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    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:42:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Gain control over your claims environment without the cost and risk of replacing core systems While the organizational process and technical aspects of transitioning to a STP for claims approach are significant they are well worth it New international standards technical maturity and industry best practices make the transformation not only possible but necessary given the current competitive and economic climate   </description>
    <title> Straight Through Processing STP for Claims  The Time Is Now</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> The benefits of what Gartner calls versatile authentication are numerous for financial institutions and their customers</description>
    <title> Versatile Authentication Financial Services Next Logical Step</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> BPM is transforming the financial services sector with features designed specifically for banks insurers and other financial functions</description>
    <title> BPM Changes the Game for Financial Services</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> David Kelly muses on how to address the wide range of business changes and challenges that we have these days from economic evolution to globalization</description>
    <title> Is Governance the Silver Bullet of Agility</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> ebizQ Premium Content A report by Forresters Ken Vollmer with special attention paid to manufacturing and financial services sectors and process management technologies</description>
    <title> Forrester Research BPM Tool Use Varies By Sector</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> As the volume and velocity of financial market data continues to soar staying ahead of the competition requires the right trading tools and infrastructure Read the second half of this full update on the various components of realtime algorithmic trading</description>
    <title> Algorithmic Trading  Key Components for RealTime Trading Part II of II</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Learn more about how open source software needs to develop more specificity and what the circumstances are in a number of industries including the financial services sector</description>
    <title> IndustrySpecific Open Source Software Still Incubating Part I of II</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> As the volume and velocity of financial market data continues to soar staying ahead of the competition requires the right trading tools and infrastructure </description>
    <title> Algorithmic Trading  Key Components for Real Time Trading Part I of II</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:48:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> As data integration has gone from relatively primitive to a critical need of organizations the factors influencing the success of such efforts have also evolved in number and complexity Here Sterling Commerces Terry Noreault highlights key points to ponder as you mull the solution your company needs</description>
    <title> Factors To Consider Before Buying A Data Integration Solution</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2004 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> What a difference a little IT Insight stemming from advanced BAM could make for online banking  providing a way to detect illegal online activities even as they happen or soon thereafter according to IT guru Stanford professor and ebizQ columnist David Luckham He says the technology is evolving toward that point  and could get there with a push from bankers  in just one example of what IT awareness by enterprises could mean</description>
    <title> BAM Providers As Online Banking Fraud Preventers</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2004 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Basel II and SarbanesOxley are just two of the stressors prompting them to seek increasingly agile and costeffective integration platforms How are they coping and how might their approaches apply to other sectors PolarLake CEO Ronan Bradley and Nigel Thomas of Lynton Research fill us in</description>
    <title> Compliance Challenges Put Integration Heat On Bank CIOs</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2004 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> For both the business and IT sides of enterprises as explained by BEAs Mark Atherton and Peter Linkin in a recent ebizQ webinar outlined here They show how servicedriven enterprises can benefit your company helping to align the very business and IT realms they help</description>
    <title> ServiceDriven Enterprises WinWin Propositions</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2004 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> The need for access to the right integrated information by the right people at the right time has never been more pressing among enterprises but asserts The Open Groups Dr Chris Harding current technology isnt quite able to provide it Whats the solution Dr Harding proposes one here</description>
    <title> Information Management For Adaptive Companies Seeking A Holistic Answer</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2004 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> As businesses become more processoriented and managing those processes becomes more critical the need is arising for a new Clevel executive the Chief Process Officer Here Chris Phillips of Staffware argues that creating such a role makes compelling business sense</description>
    <title> Will Your Next Appointment Be A CPO</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2004 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> The impact of paperladen business processes is no paper tiger for financial services firms Indeed it can be a real bear of a problem But Mandy Chepeka of PureEdge Solutions says XMLbased eforms are providing such firms with the ticket to automated processes and their many effiencies</description>
    <title> Business Process Automation For Financial Services Firms</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2003 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Businessenabling software vendors tracked by investment banking firm TripleTree ended last month with their enterprise valuetorevenue ratios showing very little change from October  Most inched higher some stayed put and some crept southward Content management moved most losing ground</description>
    <title> November NarrowlyMixed For Software Makers</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2003 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Businessenabling software makers had a stellar month in October The integration software business intelligence and ERP sectors had starring roles seeing their enterprise valuetorevenue ratios leap Most others also rose Investment banking firm TripleTree gives and looks behind the numbers</description>
    <title> October Oh So Kind To Software Makers</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Businessenabling software makers couldnt carry the sizzle of August into fall as most saw their enterprise valuetorevenue ratios move in a very narrow range Security and telecom vendors fared best and large platform makers pulled up the rear according to investment banking firm TripleTree</description>
    <title> SoSo September For Software Makers</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2003 04:09:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> The financial services industry is fiercely competitive and The AlignIT Groups Stephen Ross observes that technology in general and business process integration in particular have emerged as evermore pivotal differentiators as firms seek to win and retain customers</description>
    <title> Biz Process Integration Key Financial Services DealClincher</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2003 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Financial firms cant rest on their SWIFT implementationrelated laurels says Vitrias John Parker He notes changes to the standard are coming swiftly and says firms will have to be just as swift to stay up to speed Parker also pans pointtopoint implementations and lauds those based on BPM</description>
    <title> Staying a Step Ahead of SWIFT</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Whats an Integration Competency Center whats it got to do with an enterprise nervous system how can it help your organizations integration efforts and what benefits would result Gartners Roy Schulte gave valuable insight on that and more in a recent ebizQ webinar summarized here</description>
    <title> Get A Grip With Enterprise Nervous Systems</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:57:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> You cant get the answer right if youre not clear on the question  ebizQs Beth GoldBernstein and integration guru Bill Ruh are writing a book on integration best practices and early on they examine the prime movers for integration projects how to define business requirements and how to measure success</description>
    <title> Defining Business Integration Requirements</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Stocks were as hot as the weather for most of them as enterprise valuetorevenue multiples climbed moderately to strongly The supply chain mobile security and business intelligence sectors fared particularly well Investment banking firm TripleTree looks beneath the numbers</description>
    <title> Robust August For BizEnabling Software Makers</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2003 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> It was kind to the stock market as a whole and businessenabling software makers were no exception Most saw their enterprise valuetorevenue multiples rise according to investment banking firm TripleTree Companies in the mobile healthcare telecom and security sectors fared particularly well</description>
    <title> July Just Dandy For BizEnabling Software Makers</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2003 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Straightthrough processing is a paradigm that goes far beyond a change in technology An effective STP implementation will alter a firms organizational structure daily business processes and technical architecture This paper by Tom Shaw of IBM looks at the driving forces behind STP and its impact on the securities industry</description>
    <title> STP for the Securities Industry</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2002 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Once considered too complex and too lowvolume for automation corporate actions processing is being reevaluated by financial services firms according to John Wilson director of the CityIQ consultancy Wilson discusses the drivers and the technologies behind this trend</description>
    <title> Corporate Actions In the STP Spotlight</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2002 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Over the next year or so the focus of IT spending in the financial services industry will be on three key areas says Mercators Thracy Varvoglis With T compliance currently on the back burner he believes financial service firms will direct their IT dollars toward risk management CRM technology and improving straightthroughprocessing capabilities</description>
    <title> Achieving Operational Visibility in Financial Services Firms</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2001 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> IT people are still striving to bring their organizations to the promised land of straightthrough processing But according to this white paper from SunGard Systems realtime chatting takes this idea one step beyond</description>
    <title> Chatting in XML Financial Messages</title>
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