ComStock Unveils eFinance Solutions; Customized Market Data Display Components for Off-Trading-Floor Users.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 2003 ComStock, a division of Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IDC) and a leading provider of real-time global market data, today announced the introduction of eFinance Solutions. eFinance Solutions represents a suite of modular, global market data display components targeted primarily at the off-trading-floor community. The tools, which can be seamlessly integrated into the clients' environment, are designed to augment the internal development of market data services. eFinance Solutions is powered by ComStock's comprehensive set of global content sources. Content sources include ComStock's real-time global datafeed, Xpressfeed, which carries over 180 sources and exchanges and more than 1.8 million instruments, covering all asset classes. Additionally, content from Interactive Data Corporation, as well as third-party market data providers and proprietary client content can be seamlessly integrated into each solution. Display components include Streaming and Static Quote Montages including Market Depth views, Tickers, Time and Sales, Interactive Charting, Heatmaps, Risk Management components, News Management, Sector Analysis and Market Commentary. "eFinance Solutions is leading the market in this new paradigm New Paradigm In the investing world, a totally new way of doing things that has a huge effect on business. Notes: The word "paradigm" is defined as a pattern or model, and it has been used in science to refer to a theoretical framework. , where many different types of users need access to market data. Our products can be differentiated based on specific user needs and provide a more effective value proposition than traditional terminals," said Don Finucane, ComStock's vice president of Marketing and Product Management. "By using eFinance Solutions, our clients win on three key fronts; they can deliver less expensive custom solutions for specific user groups, they can deploy these solutions more rapidly, and they can redirect internal development resources to the core areas of the business that drive their competitive advantage." eFinance Solutions is built on a proprietary platform specifically engineered for high-end critical market data applications. The platform is built with redundant systems and sophisticated monitoring tools that enables ComStock to perform real-time tracking of its complete infrastructure. eFinance Solutions are delivered via private IP networks, clients' intranets for local distribution architectures, and through the public Internet. Clients can choose to integrate eFinance components in a variety of ways including template or frame based page hosting, partial page hosting, and applets. Additionally, XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. content can also be integrated into the client solution. The eFinance architecture incorporates comprehensive Access Management Tools for seamless sign-on, authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. , encryption and usage tracking functions, facilitating the rapid and secure integration into the client environment. eFinance Solutions are currently integrated within several large financial institutions throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Europe. About ComStock ComStock, a division of Interactive Data Corp. (www.comstock-interactivedata.com) provides real-time worldwide financial information, including securities, foreign exchange and commodities data, news, historic information and software applications, to financial institutions, retail and online brokers, financial planners Financial Planner A qualified investment professional who assists individuals and corporations meet their long-term financial objectives by analyzing the client's status and setting a program to achieve these goals. and advisers, institutional investors Institutional Investor A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions. and online portal redistributors. About Interactive Data Corporation Interactive Data Corporation is a leading global provider of securities pricing, financial information, and analytic tools to institutional and individual investors. The company supplies time-sensitive pricing (including evaluated pricing), dividend, corporate action, and descriptive information for more than approximately 3.5 million securities traded around the world, including hard-to-value instruments. The company links to most of the world's best-known financial service and software companies for trading, analysis, portfolio management and valuation. Interactive Data Corporation is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts Bedford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is within the Greater Boston area, some 15 miles north-west of the city of Boston. The population of Bedford was 12,595 at the 2000 census. . Through its branded businesses, FT Interactive Data, ComStock, CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. BondEdge and eSignal, Interactive Data Corporation has approximately 1,800 employees in offices located throughout 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. , Europe, Asia and Australia. Pearson plc (NYSE:PSO PSO - Oracle Parallel Server ), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education Pearson Education is an international publisher of textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia learning tools. Pearson Education is part of Pearson PLC. It is headquartered in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. and the Penguin Group, owns approximately 60 percent of Interactive Data Corporation. |
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