========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com FINANCE INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= November 29, 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://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1358-17-83-11627-150189-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Theresa Carey: Finance 2004: Dancing with Regulations 1. Review: Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting (beta) 2. News: Trading Technologies Expands Functionality of X_Trader Pro 3. News: Oracle's Quest Continues 4. News: Goldsworthy Named Salesnet CEO 5. News: Business Planning Help Site Visit eWEEK.com's Finance Industry Center: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1358-17-83-11627-150192-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Theresa Carey ========================================================= Finance 2004: Dancing with Regulations Bigger, faster, better, cheaper--or at least one step ahead of the feds. Those were the main themes for financial industry IT during 2004. Theresa Carey takes a look. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1358-17-83-11627-150195-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Finance Industry Update ========================================================= 1. Review: Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting (beta) Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting lacks some of the financial management offered by rivals like QuickBooks Premier, but its sound set of bookkeeping tools is wrapped in a terrific, Office-friendly package. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1358-17-83-11627-150198-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Trading Technologies Expands Functionality of X_Trader Pro Trading Technologies International has expanded the functionality of its X_Trader Pro order entry software with the addition of 28 add-on components created by Trading Technologies' Professional Services group. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1358-17-83-11627-150201-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Oracle's Quest Continues Despite its suitor's announcement that shareholders had tendered more than 60 percent of outstanding shares of PeopleSoft, the beleaguered company's board of directors recently unanimously voted to reject Oracle's latest $24-per-share buyout bid on the grounds that it is "inadequate." What's next? http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1358-17-83-11627-150204-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Goldsworthy Named Salesnet CEO Salesnet has named Alan Goldsworthy as its new CEO, replacing Michael Doyle, who resigned earlier this month. Read more about this move. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1358-17-83-11627-150207-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Business Planning Help Site Palo Alto Software announced that it has launched a new Web site, BusinessPlanning.com, designed to help businesses create more effective plans. 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