========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com FINANCE INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= December 20, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by IBM A Flash demo on raising productivity. Time well spent. You can keep working across multiple systems, or have total integration. IBM Business Process Integration helps you increase productivity. Even the demo that shows you how just takes three minutes. View it now at ibm.com. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1444-17-83-11627-160563-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Theresa Carey: IBM to Provide NYSE with 'Extreme Availability' 1. News: Bottomline Streamlines Financial BPM 2. Opinion: Software as a Service Has Its Place 3. News: Tech Companies Told to Start Expensing Stock Options 4. News: Oracle Reaches Out to JDE Users 5. News: Microsoft Seeks to Lure PeopleSoft Users Visit eWEEK.com's Finance Industry Center: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1444-17-83-11627-160443-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Theresa Carey ========================================================= IBM to Provide NYSE with 'Extreme Availability' IBM and the New York Stock Exchange announce that they are collaborating on a new order management and messaging system in support of the 1.6 billion shares traded daily. Learn more about this system that IBM officials have described the system as one of the most tested systems the company has ever developed. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1444-17-83-11627-160446-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Finance Industry Update ========================================================= 1. News: Bottomline Streamlines Financial BPM Bottomline Technologies, recently named a Certified Partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork, has expanded its financial business process management solutions. Take a look at these new apps. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1444-17-83-11627-160449-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Opinion: Software as a Service Has Its Place Credit score tool is one example of how software as a service can provide necessary functionality with a minimum of investment and staff time. David Coursey gives SaaS two thumbs up. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1444-17-83-11627-160452-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Tech Companies Told to Start Expensing Stock Options The stock-option programs that created legions of millionaires in the dot-com era took a serious blow when the nation's accounting rulemakers decided companies will have to begin deducting the value of options from their profits next year. Read more about this ruling from the Financial Accounting Standards Board. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1444-17-83-11627-160455-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Oracle Reaches Out to JDE Users Shortly after announcing its $10.3 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft last week, Oracle wasted no time in setting out to win the confidence of former J.D. Edwards customers. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1444-17-83-11627-160458-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Microsoft Seeks to Lure PeopleSoft Users Microsoft didn't waste any time in trying to win over ERP customers who might be unhappy with Oracle's recent purchase of PeopleSoft. 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