BRIDGE Wins a Microsoft Financial Services Industry Solution Award.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 1999-- BRIDGE Information Systems, a leading provider of financial information services See Information Systems. , has been awarded top honors in the annual Industry Solution Awards for Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. sponsored by Microsoft. The announcement was made during a special ceremony at the Financial Technology Expo, held at the Jacob Javits Center in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . BridgeStation, BRIDGE's flagship workstation product, based on Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT Server, was named a winner in the "Securities - Best Investment Decision Support Solution" category. BRIDGE demonstrated its BridgeStation workstation to a judging panel on site at the Jacob Javits Center. The product was tested on a range of measurable business-benefit scenarios in addition to its ability to offer customers the best features and functionality. "BRIDGE is honored to be the recipient of this prestigious award," said Tom Wendel, BRIDGE chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "This recognition of BridgeStation confirms industry-wide accreditation of our financial workstation offerings by Microsoft. BRIDGE's continued collaborative efforts with Microsoft and its technology will yield innovative solutions for the financial services industry." "We are pleased to present this award to Bridge Information Systems," said Bill Hartnett, Director of Financial Services at Microsoft. "BridgeStation is a comprehensive Windows-based workstation with one of the industry's most complete sources of information, news and analytics to satisfy a wide range of financial professionals." BridgeStation is the latest step in the evolution of financial information. This advanced desktop solution offers complete market data and news, superior analytics and advanced charting. BridgeStation provides unique desktop management tools, seamless connectivity to trading and transaction services and simultaneous access to quality information from BRIDGE and other premium information sources. BRIDGE, together with its principle operating units, Bridge Information Systems, BridgeNews, Bridge Trading and its subsidiary Telerate, is the largest provider of financial information and related services in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. -- and fastest growing in the world. Together with its subsidiary SAVVIS, BRIDGE is one of the world's largest providers of managed IP networks, with more than 210 Cascade ATM/frame-relay switches throughout the major cities in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. and the Americas. BRIDGE information products include a wide range of workstations, market data feeds and web-browser-based applications, combined with comprehensive market data, in-depth news, powerful analytic tools and trading room The notion of "trading room" (sometimes used as a synonym of "trading floor", see below) is widely used in financial markets to refer to the office space where market activities are concentrated in investment banks or brokerage houses. integration systems. BridgeNews leverages a network of 600+ BRIDGE journalists in more than 100 locations that break news that affect securities markets globally. BRIDGE is the co-producer of the Nightly Business Report Nightly Business Report is a financial news television program that is broadcast live, weekday evenings on most of the public television stations in the United States. Frequently abbreviated to NBR, the show is produced by public television station WPBT-TV in Miami, Florida, and and is a leading provider of financial news and information to media companies worldwide. BRIDGE, with 5000+ employees worldwide, and over a quarter of a million users in over 65 countries, is headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with the BRIDGE Trading and Technology center in St. Louis, and major regional centers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Pacific Rim. For more information visit the BRIDGE web site at http://www.bridge.com. Note to editors: If you are interested in viewing additional information on BRIDGE, please visit http://www.bridge.com |
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