Datapro announces new IT information service: Financial Industry Technologies & Trends: World View; Product designed specifically for financial services industry debuts at IBIT June 10 in Basel, Switzerland.DELRAN, N.J./MAIDENHEAD, U.K.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 1996-- Datapro Information Services See Information Systems. Group announces FITT n. 1. See 2d Fit. World -- Datapro's Financial Industry Technologies & Trends: World View -- a comprehensive information service that is designed specifically for the 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. industry. The first of its kind, FITT World is a subscription-based information service featuring comprehensive research and analysis of information technology (IT) trends, management issues, and products having specific application and usage within the worldwide financial and banking industries. FITT World will debut June 10-12 at the International Banking Information Technology (IBIT IBIT Illes Balears Innovació Tecnològica (Balearic Islands) IBIT International Business Information Technology IBIT Initiated Built-In Test IBIT Income Before Interest and Taxes IBIT Interruptive Built-In Test ) forum at the Convention Centre, Basel, Switzerland. The new product is available in a variety of media, including CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. , Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. , ASCII ASCII or American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a set of codes used to represent letters, numbers, a few symbols, and control characters. Originally designed for teletype operations, it has found wide application in computers. tape, and the Internet and can be previewed at Datapro's business suite in Room 203 at the conference. Commenting on the introduction of FITT World, Datapro president Steve Thomas Steve Thomas may refer to:
Jannette Alston, Datapro's senior analyst for banking and finance markets, added, "There is tremendous demand for information on how best to evaluate, select, implement, and manage information technology. FITT World gives institutions a single, convenient source of information and advises customers on how to create the most cost-effective IT solutions tailored to their specific needs." FITT World covers a wide range of IT topics and integrates information from a variety of different sources. Topics covered include: IT trends, management issues, enabling technologies, overviews of hardware and software products and vendors, security issues, standards, and financial regulations. FITT World provides information on mergers and acquisitions and delivers actual case studies of the challenges and solutions implemented by various financial organizations. Additional sources of information that are integrated into the service include banking industry financial data from Bureau van Dijk's financial database. BvD, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, maintains offices throughout the world. Updated monthly, the information service will ship to customers in October 1996. A special one-year subscription price of $7,500 (US) is available until September 30, 1996. Beginning October 1, the price will be $9,900 (US). The initial segment focuses on the Banking industry. Other industry segments within financial services will be introduced over the next three quarters. The IBIT Forum, Western Europe's most prestigious banking event, offers insight into the important technical trends shaping the future of the banking industry. Attendees include IT policy-making pol·i·cy·mak·ing or pol·i·cy-mak·ing n. High-level development of policy, especially official government policy. adj. Of, relating to, or involving the making of high-level policy: executives from banks, insurance companies, institutional bodies, investment firms, and financial services companies. Taking part in the IBIT forum are Alastair Pollard, Datapro vice president of sales, Europe, Middle East Africa; Jannett Alston, Datapro senior analyst and IBIT program development board member; and Gavin McMahon, Datapro's digital program manager. Datapro Information Service Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, has been tracking the global IT industry for 28 years. With an international staff of researchers and analysts, Datapro provides timely and accurate information and analysis on the full spectrum of IT products, vendors, technologies, and markets. Datapro homepage: http://www.datapro.com CONTACT: AMERICAS: Jannette Alston Datapro 609/764-4546 internet: alstonjm@mcgraw-hill.com or EUROPE: Rosemary White Datapro 44 1628 773277 internet: whiter@mcgraw-hill.com |
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