CSFBdirect Named "Best Online Brokerage Service" by Software & Information Industry Association.Business Editors JERSEY CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 2001 CSFBdirect Honored with Codie Award for Second Consecutive Year CSFBdirect (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DIR), the online brokerage service of Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse. , has been named "Best Online Brokerage Service" by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association, Washington, DC, www.siia.net) A trade organization devoted to the health and welfare of the software and digital content industry by providing support in government relations, business development, education and intellectual property ). The SIIA presented the 2001 Codie Awards honoring excellence for software and information products and services at its Annual Conference in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. on March 12, 2001. It is the second consecutive year that CSFBdirect has been recognized by the SIIA with a coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. Codie Award. The Codie Awards is the only peer-recognition awards program for the software and information industry, selecting and celebrating the best the industry has to offer. The range of 39 categories includes business, e-commerce, education, entertainment, and personal productivity software; online information services See Information Systems. , e-commerce storefronts, and brokerage services. "We are honored that CSFBdirect has earned the designation as `Best Online Brokerage Service,' " said Blake Darcy, Chief Executive Officer of CSFBdirect. "We remain committed to excellence through customer service and technological advances." "Our technology team consistently ranks as the best in the business and we are pleased to accept these awards on behalf of all those who have worked so hard to build and maintain the software that powers our site. On behalf of our customers, who are the beneficiaries of this work, we will continue striving for excellence in all that we do," said Suresh Kumar, Chief Information Officer of CSFBdirect. About the Software & Information Industry Association The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association of the software code and information content industries. SIIA represents more than 1,200 leading high-tech companies that develop and market software and electronic content for business, education, consumers and the Internet. For further information, visit http://www.siia.net. About iNautix Technologies iNautix Technologies Inc., the technology group of CSFBdirect, designs, develops and hosts reliable, scalable and secure global e-commerce engines that can interface with many technologies within a variety of Internet and wireless delivery platforms and PDAs (personal digital assistants, or palm top devices, screen phones and touch-tone telephones). Founded in 1988, the company has over thirteen years technology design and support experience. As of December 31, 2000, iNautix employed 650 professionals with offices in Jersey City, NJ, East Brunswick, NJ, and Chennai, India. About CSFBdirect CSFBdirect is one of the world's premier online brokerage firms offering a diversified range of investment products and services to sophisticated, self-directed investors. As of December 31, 2000, CSFBdirect had over one million worldwide customer accounts representing nearly $23 billion in assets. CSFBdirect has received numerous honors over the past year, including a number one "4-Stars" rating in March 2001 by Barron's; "Best of the Web" in March 2001 by Forbes.com; "Best Online Brokerage Service" in March 2001 by the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA); number one for "Transaction Performance and Transaction Success Rate" in February 2001 by Keynote Systems Keynote Systems, Inc. provides measurement and monitoring, service level and customer experience management services to customers to improve e-business performance by reducing costs, improving customer satisfaction and increasing profitability. , Inc.; "Best for Site Reliability" in August 2000 by TheStreet.com's Online Broker Survey; "Top Online Broker" by the 2000 Readers' Choice Awards, Worth magazine; and "Best Bet, Feature Rich" in May 2000 by PC World magazine. Headquartered in Jersey City, NJ with offices 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. , Charlotte, NC, Delray Beach, FL, Sandy City, UT, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Dubai, CSFBdirect employs more than 1,650 people. CSFBdirect trades on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors "DIR" as a tracking stock of Credit Suisse First Boston (USA), Inc. For more information on CSFBdirect, visit the company's Web site at www.CSFBdirect.com. About Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB CSFB Credit Suisse First Boston CSFB Cyclically Shifted Filter Bank ) is a leading global investment banking firm serving institutional, corporate, government and individual clients. CSFB's businesses include securities underwriting, sales and trading, investment and merchant banking, financial advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal , investment research, venture capital, correspondent brokerage services and online brokerage services. It operates in over 76 locations across more than 37 countries and 6 continents, and has some 28,000 staff worldwide. The Firm is a business unit of the Zurich based Credit Suisse Group, a leading global financial services company. |
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