Financial Firms Using Communicator Inc's Hub Connex Group Chat to Share Market Information; Hub Connex Now Hosting 5,000 Institutional Forums in and across Financial Firms.WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- While many financial firms are experienced in the benefits of one-to-one instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or , leading-edge firms also have discovered the benefits of real-time group chat, or Forums. Hub Connex launched its enterprise group discussion Forums in 2001 and now hosts over 5,000 group Forums, with the world's largest broker-dealers and hundreds of investment management firms and hedge funds. Dealers are staying close to scores of customers using inter-company forums, as well as leveraging Hub Connex' built-in secure IM, information broadcasting, desktop alerts and structured data delivery services. The Hammerstone ham·mer·stone n. Archaeology A stone or cobble used as a pounding or pecking tool. hammerstone A hand-held stone or cobble used by hominids perhaps as early as 2. Group, an investment partnership and trading application provider, uses Hub Connex to connect over 100 professionals across 50 investment firms in a single forum. "Hub Connex has allowed our services to grow exponentially," says Mr. Jamie Lissette, Managing Director of Hammerstone. "Forums are an effective channel for our staff and clients to collaborate on topics including investment strategy and market color -- all within a easy-to-use application." A Forbes.com article and case study can be viewed at http://www.thehammerstone.com/hs_hif.html. The hosted service makes Forums practical for as few as three and as many as thousands of users by eliminating server software deployment Software deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use. The general deployment process consists of several interrelated activities with possible transitions between them. and user administration while providing enterprise-class reliability and security. As online group discussions grow, financial firms need to ensure they are handled properly for communications compliance. Hub Connex' Forums support demanding message archiving See e-mail archiving. and auditing requirements, including SEC rule 17a-4, NASD NASD See: National Association of Securities Dealers NASD See National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). rule 3010 and the Investment Advisor Investment Advisor 1. A person making investment recommendations in return for a flat fee or percentage of assets managed, known as a commission. 2. For mutual fund companies, it is the individual who has the day-to-day responsibility of investing and monitoring the cash and Act. Forums transcripts can be viewed online, delivered to a customer in multiple file formats, integrated into nine leading compliance applications, or actively audited through a powerful surveillance solution. "Our customers have long told us that group Forums are critical to their investment decision-making processes Presented below is a list of topics on decision-making and decision-making processes: | width="" align="left" valign="top" |
| width="" align="left" valign="top" | Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Schlinkert, 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. of Communicator Inc. "Forums interaction has doubled over the last year to several hundred thousand messages sent a month. Nearly half of the forums involve multiple companies. This strong usage confirms the industry's demand for a compliant group collaboration tool that doesn't require a heavy technology and labor investment by customers." About Communicator Inc Communicator is a financial technology firm that provides investment managers and broker/dealers a suite of services for identity management, communications, compliance & operations. Communicator's services include Hub Connex, which provides over 800 buy-side firms and leading broker/dealers a secure cross-company communication platform; and identity services that are used to manage over 400,000 user identities and profiles across the industry. Compliance Hub, which provides confirmation processing, counterparty documentation and regulatory certifications services to over 1,600 financial firms. For more information visit www.communicator.com, call 914-872-2840 or email sales@communicator.com. Copyright (C) 2005 Communicator Inc-- All rights reserved. Hub Connex is a registered mark of Communicator Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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