Theresa Carey

The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. announced Monday that its premier data product, TotalView, has been enhanced so that it delivers information faster to traders and investors. Nasdaq implemented a streamlined process of providing quotes and orders on Feb. 7, increasing TotalViews average speed and consistency of speed. TotalViews average delivery speed has risen by more […]

Actuate Corp. has published the Actuate Financial Performance Management (FPM) system, which integrates data from disparate systems to provide on-demand reports to every employee with financial accountability. Companies using Actuate FPM can distribute fiscal responsibility throughout the enterprise, help drive financial performance and assist in compliance with federal regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Actuate, […]

Avalara, which serves the small and medium-sized business market with integrated ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solutions, has released its AvaTax ST sales and use tax calculation service for Microsofts Great Plains accounting system version 8.0. AvaTax ST for Great Plains versions 7.0 and 7.5 were released in 2004. “AvaTax ST works behind the scenes in […]

Smart Online has rolled out OneBiz Conductor, a web-based software platform aimed at providing small businesses of up to 500 employees with their own ERP systems. OneBiz Conductor can integrate sales, inventory, banking, accounting, human resources, shipping, collaboration and commerce applications within a Web browser. Announced at DEMO, a conference that showcases new technology products […]

Banking is a conservative business, so it comes as no surprise that banks have moved slowly in adopting the provisions of Check 21. Officially known as the Check Clearing Act for the 21st Century, Check 21 allows banks to exchange check images electronically rather than shipping paper thither and yon. Although the act doesnt require […]

Believing that the technological underpinnings of the Archipelago Exchange allow it to be customized to trade nearly anything, Sun Microsystems Inc. and Archipelago Holdings Inc. have announced that they will develop a platform that allows companies to dynamically bid for open compute cycles. The CPU usage cycle exchange is intended to provide companies worldwide with […]

Xigns on-demand Order-to-Pay service, called the XPSN (Xign Payment Services Network), offers an electronic order delivery, invoice processing and payment service for business-to-business commerce. The service has processed more than $50 billion in B2B transactions and enrolled about 18,000 shared suppliers in the network since rolling out in 2001. “Order to Pay” is the term […]

Are you wondering whether a check cleared? Call your bank and you may end up talking with “Kate,” a virtual persona that lives inside Edify Voice Banking, which will ask a couple of questions and get you the information. The questions are designed to verify the callers identity as well as provide the customer the […]

Rivet Software Inc. and PR Newswire have announced plans to form a partnership, allowing PR Newswire members to create their financial documents in XBRL using Rivets Dragon Tag XBRL enabler. The partnership should give investor relations professionals a way to create and distribute their financial information in XBRL, which is becoming a financial reporting standard […]

Jupiter Research is backing off its growth projections for online mortgages published in 2003, mostly thanks to customer fear of providing personal information online. Mortgages that originate online are expected to increase to $74 billion in 2009, accounting for five percent of all purchase mortgages. Jupiter expects that eight percent of all refinance mortgages, totaling […]

ADVIZOR Solutions announced this week that it had released version 4.0 of its business visualization software, which includes a new Analyst Edition and enhancements to the Developer Edition. The Analyst Edition allows users to shorten their “time to discovery” by exploring business data through its interactive visual display. Based on 12 ADVIZOR Visuals, the Analyst […]

The initial reaction by consumer groups to Check 21, the Check Clearing Act for the 21st Century, was dismay and distrust. Combined with that was the certainty that the banking industry was trying to rip consumers off by taking advantage of the “float” period, the time between when payment is taken from the paying customers […]