========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com FINANCE INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= November 22, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Nortel Today, converged applications are putting demands on bandwidth and network intelligence that older LAN switches weren't designed to address. Your network may be unable to handle new, converged applications in the future. Take this quick LAN readiness evaluation to see if you're prepared. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1420-17-38-11627-155946-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Theresa Carey: NYSE Clarifies Its Automation Campaign 1. Interview: The Science of Business Intelligence 2. Analysis: Whose Job Is It to Teach Business Skills? 3. News: Oracle Scores Majority of PeopleSoft Shares 4. News: Shares Be Damned! PeopleSoft Fights On 5. News: Convenience Chain CIO Rails Against Payment Systems ========================================================= Theresa Carey ========================================================= NYSE Clarifies Its Automation Campaign The New York Stock Exchange has filed additional information on its hybrid market with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, clarifying the rules and functionality of the expanded NYSE Direct+ automatic order-execution service. Find out more. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1420-17-38-11627-155949-1 ========================================================= Finance Industry Update ========================================================= 1. Interview: The Science of Business Intelligence Bernard Liautaud has led business intelligence software developer Business Objects S.A. since its inception in 1990. Liautaud sat down with eWEEK Senior Writer Dennis Callaghan at the DCI Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Conference in Boston to discuss the state of his company. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1420-17-38-11627-155952-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Analysis: Whose Job Is It to Teach Business Skills? IT professionals and academics have differing opinions over whose job it is to teach IT workers how to think less like techies and more like salespeople. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1420-17-38-11627-155955-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Oracle Scores Majority of PeopleSoft Shares Oracle receives tender offers for more than 60 percent of the outstanding PeopleSoft shares and calls for talks to reach a formal buyout agreement. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1420-17-38-11627-155958-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Shares Be Damned! PeopleSoft Fights On Despite its suitor's announcement that shareholders had tendered more than 60 percent of outstanding shares of PeopleSoft Inc., the beleaguered company's board of directors on Saturday unanimously voted to reject Oracle Corp.'s latest $24 per share buyout bid on the grounds that it is "inadequate." http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1420-17-38-11627-155961-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Convenience Chain CIO Rails Against Payment Systems At the 550 Wawa convenience stores, the chain's CIO says credit card companies are profiteering. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1420-17-38-11627-155964-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1420-17-38-11627-155967-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1420-17-38-11627-155970-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1420-17-38-11627-155973-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.eweek.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4223,,00.asp?n=83&type=u&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1420-17-38-11627-155976-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? To read our FAQ, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1420-17-38-11627-155979-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1420-17-38-11627-155982-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1420-17-38-11627-155985-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
