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- Single Instance of SQL Server 2005 Supports 120-Node Grid Computing for Risk Analysis
- Banks and other financial institutions around the world use SunGard BancWare ALM to run complex modelling to determine their risk in managing assets and liabilities. There are so many variables to consider that SunGard customers typically deploy BancWare ALM using several computers networked together - with the application and database...
- Tags: SunGard Data Systems Inc., Microsoft SQL Server, Risk Analysis, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Productivity, Databases, Processors, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Case studies 2007-11-13
- Top IT vendors for financial industry: Sungard, Fidelity, NCR
- IDC published a list of top 100 technology vendors for financial industry.FiservSunGardFidelity Information ServicesNCRFirst Data CorporationReutersUnisysDieboldDST SystemsGetronics
- Tags: financial, SunGard Data Systems Inc., NCR Corp., Fidelity Investments
- Blog posts 2005-11-09
- Reading the Fine Print: Availability, Security and Continuity for Emerging Technologies
- As such, a willingness to embrace innovative technology is a hallmark of many cutting-edge, highly successful corporations. Intelligently adopting new advances enables companies around the globe to function more cost-effectively and with greater ease and stability. Being well informed about the latest technologies can help a company build a strong...
- Tags: SunGard Data Systems Inc., Continuity, Technology, RFID, XML, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- White papers 2005-09-06
- Investors to buy SunGard for $11.3 billion
- Investors to buy SunGard for $11.3 billionQuite steep"SunGard, which earned $454 million on revenue of $3.6 billion last year,"Usually a company should be purchased for twice the yearly revenues - 3.6 x 2 = 7.2. This doesn't sound like a good deal . . .
- Tags: Operational accounting, Financial accounting, SunGard Data Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-03-29
- SunGard near $10.5 billion buyout deal
- SunGard near $10.5 billion buyout dealMessage has been deleted.Message has been deleted.
- Tags: buyout deal, SunGard Data Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-03-28
- Enterprise Architecture: Navigating Your Way to a Unified Digital Campus
- This paper, written for CIOs and system architects, describes key issues associated with information services that higher education institutions face today. The intent of this paper is to provide a practical, sustainable approach to strategic IT planning that collapses the time it takes to adjust the enterprise to support new...
- Tags: SunGard Data Systems Inc., Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2004-10-15
- Building Best Practices in Records Management Compliance: ILM Strategies for Security, Protection, Recovery and Availability
- According to this white paper part of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 - which extended federal regulation of securities trading past the limited scope of the Securities Act of 1933 - the rule is 70 years old. And, Rule 17a-4 is merely an original section within that legislation that...
- Tags: Security, SunGard Data Systems Inc., Recovery, Financial, Best Practice, Records Management, Regulations, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Government, Finance, Management
- White papers 2004-10-07
- Business Intelligence Building Blocks Part I
- This white paper explains the use of business case. Businesses today need powerful decision-making frameworks (data warehouse, data marts, balanced scorecards, analytics, etc.). Positioning these frameworks requires a strong business case. The cash flow characteristic associated with the business case is key and requires special attention in order to strengthen...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Business Case, SunGard Data Systems Inc.
- White papers 2004-01-08
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA) Section 404: Ensuring Data Integrity and Availability for Compliance and Attestation
- Now is the time to examine and improve your IT processes and systems for SOA compliance. Success depends upon the ability to initiate and maintain a disciplined methodology that reflects an institution's needs for IT controls as they relate to information availability and integrity. You should begin the process with...
- Tags: SunGard Data Systems Inc., Data Integrity, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Compliance, Success, SOA, Section 404, Sarbanes-Oxley, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers 2003-12-22
- GLBA Security Standards: Safeguarding Your Customer Data for Compliance and Regulatory Audit
- Section 501 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act GLBA of 1999, which addresses "Protection of Nonpublic Personal Information," requires federal banking agencies, the National Credit Union Administration NCUA, the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Federal Trade Commission FTC "to consult" with one...
- Tags: SunGard Data Systems Inc., Audit, Compliance, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Regulations, Government
- White papers 2003-12-19
- SunGard Adds StorageTek VSM to Its Arsenal to Help Clients Keep Data Highly Available
- Organizations across North America and Europe count on SunGard Availability Services to ensure uninterrupted access to their business-critical information systems. For years, SunGard has looked to StorageTek products and services to bolster the high-availability services it offers customers. In addition to using a wide range of StorageTek hardware and software...
- Tags: SunGard Data Systems Inc., StorageTek, Storage, Storage Management, Strategy, Hardware, Management
- Case studies
- Customized CRM From Salesforce Gives SunGard an High Adoption Rates Across Its 775 Users
- SunGard used a distributed operations & sales model across 40 business units, hindering collaboration on customers & opportunities. The company needed accurate & timely enterprise pipeline view, as well as centralized perspective of customer and wanted to drive standard processes & naming conventions specific to unique business requirements Solution. SunGard...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., SunGard Data Systems Inc., CRM, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Case studies
- Case Study - Preparing for Hurricane Charley
- The client is a major financial services company. Their business justification clearly showed the need for a remote recovery site for both technical and business restorations in the event of a disaster. A list of prioritized requirements was compiled and incorporated into a comprehensive and formal Request For Proposal RFP....
- Tags: Pearson Education Inc., SunGard Data Systems Inc., RFP, Client
- Case studies
- SunGard Higher Education and Microsoft Business Solutions Team Up to Provide Value for Higher Education Administrators
- SunGard Higher Education is a leading provider of software for higher education. SunGard Higher Education acquired SCT and the PowerCAMPUS solution in 2004. In the mid-1990s, SunGard Higher Education made a bold move. Though they had always developed their solutions themselves, they decided to partner with a financial software specialist...
- Tags: Education, Team, SunGard Data Systems Inc., Administrator, Financial, Microsoft Corp., SunGard Higher Education, Business Structures, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Case studies
- MSDN Webcast: Automating .NET Build Processes to Interact With COM Components (Level 300)
- From a Microsoft .NET Framework build perspective, consuming evolving Component Object Models COM is not a trivial matter. This webcast describes how SunGard in Christchurch, New Zealand has extended its automated build processes to be able to interact with .NET and COM components and how SunGard was able to compile...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, SunGard Data Systems Inc., Webcast, Microsoft Corp., COM, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, .Net, Application Servers, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- British Columbia Institute of Technology Achieves Unified Digital Campus
- British Columbia Institute of Technology BCIT is Canada's premier polytechnic institute, providing students with job-ready skills from industry-experienced faculty. The challenge was to provide a robust, scalable database environment; enable logging and recovery capabilities; allow operation on multiple operating systems; and support SunGard Higher Education Enterprise Resource Planning ERP applications....
- Tags: SunGard Data Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
Additional Resources
- Off Topic: Integrating mobile devices can be a challenge
- I've been working through a project for a KG client that involves running through the same script on Windows XP, Mac OS X (10.5) and Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. I mentioned the overall parameters of that effort in the post Off Topic: Desktop evaluation - Linux, Mac OS and...
- Tags: Microsoft ActiveSync, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Mobile Device, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS, Linux, Desktops, Handhelds, Software, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?
- As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...
- Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Commercialising the Semantic Web
- Following an earlier post on this blog, last month I found myself moderating a panel in the final session of one of the tracks at this year's World Wide Web Conference in Beijing. As I commented via Twitter at the end of the session, "Great...
- Tags: Garlik, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Virtualization and security
- It's easy to spot market trends when many vendors call to schedule meetings and all of them want to speak about the same topic. The topic du mois is security in virtualized environments. Some of the suppliers are taking a very broad view of both security and virtualized environments. Others...
- Tags: Network, Environment, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Virtualization, Security, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
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