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Next Generation Automation of OTC Derivatives Operations A Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives Webcast In this Webcast, you will hear leading industry analyst Mayiz Habbal, head of Celent's Capital Markets Group, present the firm's latest research on relative costs for different parts of the OTC derivatives processing chain, and how both the buy and sell-sides are building a true path to achieving STP in derivatives operations. Also, an investment industry executive will provide an update on the challenges of integrating the components of an enterprise-wide OTC derivatives solution. And SmartStream Technologies will discuss the work they have done with their customers on OTC derivatives automation, including perspectives on end-to-end automation. Wednesday, October 8, 2008-9:00 AM PT /12:00 PM ET Register now October 08, 2008

Where the Millionaires Are, What They Want, and the Technology Needed To Serve Them A Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives Webcast In this webcast, Ileana van der Linde, a principal in Capgemini's wealth department, will share highlights from the firm ’s World Wealth Report; she will also address what financial products millionaires want and the technology challenges of a global wealth management operation. Gregory Saxton, Senior Manager with Capgemini, will highlight the technology challenges that Wealth Management firms face in their growth strategies. Chris Randazzo, CTO of Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management, will discuss the firm’s strategic investments in business and technology initiatives that enable world-class service to clients globally. Thursday, September 25, 2008-9:00 AM PT /12:00 PM ET Register now September 25, 2008

CEP Beyond the Trading Desk A Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives Webcast Much has been discussed about how complex event processing (CEP) is driving innovation on the trading desk and in automated trading tools. Hear from industry leaders who are using CEP to help reduce risk and improve portfolio performance in this Wall Street & Technology Webcast. Wednesday, September 17, 2008-9:00 AM PT /12:00 PM ET Register now September 17, 2008

Straight Talk About Low-Latency: The Value of a Millisecond A Wall Street & Technology Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast Don't miss this chance to join RTI and our distinguished presenter, Larry Tabb of TABB Group, who will review the latest research into the implications of low latency All webinar attendees will receive a complimentary copy of the new TABB Group Vision Note: "The Value of a Millisecond: Finding the Optimal Speed of a Trading Infrastructure." Thursday, June 19, 2008-9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET Register now June 19, 2008

Market Trends 2008 - Rich Internet Applications: Next Generation Online Financial Portals in Financial Services A Bank Systems & Technology, Insurance & Technology,and Wall Street & Technology Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast Join TowerGroup & Actuate Corporation during this live webinar to understand how the world’s leading financial services firms became and remain leaders in their industries by deploying next generation, self-service applications. Wednesday, June 4, 2008-9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET June 04, 2008

Market Trends 2008 and Rich Internet Applications: Online Channels Retirement and Benefits Service Portals A Bank Systems & Technology, Insurance & Technology,and Wall Street & Technology Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast Join Ron Rogowski from Forrester Research, Jeff Mains from Smith Barney & Richard Stark from Actuate Corporation during this live webinar to understand how the world’s leading financial services firms became and remain leaders in their industries by deploying next generation, self-service applications. This webinar will also provide unique insight into how Actuate’s customers are evolving their online channels in order to stay ahead of the competition. Tuesday, June 3, 2008-9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET Register now June 03, 2008

How Can Financial Firms Build a Better Data Center? How can financial institutions design and select their data center sites to achieve the best results in terms of network performance, diversity and redundancy? Join Wall Street & Technology editor Melanie Rodier, Level 3, and leading industry experts as they discuss how those hungry for a competitive edge can refresh their data center architecture to maximize network performance. Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008 Time: 9:00am PT / 12:00pm ET Register Now May 29, 2008

2008 Market Mandates and Rich Internet Application Trending for Online Business Banking Channels 2008 A Bank Systems & Technology, Insurance & Technology,and Wall Street & Technology Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast Join Jeanne Capachin, Practice Leader, Financial Insights, an IDC company and Actuate for this live webinar to learn what's driving client expectations of online business banking channels and how Rich Internet Applications can drive the value added services they require. Tuesday, May 20, 2008-9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET Register now May 20, 2008

2008 Market Mandates and Web 2.0 for Investment Management Online Client Applications A Bank Systems & Technology, Insurance & Technology,and Wall Street & Technology Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast This webinar will feature a presentation by Forrester Research Inc., Bill Doyle, and discuss best practices for Client retention and loyalty using RIA (Web 2.0 techniques) for Online Investment Client Applications. Gain valuable insight into current industry trends as well as client expectations for Web 2.0 Rich-Internet Applications - web based solutions - for Investment Management. Wednesday, May 14, 2008-9:00 AM PT/ 12:00 PM ET Register now May 14, 2008

Driving Results with Pervasive Performance Management: a New Perspective A Bank Systems & Technology, Insurance & Technology,and Wall Street & Technology Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast Join John Hagerty, Vice President and leading analyst at AMR Research, for an exclusive webinar sponsored by Actuate on pervasive performance management and learn about the emerging trends you need to know in order to drive profitability through increased operational performance. Tuesday, April 29, 2008-11:00 AM PT/2:00 PM ET Register now April 29, 2008

Accelerating Delivery of Low-Latency Information A Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives Webcast This webcast will focus on the challenges of low-latency information delivery, including raw peformance, content routing, event processing and more. Guest speaker Thomson Financial will discuss how these issues are managed within its service delivery architecture to accelerate distribution of news and other events. Tuesday, April 8, 2008- 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET Register Now April 08, 2008

The Self-Service Application Development Infrastructure: Delivering both Agility and Cost Savings A Wall Street & Technology Vendor Perspectives Webcast Join Electric Cloud CTO, Anders Wallgren to learn how leading Financial Services firms are providing a self-service infrastructure to support development goals, while reducing costs through centralization and virtualization. Thursday, April 3, 2008- 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET Register Now April 03, 2008

Maximizing Client Value in Tough Economic Times: How Wealth Managers Can Use CRM to Deepen Client Relationships in a Downturn A Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives Webcast Please join Wall Street & Technology editor Melanie Rodier, Jason Rushforth, Global Vice President of Financial Services, CDC Software's Pivotal CRM, and leading industry experts as they discuss how financial institutions can look to technology in times of market volatility to build long-lasting relationships with key clients and enhance profitability. Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2008-9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET Register March 26, 2008

How to Manage Your Branch Operations Effectively In a Turbulent Economy: Driving Increased Customer Satisfaction with Branch Performance Applications A Bank Systems & Technology, Insurance & Technology,and Wall Street & Technology Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast Join Ron Rogowski, leading analyst at Forrester Research for an exclusive webinar sponsored by Actuate exploring how Rich Internet Applications for information workers can deliver greater customer satisfaction and drive corporate performance. Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2008-9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET Register now March 18, 2008

Is Java Ready for High-Speed Trading Apps? A Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives Webcast This webcast will consider the pros and cons of using Java for various types of trading applications. Please join us for this live, in-depth discussion. March 12, 2008

Creating Client Loyalty with Web 2.0 for Cards and Payments Portals A Bank Systems & Technology and Wall Street & Technology Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast Join IDC's Aaron McPherson, Practice Leader, Financial Insights, an IDC company and Actuate for this TechWebcast to learn what's driving client expectations for timely payment access and how Rich Internet Applications can drive the value added services they require. Thursday, February 21, 2008-9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET Register now February 21, 2008

2008 Business Drivers and Technology Initiatives for Investment Portals and Client Reporting in the Wealth Management Sector Bank Systems & Technology/Wall Street & Technology Vendor Perspectives TechWebcast From the mass affluent to the Ultra High Net Worth, today's clients are more sophisticated and demand higher levels of self-directed guidance and autonomous online investment analysis capabilities than ever before. Join The TowerGroup, Inc. and Actuate for this TechWebCast to learn what's driving client expectations for online tools and information access and how leading firms in Wealth Management are adapting. January 30, 2008

It's All About Speed (To Market) A Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives Webcast In this Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives Webcast, hear how leading Wall Street firms are improving software-testing processes to roll out higher-quality products faster and with less risk to the business. December 06, 2007

What Good is Low-Latency Trading If You Have High-Latency Exceptions? A Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives Webcast In this webcast, moderator Penny Crosman, Senior Editor of Wall Street & Technology, will be joined by John Napoli, analyst and founder of Prime Business Consulting, who will speak about the direction of global automated trading and the impact of rejections or exceptions that affect this process. A Wall Street executive will provide a look at the day-to-day challenges he faces in dealing with exceptions. And Michael Lange, field CTO of Vitria, will discuss the advantages of exception management and the impact it can have on revenue, process and risk, as well as what exactly defines an exception and the process by which exceptions are handled today. November 13, 2007

Strengthening the Advisor-Client Relationship: How Technology is the Key to Unlocking Effective Customer Profitability and Retention Strategies A Wall Street & Technology Vendor Perspectives Webcast There is more pressure on advisors to manage a larger number of customers; this along with regulatory compliance makes communications with clients less frequent and more complicated. Institutions are challenged to identify their high-value customers that represent future revenue growth and profit. Join industry experts Paul Bates and Matt Bienfang (TowerGroup) as they discuss how the retail brokerage industry looks to technology to enhance communication, build stronger relationships between advisor and clients and help the institution communicate its competitive advantage. November 06, 2007

Pervasive Performance Management A Bank Systems & Technology and Wall Street & Technology Vendor Perspectives WebCast Join AMR & Actuate during this live webinar to understand how the world's leading financial services firms became leaders in their industries by deploying pervasive performance management applications. This webinar will also provide unique insight into how these firms are evolving their performance management capabilities in order to stay ahead of their competitors. October 25, 2007 Sponsored by Actuate

Liquidity Crisis: Finding Liquidity In Increasingly Fragmented Markets A Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives Webcast With liquidity spread across the U.S. markets, finding and rapidly accessing fragmented liquidity is becoming a concern for financial firms. Adding to the complexity is the increased usage of algorithmic and computerized trading which demands low latency trading systems in order to find assets across the fragmented markets in microsecond time frames. With so called dark pools on the rise, coupled with the increasing volume of transactions flowing through regional exchanges, firms are becoming increasingly concerned with liquidity management and managing the soaring message rates. Complex event processing technology and low latency trading products are helping firms overcome these obstacles. In this upcoming Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives Webcast, hear how financial firms are responding to the liquidity crisis. October 11, 2007

Rich Internet Applications for Online Cash Management A Bank System and Technology, Insurance System and Technology and Wall Street and Technology Vendor Perspective Techwebcast. Join IDC & Actuate during this live webinar to understand how the world's leading financial services firms became and remain leader's in their industries by deploying next generation, self-service applications. This webinar will also provide unique insight into how banks are evolving their online channel cash management reporting capabilities in order to stay ahead of the specific requirements of treasury customers. October 03, 2007

Using CEP to Find Liquidity As market structures continue to change in the post-Reg NMS environment, the need for accurate and timely insight into liquidity pools has never been greater. This TechWebCast will feature a presentation by venerated industry expert Tom Price, senior analyst in the Securities and Capital Markets research service at TowerGroup, who will share an update on the ever-growing plethora of light and dark pools. September 26, 2007

Turning Regulatory Compliance Challenge into a Competitive Advantage through Data Management A Wall Street & Technology Vendor Perspectives Webcast Today financial organizations have to deal with high frequency & large volumes of data. The complexity involved in doing so entails huge tasks in itself, while using that data for meeting information related regulatory compliance is a challenge for most organizations. Join Data Management experts from IDC and HCL Technologies and learn how to work with and manage data while adhering to regulatory directives. Real life case Studies on Securities processing System and Risk and Compliance products will also be shared with the audience. September 20, 2007

Process Excellence: A New Approach to IT Quality Controls A Wall Street & Technology Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast Are you interested in dramatically improving the availability of your applications? In IT there is typically no independent check of applications after they are deployed into production. And without out-of-band quality control, it is impossible to know if your applications are deployed as intended. In any other industry you have a maker and a checker. Each independent of the other. This basic process ensures consistent, repeatable performance and fewer errors. SignaCert believes this proven methodology belongs in IT. In this webinar, you will learn why the principle of independent software verification after deployment is vital to improving application availability. August 23, 2007

Process Excellence: A New Approach to IT Quality Controls A Wall Street & Technology Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast Are you interested in dramatically improving the availability of your applications? In IT there is typically no independent check of applications after they are deployed into production. And without out-of-band quality control, it is impossible to know if your applications are deployed as intended. In any other industry you have a maker and a checker. Each independent of the other. This basic process ensures consistent, repeatable performance and fewer errors. SignaCert believes this proven methodology belongs in IT. In this webinar, you will learn why the principle of independent software verification after deployment is vital to improving application availability. August 23, 2007

The Flexible, Scalable, and Optimized WAN – It does exist! Join Ciena Communications for an informative webinar that explores a unique and different approach to optimizing complex network architectures – Keeping them simple. During this webinar, Ciena will present how simple, alternative approaches to high performance network transport and connectivity are being implemented by large enterprises all over the globe. Our presentation will provide specific examples of enterprise businesses that have optimized their performance and lowered the costs of their networks by taking the simple approach to optimizing their wide area networks. August 14, 2007

Navigating the Promise and Peril of SOA in FSI If you're part of a Financial Services firm that has a SOA initiative in place, you'll want to attend this webinar! The promise of SOA is to enable your business processes to drive the definition, creation and execution of services that can be shared and reused across your enterprise resulting in increased flexibility and reduced costs. Attend this live webcast and you will receive a copy of HP's Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) for Financial Services whitepaper. June 12, 2007

How to Take Outsourcing to the Next Level A Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives Webcast In this webcast, Wall Street & Technology Senior Editor Penny Crosman will be joined by Forrester Analyst Stephanie Moore. They will explain what third-generation outsourcing means and how Wall Street firms can take advantage of it. Hear first-hand from a Wall Street IT executive, who will share successes and learning experiences from Outsourcing 3.0. Also presenting will be Ajay Birdavade, Vice President of Production Support Services for Kanbay, A Capgemini Group Company. Please join us for this informative event. May 17, 2007

Enterprise 2.0 101 for Wall Street You've heard of Web 2.0 and maybe the newer “Enterprise 2.0” buzz-phrase. Perhaps you're a little skeptical or weary of the never-ending stream of new “2.0” terminology (we are). But these phrases are not empty, they have real technology tools underlying them, and some Wall Street firms have already begun adopting them and benefiting from their use. For instance, Jefferies & Company, the global investment bank, has developed a wiki-like deal management tool that lets employees access details around deals such as mergers and acquisitions, including includes progress reports, client updates and tools for tracking meeting attendance, and more. Join Wall Street and Technology editor Penny Crossman and leading industry experts as they discuss the application-support and Web- development issues faced by IT management in the financial industry. May 10, 2007

Predictive Performance Management: Leveraging Analytics to Determine What Comes Next Are you achieving the same level of performance as your competitors? Many industry leaders today have coupled new analytic technologies with current performance management systems for enhanced alignment and visibility. Learn how you, too, can maximize performance – not just manage it – by viewing this informative live Webcast. April 26, 2007

Reducing Complex Financial Model Run Times As alternative and exotic investment products become more mainstream and complex, risk managers, traders and portfolio managers are finding it hard to efficiently run financial simulations because of increasing transaction volumes. These firms are looking to hardware technology and infrastructure to provide them with more timely and more comprehensive results. Multi-core processors, distributed computing and grid architectures promise to cut the transactional latency and support the ever increasing transactions per second load. Learn how firms are using advances in application frameworks and the latest -- and fastest -- multi-core and distributed technology to provide financial professionals with the information they need when they need it. April 24, 2007

Drive Your Investment Management Business Forward: Maximizing the Value of Client Data In this Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives Webcast, Carolyn Stuart, Calamos Investments’ Vice President of IT and Head of Business Analysis shares how Calamos has successfully integrated technologies to directly link advisors to a wealth of systems, information, resources and investment choices that create additional value for their clients. Discover how Calamos Investments is able to support a wide range of clients with different relationship dynamics—from high-net-worth individuals to institutional investors to financial advisors themselves. April 11, 2007

Fixed Income gets serious with algorithmic trading Today’s hyper competitive environment – and continually shifting landscape within the Fixed Income market – means both buy- and sell-side firms need to adapt to the effects of change, and act quickly to outwit their competition. The bond markets might not appear to be as suited to algorithmic trading as equities or FX but there is growing evidence that as automation takes hold of the industry fixed income traders are set to take advantage of these advanced mathematical models. March 22, 2007

Options to Cost-Effectively Meet SEC & NASD Compliance Reporting Requirements and Improve Business Performance SEC & NASD rules for US equity markets place the burden on exchanges, broker-dealers, and related firms to carefully track and analyze data with much greater scrutiny - often in real time. For firms that must comply with Reg NMS guidelines, storing every market tick to prove that trades were executed at best price (for a minimum of seven years) has become a reality. OATS compliance adds even more layers that require fast computing and large data storage. Add to this SEC Rule 17a-4, which regulates the retention of corporate records such as company communications and transactions, means that firms need to look for comprehensive and cost-effective solutions to solve these critical challenges. Hear from Sun Microsystems and its partners as they outline the options available to securely manage, process and retrieve large data sets with a comprehensive platform built on leading storage and identity management systems. March 14, 2007

Risk Dash Board for Capital Markets A Wall Street & Technology Vendor Perspectives Webcast Risk and portfolio dashboard is an interactive rich integrated UI interface that provides for revaluation , portfolio management , portfolio performance measurement and attribution as well as running risk sensitivities all in real time. Join this webcast for an in-depth industry insight by Tower Group expert and learn how HCL has broken the traditional rules of development and has used a hierarchal high performance data base which accommodates this model. HCL will also be discussing how they have developed entire analytics using a vector version of C++ which allows native management of complex vectors and tensors. March 08, 2007

Investment Accounting At the Crossroads? A Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives TechWebCast Though many of the legacy accounting systems have performed admirably over long periods, shifts in investment trends, new financial instruments and changing client expectations are forcing many investment managers to explore replacing these aging systems to meet today’s demands and to plan for the future. In this webcast hear from a panel of industry experts, including executives from Wall Street & Technology, TowerGroup, Northern Trust Global Investments, and Eagle Investment Systems March 06, 2007

Beyond Compliance: Driving Competitive Advantage with Reg NMS With Reg NMS now upon the industry, investment firms are fine-tuning their trading systems, while traders and compliance experts define what exactly "best execution" means. In this Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives TechWebcast, hear from a panel of industry experts and take advantage of the opportunities presented by RegNMS. Understand how to master the intricacies of Reg NMS's best execution, while also managing and minimizing the compliance burden. February 15, 2007

Using Grid Computing to Remove Data Latency Speed means everything on the trading floor---a few millisecond delay can make a difference in achieving best execution and garnering profits. Financial services firms—whether broker-dealers, proprietary traders, hedge funds or exchanges---can benefit from expanding computing resources delivered by grid computing, and ultimately reduce latency. Grid computing is being used at many sell-side firms to add computing power to reduce latency in areas like risk management and trading. This TechWebCast will address the challenges of data latency and how some financial services executives are using grid computing to overcome it. January 16, 2007