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- Wells Fargo Cashes in on XML Technology for Its Foreign Exchange Marketing and Dealing System With Help From OOP.COM and IBM
- International financial services provider, Wells Fargo, has been a symbol of reliable service across the American west since 1852. Wells Fargo had recently developed a 100% pure Java system that allowed its Foreign Exchange FX advisors to conduct the business of foreign exchange at multiple geographic sites across the country....
- Tags: Foreign-exchange, Wells Fargo & Co., XML, IBM Corp., Currency & Foreign Exchange, Java, Programming Languages, Finance, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Case studies
- Large Asset Management: Financial Fund Accounting System SOA Development
- The client, an asset manager, is responsible for facilitating the trading of shares of its Exchange Traded Fund ETF product line. This involves publishing a daily portfolio listing file with the National Securities Clearing Corporation NSCC, establishing a share price along with settlement, and numerous other financial responsibilities. The client...
- Tags: Asset, Accounting, Foreign-exchange, Financial, Settlement, Accounting System, Asset Management, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Litigation, Financial Accounting, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance
- Case studies
- New Foreign Exchange Tool Improves Decision Making and Reporting Time
- The Administration IT Treasury Product Group (EAS-TPG), a part of Microsoft IT, used smart client technology to develop key tools to support internal treasury operations. The group built a tool suite based on smart client technology for analyzing and executing foreign exchange transactions. The new suite is called SAP FX...
- Tags: Foreign-exchange, Suite, Decision-making, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Foreign-Exchange Tool, Productivity, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance
- Case studies
- Travelex Fuels Business Innovation by Embracing Open, Flexible Technology
- Since its foundation in 1976, London-headquartered Travelex has become one of the biggest names in the global foreign exchange market, with annual revenues of more than £11 billion ($20 billion) and some 6,000 employees spread across 31 countries. Travelex's ability to innovate-the key to its success-was becoming threatened by an...
- Tags: Innovation, Foreign-exchange, IBM Corp., London-headquartered Travelex, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance
- Case studies
- Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 7100 Series-Based Server Yields 300% Improvement for Microsoft
- The costs of goods often vary, depending on a wide range of factors, including dealers or stores, the foreign exchange rates of different geographies, taxes, and other factors. Microsoft Corporation's World Wide Licensing and Pricing WWLP group needs to understand those variations in order to price their products appropriately. But...
- Tags: Foreign-exchange, Dual-core, Microsoft Corp., Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Currency & Foreign Exchange, Processors, Servers, Finance, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Case studies
- How DNS Misnaming Distorts Internet Topology Mapping
- Network researchers commonly use reverse DNS lookups of router names to provide geographic or topological information that would otherwise be difficult to obtain. By systematically examining a large ISP, the paper finds that some of these names are incorrect. This paper develops techniques to automatically identify these misnamings, and determine...
- Tags: Router, DNS, Internet Service Provider, Inflation, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Domain Names, Routers & Switches, Networking, Internet, Finance
- White papers
- Marex Financial Ltd Transitions to Operational Independence, Meets Three-Month Deadline
- Marex Financial Ltd is an independent brokerage and foreign exchange company offering comprehensive coverage of key global commodities, financial futures, options, and foreign exchange. The challenge was to achieve systems independence and autonomy following a split from a larger financial services group - while still using the legacy software -...
- Tags: Foreign-exchange, Oracle Corp., Financial, Independence, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Case studies
- Dual-Core Intel Itanium 2 Processor, SQL Server 2005 Yield 8X Speedup for Microsoft
- Whether consumers are buying a car or acquiring licensed software, the costs of these goods may vary depending on the dealer or store, the geographic region's foreign exchange rates, taxes and other factors. Microsoft Corporation's World Wide Licensing and Pricing group wanted to better understand those variations. In August, 2005,...
- Tags: Dual-core, Microsoft SQL Server, Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Intel Corp., Processors, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Finance
- Case studies
- Net Access Case Study: Citibank
- Citibank N.A. Pakistan has a very diversified and complex Intranet, linking their corporate offices in Pakistan to the Citibank network. Net Access has established an Intranet for their Trade Services Group, the group responsible for all Foreign Exchange Transactions within the bank as well as transaction services associated with trade...
- Tags: Internet Access, Foreign-exchange, Citigroup Inc., Intranet, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance
- Case studies
- Insourcing Case Study
- The client offers retail foreign exchange and provides a wide range of foreign currency and payment services. Due to a growing dependency on technology and automated systems in recent years, the client's employees were growing frustrated with the lack of an organized and structured first level IT support function. There...
- Tags: Pink Elephant Inc., ITIL, Currency & Foreign Exchange, It Services, Operational Accounting, Strategy, Finance, Management
- Case studies
- Custom House Breaks Data Logjam With SharePoint Server 2007
- Custom House Ltd. is the largest non-bank foreign exchange company in North America. Based in Victoria, British Columbia, the company transacts US$15 billion annually for more than 50,000 corporate and individual clients through 83 offices around the world. Custom House has a dedicated team that monitors the many financial and...
- Tags: Team, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Regulatory Compliance, E-mail, Team Management, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Online Communications, Management, Finance
- Case studies
- Action steps for leading others during a crisis.
- It's ugly out there. Today's business news stories continue to be all about the tough stuff. The housing crisis, war, gas prices, inflation prospects, the unemployment outlook, and newly broken families. Each very difficult to weather, but when they combine, they can create a very significant personal...
- Tags: Crisis, EAP, Gender And Diversity, Professional Development, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Human Resources, Career, Finance, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Fuel Cost Comparer (zip)
- This is software that was designed to tell how much gas money one could potentially save on a vehicle with better MPG. The program compares two vehicles and shows their respective fuel costs each year. It lets you quickly customize fuel costs per gallon, fuel cost inflations, vehicle MPGs, and...
- Tags: Vehicle, Terry Lau, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-05-16
- Speaking of getting acquired
- Just yesterday I posited the question over whether HP's purchase of EDS was a good idea or bad idea based on HP's history of acquiring Compaq. Then coming into work this morning, I was greeted at the front desk by our trusty receptionist Mae with three words that never bode...
- Tags: CNET Networks Inc., Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Finance, John Sheesley
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Budget Planner (exe)
- Develop a plan for retirement, buying a home, paying for college, going on vacation, or whatever other events you can think of. You can play with the numbers for interest rate and inflation to determine how you may do in working toward your goals. Version 1 includes unspecified updates.
- Tags: Snowmint Creative Solutions, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-03-06
- Budget Planner (gz)
- Budget Planner allows you to define the key events in a long term outlook, such as buying a new car, paying for college, and retiring. By changing the inflation rate, interest rate and savings goals the user can ask What if' types of questions. The graphical view shows how the...
- Tags: Snowmint Creative Solutions, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance
- Software downloads 2007-07-19
- Smart Business Calculator (zip)
- Provide the ability to calculate the business financial values: interest rate, inflation influence, present value, bill accounting, calculate the multiplication and discount matrices, convert nominal to real interest rates.
- Tags: Interest Rate, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance
- Software downloads 2007-03-07
- RICalc (exe)
- Financial software for Mortgages, Loans, Leases, Savings, Funds & Retirement. Exact date or period calculation. Initial / Ongoing / Exit costs. Multiple streams + manual transactions. True finance comparison rate, APR, AAPR, APY. Debit & Credit statement. Export & Chart comparison. Discounted Cash Flow analysis. CPI Inflation & forecast. Graphing...
- Tags: Financial, Comparison, Financial Accounting, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-01-04
- Forex Strategy Builder (exe)
- Forex Strategy Builder is complete solution for building and testing on-line foreign exchange market trading strategies. It is free for use and distribution. With Forex Strategy Builders user friendly interface you can create and back test a profitable trading system with just a few clicks. Thanks to the programs automatic...
- Tags: Programming, Forex Strategy Builder, Strategy, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Development Tools, Management, Finance, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2007-12-18
- EasyRetirement (zip)
- EasyRetirement is a tool for planning your retirement. It helps you to figure out how much you should invest to ensure that your retirement is as comfortable as you want it to be. EasyRetirement lets you try out different scenarios to see how much you have to save, and how...
- Tags: Retirement, Jon Frisby, EasyRetirement, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Productivity, Investment, Finance
- Software downloads 2005-08-26
