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Linux Q&A with Microsoft - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Microsoft responds to questions on TCO, indemnification, and the value proposition of Linux.
http://www.financetech.com/story/enews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55801356

Opening the Desktop - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Companies such as KeyCorp are evaluating the impact of the Firefox browser.
http://www.financetech.com/story/enews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55801341

Time to IIT: Inter-Institutional Transfers Catch On - (Found July 2, 2008 )

The hows and whys of integrating Inter-Institutional Transfers (IITs) into online banking.
http://www.financetech.com/story/enews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55801332

The SEC’s NMS - To Incent and Protect - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Reg NMS was just re-released last week and the document surprised everyone, notes Larry Tabb, CEO of the Tabb Group and Contributing Editor to WS&T. Tabb offers his perspective on the regulation, pointing out its winners and losers. "While this may sound tame, it has the teeth of a shark," he says, "and for better or worse it will shred many current market practices."
http://www.financetech.com/story/enews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55801357

SEC Votes to Publish Reproposed Regulation NMS for Public Comment - (Found July 2, 2008 )

The SEC voted yesterday to publish its reproposed version of Reg NMS for public comment. The revised regulation limits price-protection to automated quotes; prohibits sub-penny pricing; promotes uniform inter-market access via private linkages; and authorizes market centers to distribute their own data independently of the joint-industry plans.
http://www.financetech.com/story/enews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55800565

The NYSE Revamps Floor Broker Technology - (Found July 2, 2008 )

The NYSE is giving floor brokers new wireless handheld PCs to participate in a hybrid market subject to SEC approval. The project is a big win for IBM.
http://www.financetech.com/story/enews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55800563

Phillips Says It One More Time: PeopleSoft Customers, We Love You - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Oracle plans to port its database software to IBM's iSeries server in a bid to keep J.D. Edwards software users in the fold.
http://www.financetech.com/story/enews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=56200138

Think Like a CFO, Part II: Formulating Answers - (Found July 2, 2008 )

After years of relative autonomy, senior IT executives at insurance companies are finding themselves increasingly under the thumb of tech-savvy CFOs charged with reducing costs. To succeed in this new environment, CIOs must prepare to address tough questions that go beyond the traditional IT domain.
http://www.financetech.com/story/enews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=56200135

Effective Agent Enablement - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Providing the people who sell policies with tools that enhance their effectiveness is essential to carriers' success. And because these improvements make possible a higher level of customer service, they can also help to ensure increased customer retention and loyalty.
http://www.financetech.com/story/enews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=56200130