhibit is titled, “Electronic Trading: Then and Now.”

That title could almost be a subtitle for our cover story article on the drive to build a combined OMS-EMS. Understanding why vendors are divided about whether order management systems and execution management systems should be combined involves a look at where the industry has been, as much as where it is going.

News Briefs

- Chubb Links Claims Operations to Auto Body Shops
- Microsoft and Partners Launch MiFID Initiative
- CheckFree and Corillian, Together Again
- SunGard’s Latest Acquisition Spree
- Latest INDATA Version Includes Mobile and ASP Modules
- Research Note: MiFID, Reg NMS to Increase Dark Pools
- Goldman Sachs Offers Connotate to Global Investor Clients
- Spreadsheet Compliance is the New Black
- Metavante Duplicate Detection Hits Lightning Speed
- Survey: Data Silo Integration is Still Manual
- SAP-SWIFT Integration to be Available Mid-2007

Duet Brings New Ease-of-Use to Enterprise Applications

Microsoft and SAP have answered the prayers of millions of business end users who wanted to leverage the power of SAP business applications through the intuitive interface of their Microsoft desktop.

Duet, a jointly-developed solution, enables business users to access SAP applications like time and expense management, budgeting, travel management, as well as business intelligence applications directly via Microsoft Office.

CyberTrader Helps Schwab Help the Active Strategic Investor

When The Charles Schwab Corporation bought CyberTrader, the direct access, high-tech trading brokerage, in March 2000, it acquired much more than a broker-dealer for very active traders. Schwab obtained a leading-edge technology firm that was profitable in its own business of supporting sophisticated strategic traders. CyberTrader was also fully capable of providing Schwab with cutting-edge, money saving Microsoft-based technology that transformed its brokerage business.