========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com FINANCE INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= November 15, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by IBM Transform "idle" resources into performing assets. An IBM Grid Financial Services solution can create a virtual computer out of existing systems - regardless of platform or location. These shared resources can run faster, more complex sims - and help deliver near-real-time results with greater accuracy. Register for a complimentary webcast. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1389-17-38-11627-152565-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Theresa Carey: Can Microsoft Beat Intuit This Time? 1. News: Visa Upgrades Mean Business 2. News: IBM Targets Financial, SMB Verticals with New Workplace Solutions 3. News: HP Helps Businesses Gauge Ability to Change 4. News: Oracle's Field of Play 5. Analysis: Defining Tomorrow's Database Check out eWEEK.com's Finance Center for the latest news, views and analysis on financial applications and services for the enterprise and small businesses. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1389-17-38-11627-152568-1 ========================================================= Theresa Carey ========================================================= Can Microsoft Beat Intuit This Time? Microsoft is, once again, gunning for a takeover of Intuit's territory. Can Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting conquer the venerable QuickBooks series once it's released next year? Read the rest of Theresa's article here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1389-17-38-11627-152571-1 ========================================================= Finance Industry Update ========================================================= 1. News: Visa Upgrades Mean Business The credit card giant is keeping transactions fast and reliable with massively coordinated system upgrades and enhancements to its payment processing system. The upgrade involved 300 IT professionals, approximately 120,000 code changes, 150,000 worker hours and a revamping of 27 major areas of the system. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1389-17-38-11627-152574-1 Holiday Shopping http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1389-17-38-11627-152577-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: IBM Targets Financial, SMB Verticals with New Workplace Solutions IBM takes aim at banking and small-to-midsize businesses with new services and software using its Lotus Workplace collaboration platform. Read more about IBM Workplace for Branch Banking here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1389-17-38-11627-152580-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: HP Helps Businesses Gauge Ability to Change HP is enhancing its Agility Assessment Service to help businesses measure how their ability to deal with change compares with those in their verticals. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1389-17-38-11627-152583-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Oracle's Field of Play With the refusal of PeopleSoft's board of directors to accept Oracle's "best and final" tender offer last week, the acquisition is once again in the air and with no landing zone in sight. What's next? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1389-17-38-11627-152586-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Analysis: Defining Tomorrow's Database eWEEK Labs profiles the technologies and strategies that database builders and application developers should tap when building databases in a challenging environment. 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