October 17, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - Chris Ostrowski, Technical Management Consultant at TUSC will present the implementation and benefits of the lightweight Service Oriented Architecture at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum.

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Internal and External Application Integration - Oracle Fusion Web Services

Having ventured down the path of a full bore implementation of internal and external application integration in what he perceived as the most efficient and cost effective manner; attendees will get the benefit of his hindsight introspection today. Specifically, he will explain the implementation and benefits of the lightweight Service Oriented Architecture (i.e. Web Services) wherever it makes sense. This presentation will discuss the good, bad and ugly about this approach that was taken.

Chris Ostrowski is a Technical Management Consultant for TUSC in Lakewood, Colorado. Chris has worked with Oracle technologies for almost 20 years and is the author of two Oracle Press books, "Oracle 10g Application Server Development", co-authored with Brad Brown and the "Oracle Application Server Portal Handbook". Chris is focused on Service-Oriented Architecture and Fusion Development. He is also a proud member of the Oracle ACE community.

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October 17, 2008 - Toronto, Canada – Christopher May, Senior Product Manager at Nomis Solutions will present innovative pricing strategies based on his experiences and banking case studies at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

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Improving Loan Portfolio Management: An Introduction to Pricing Optimization

It is no secret that this is an unsettling period for lenders. During these challenging times there is both a need and an opportunity for lenders to examine their current lending strategies and loan portfolios. The classic response of many banks in the face of an unprecedented situation is to adjust their underwriting policies. However, banks should also be using their loan pricing to attract profitable customers, deter less profitable customers, and manage their overall portfolio risk.

Unfortunately, current pricing practices at banks suffer from a number of shortcomings and it can be difficult to effectively manage pricing. To illustrate, the lending portfolios at several different banks in North America and the UK, only about 20% of loans are properly priced. About 40% percent of rates are too high, and 40% are too low, largely because the effect of price on consumer response is poorly understood (Nomis Solutions pricing research).

Christopher May, as the Senior Product Manager at Nomis Solutions, is responsible for the product planning and execution of the Nomis Price Optimizer (NPO), an award-winning software application that has been deployed at over 10 large financial services firms. In this role, he works closely with clients to develop pricing solutions that materially improve financial and operational performance throughout the customer acquisition and loan portfolio management processes.

May has helped financial service institutions strategically use pricing to improve financial results, gain insight into the impact of the market, and execute a more disciplined and efficient pricing process. May's previous product development management experience includes his tenure at PriceMetrix Inc., a provider of productivity management solutions for the wealth management industry. He also worked at Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. May holds a BS in engineering from Queen's University in Ontario, Canada.

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October 06, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - Jennifer Fisher, Director of Sales at Speedware Ltd. will discuss the benefits and drivers for legacy modernization activities and introduce its various techniques and strategies at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

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Legacy Modernization for Financial Institutions - What is it? And Why do You Need it?

Legacy modernization has become an increasingly popular option for financial institutions looking to optimize their IT. This session will explore the many benefits financial institutions can expect from legacy modernization including lowered maintenance costs, increased business agility and the availability of new technologies. Critical drivers for legacy modernization activities will be examined, including the rising maintenance costs of legacy applications, the need to align IT with business objectives, the shrinking pool of qualified resources capable of understanding and maintaining these applications, and the need to upgrade to modern, more flexible systems.

An overview of the full spectrum of legacy modernization projects will be provided as well as techniques for assessing the health of legacy applications. A discussion on how to plan and execute a successful legacy modernization project will be included, along with a review of various modernization strategies and tips for staying on budget and on time. Finally, case studies will be provided highlighting success in the financial services sector.

Ms. Fisher is Speedware’s Sales Solutions Strategist and is responsible for managing the worldwide sales force for both for private and public sector organizations. Her responsibilities include expanding market reach, developing vertical markets and driving Speedware’s IT modernization market strategy by promoting a solutions-oriented approach that strives to analyze and understand specific customer requirements. Ms. Fisher has been actively developing the financial institution market and has been involved in implementing successful modernization projects for customers such as ING and Massachusetts Mutual.

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October 06, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - Brash Avenues will participate as our gift sponsor and will offer chances to win great prizes at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

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Brash Avenues will take you Beyond your Promotional Possibilities! Brash Avenues is a full service promotional marketing company offering a one-stop shop for all your promotional needs. With over 7 years of promotional marketing experience, its objective is to continue to provide innovative merchandise, excellent service, competitive pricing and on-time delivery to its clients. Offering over 600,000 promotional products along with custom products, marketing consultations, graphic design services, incentive programs, printing services and event planning allow Brash Avenue to become your marketing partner. Brash Avenues guarantees you will be 100% satisfied with the products and service from Brash Avenues. Work with Brash Avenues together to exceed your customers’ expectations with products that are designed and created with your image in mind. Brash Avenues welcomes the opportunity to prove its commitment to creative marketing to you.

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October 06, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - Computershare is the latest exhibitor onboard, and will showcase its financial market services and technology for the global security industry at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

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Computershare (ASX: CPU) is a global leader in share registration, employee equity plans, proxy solicitation and other specialised financial, governance and communication services. Many of the world’s largest companies employ its innovative solutions to maximise the value of their relationships with investors, employees, customers and members. Computershare has over 10,000 employees across the world and serves 14,000 corporations and 100 million shareholder and employee accounts in 17 countries across five continents.

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October 06, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - TippingPoint's Director of Product Marketing, Craig Phelps will present to delegates the different approaches to ensure the integrity of personal information and to protect it against malicious attacks at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

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IPS-secured Networks

Collecting, retaining and securing personal information about customers, employees and other stakeholders is a daily activity for today’s financial services organizations. Not only do financial organizations risk losing customers and damaging their reputations, data breaches has led to lawsuits and negative press. As the dependence on electronic banking grows, federal regulations now mandate the protection of digital financial data, requiring institutions to rethink their network security priorities. As a result, financial institutions are under more pressure than ever to ensure adequate privacy protection, provide and share information across multiple systems and facilities, monitor and evaluate the security of their information and maximize the value of their information technology resources. This session will provide an overview of how financial institutions can not only protect their networks from malicious attacks, but how to keep their data safe and meet third-party regulatory requirements in the process.

Craig Phelps directs product marketing at TippingPoint with a focus on compliance product strategies, which enable customers to apply automated security controls to achieve regulatory compliance and meet internal security policy. Previous to his role at TippingPoint, he was responsible for security strategy in Dell's Enterprise Product Group. He has also served as Security Brand Manager for Dell's public division, where he led initiatives for PC, server, storage and network-based security. Craig has also held marketing roles at Cisco Systems and Reed Elsevier. He holds a CISSP certification and received a SANS Institute Information Security Leadership award for his work at Dell. He received his MBA from B.Y.U. in 1997.

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October 06, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - Edmund Rucels, Director of Business Development at GAO RFID Inc. will cover intelligent RFID technology widely used by a variety of financial enterprises at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

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Ed is a senior technology executive. He has a combined 40 years of IT operations and RF sales and marketing experience. He was an executive with Canada's leading telecommunications manufacturer where he directed data processing and global network strategy. Later, he was consultant to a number of technology startup companies. Prior to heading sales and marketing at GAORFID he was responsible for global market at Canada's leading RF manufacturer where he directed international supply chain initiatives for the cold chain and seaports.

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October 06, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - The Future Financial Service Consumer and the Customer Service Strategy will be discussed by TELUS at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

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The Future Financial Services Consumer and Your Customer Experience Strategy

Consumer communication preferences are changing and financial services organizations need to transform their customer experience strategies. With evolving technology, the distinction between financial services consumers is no longer based on age alone. Their acceptance and use of technology in day to day life is changing their expectations of financial services organizations. TELUS, in partnership with IDC Canada, has examined the consumer of future and how they will communicate with their financial services organizations. The study profiles seven new customer segments with unique communication needs and styles for accepting technology. The four most influential groups are Young Embracers, Mobile Lifestyle, Laptop Warriors and Internet Savvy.

The whitepaper,"Financial Services: The Future Consumer and Implications for Customer Experience Management" explores these new customer segments, how they communicate, and the strategies financial services organizations need to retain and attract the consumer of the future. Join Ismail Pishori to hear more about the changing customer and how financial services organizations must transform their customer experience strategies.

As Vice President, Financial Services Industry Marketing, Ismail brings an impressive wealth of industry experience and knowledge to this role. Ismail develops and champions the financial services industry vertical marketing strategy and take-to-market plans, creates and drives thought leadership in strategic areas for the vertical, leverages current capabilities and solutions that exist within TELUS.

Ismail is a fifteen-year IT industry veteran - mostly focused on the financial services industry - with management, sales, marketing, business development, solution development, corporate development, merger integration, and alliance management experience. Most recently, he was Worldwide GM, Financial Markets Segment, Financial Services Industry, at Hewlett-Packard. Ismail holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business, an Industrial Engineering degree from the Technical University of Nova Scotia, as well as a diploma in Engineering from Dalhousie University.

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October 06, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - Pitney Bowes MapInfo and Group 1 Software Corporations will exhibit its location intelligence with customer data and communication management solutions in the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

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Pitney Bowes MapInfo and Group 1 Software Corporations combine location intelligence - providing the answer to the fundamental question of "Where?" – with customer data quality and communication management capabilities. Together the range of software and services offered provides comprehensive enterprise solutions to enable financial services organizations to make better, more informed strategic decisions for significant operational and quantifiable cost efficiencies across your entire financial network

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Sept 19, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - BasWare will showcase its widely used products supporting business organizations' automatic financial processes at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

Sept 19, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - Kofax Inc. is exhibiting its intelligent soft-/hardware for the effective management of business-critical information at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

Kofax is the leading provider of Intelligent Capture & Exchange solutions, providing application software and OEM/POS software worldwide as well as hardware distribution in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

For more than 20 years, Kofax has provided award-winning solutions that automate document-driven business processes by managing the capture, transformation and exchange of business-critical information arising in paper, fax and electronic formats in a more accurate, timely and cost-effective manner. Kofax solutions provide a verifiable return on investment to thousands of customers in financial services, manufacturing, retail, government, healthcare, business process outsourcing and other markets.

Kofax delivers these solutions through a global network of more than 1,200 authorized partners, and its own sales and service organizations in more than 60 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific.

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September 19, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - Van Houtte will provide its large selection of specialized coffees and drinks and high quality services in the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

Van Houtte is a gourmet coffee brand which has its roots in Quebec, where Albert-Louis Van Houtte opened his first café in 1919. Today, Van Houtte is a vertically integrated North America-wide roaster of gourmet coffee. Van Houtte Coffee Services division provides workplaces all over North America with over 30 gourmet blends of coffee, as well as specialty drinks which include café latte, tea, cappuccino, and café mocha. Among our coffee selections, we offer a full-line of certified fair trade and organic coffee. Van Houtte provides the perfect coffee match and brewing technology for any workplace (traditional, disposable, single-cup and specialty). Our high quality product is supported by an equally high level of service which includes the provision of brewing equipment & maintenance and next day order delivery. In addition, Van Houtte's Source H2O brand is a point-of-use water filtration system for workplaces that replaces bottled water systems with a safer, more economical, and more environmentally friendly alternative.

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September 11, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - Sybase Inc. will exhibit its secure solutions for data management at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

Sybase is the largest global software company exclusively focused on managing and mobilizing information from the data center to the point of action. Sybase provides open, cross-platform solutions that securely deliver information anytime, anywhere, enabling customers to create an information edge. The world's most critical commerce, finance, government, healthcare, and defense runs on Sybase.

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September 9, 2008 - Toronto, Canada.- XBASE Technologies Corp. is pleased to announce its participation in the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

The Financial Services Technology Forum is the largest Financial Services Technology event in Canada; the leading global meeting place to learn about ongoing innovation and enterprise applications and solutions for the financial industry.

XBASE Technologies has been supporting organizations by providing network services and solutions, along with an extensive range of professional services on IT issues (including network design and implementation, server technology, business analysis, software selection, application development, relocation services, and interim IT staffing), since 1988.

Our offerings fit the needs of different types and sizes of organizations - we provide services on a project basis to support your IT department or on an ongoing basis.

Managed IT Services enable our clients to concentrate on their core business - looking after customers and generating income - while we ensure their systems perform at top efficiency, 24/7.

We have the knowledge and experience to help organizations develop and implement structured backup facilities and resumption solutions to ensure business continuity in case of a serious interruption of operations. XBASE partners with and will be joined at the Forum by its industry-leading technology partner NeverfailGroup, and will showcase Neverfail, the award-winning high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery solution for Blackberry Enterprise Server, Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, File Server, IIS, and SharePoint.

XBASEs Virtualization products and services provide a fundamental technological innovation that addresses the issues of cost-effective IT infrastructure and the need for quick response to new business initiatives and organizational change.

September 9, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - Messaging Architects will introduce their broadly-used, compatible software and services in the enterprise at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

Founded in 1995, Messaging Architects specializes in email lifecycle management solutions across numerous sectors including government, education, healthcare and corporate. Their software and services provide 100% email uptime and compliance by addressing the need for policy-driven, email risk management (security, content filtering, archiving and e-discovery). Used daily by thousands of enterprise clients worldwide, our solutions are compatible with Novell GroupWise (NOVL), Microsoft Exchange (MSFT) and IBM Lotus Notes/Domino (IBM).

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September 3, 2008 - Toronto, Canada – CDIT Inc. (CDIT), Canada's leading Enterprise Capture Consultant/Integrator, is pleased to announce its sponsorship of and participation in the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

The Financial Services Technology Forum is the largest Financial Services Technology event in Canada; the leading global meeting place to learn about ongoing innovation and enterprise applications and solutions for the financial industry. Through interactive expositions and engaging conference sessions, the event focuses on leading-edge enterprise applications and solutions that are sustainable, flexible, and designed to increase profitability.

CDIT's Solutions, which will be presented and exhibited at the event, position financial services organizations to realize optimized organizational performance, increased productivity and profit margins, improved service delivery, greater sales volumes and increased market share, by streamlining the flow and management of information and knowledge within the organization.

CDIT's Solutions leverage leading-edge technologies including Document Imaging, Workflow and Document Management to improve the speed, cost, accuracy and efficiency of business transactions. It enables financial services organizations to receive and exchange information with anyone, anywhere, in any format while working within the business applications and IT platforms that they already know and use.

CDIT will be joined at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum by two of its industry leading technology partners — Kofax , Inc. (Kofax) and Basware, Inc. (Basware).

Kofax is the leading provider of Intelligent Capture & Exchange solutions, which provide a verifiable return on investment to thousands of customers in financial services, manufacturing, retail, government, healthcare, and other markets. Chad Bruffey, Vice President, Software and Solutions Sales, Kofax, will deliver an informative presentation on Distributed Document and Data Capture solutions for the banking and financial services industry: from managing customer account data at multiple levels and in multiple offices to processing loan forms and mortgage documents.

Basware is the global leader in Enterprise Purchase to Pay and Financial Management solutions. Over 650,000 users depend on Basware software to automate business-critical financial processes. Jaakko Elovaara, Vice President, Basware Corporation, will deliver an informative presentation on Enterprise Purchase to Pay Solutions (EPP) for the financial services industry.

Receive a complimentary All-Access Pass ($279 US value) to the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum by registering now (use promo code CDIT) at http://e-financial.wowgao.com/registration or call 1-416-292-0038 ext. 812 and be sure to visit CDIT at the event at Booth 100.

Sept 03, 2008 - Toronto, Canada – ETP will showcase its Xeligence™ Analytical Platform for optimum business performance and efficiency to enterprises and organizations at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

Established in the United Kingdom in 1994, and with a globally-deployed organization, ETP has been engaged directly by Fortune 500 enterprises and organizations embarking on Analytical CRM, data warehousing, business intelligence, and business optimization-oriented projects. ETP's methodology for success works to find the right balance and integration of People, Process, Information and Technology to enable businesses and non-commercial organizations to realize gains in performance and efficiency. To successfully address today's need for "intelligent" and rapidly adapting processes and systems, ETP offers the Xeligence™ Analytical Platform in industry-specific versions for Financial Services, Insurance, Telecom/Media, Retail, Manufacturing and Health-Care. Xeligence™ automates rapid, high volume generation and integration of predictive analytical algorithms within enterprise business processes and systems. Using Xeligence™ business users and/or statisticians configure and dynamically trigger the production and deployment of predictive models within areas such as Enterprise CRM (cross-selling/up-selling/customer retention), credit scoring/pricing and charge-off/default prediction to dramatically improve their results.

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Sept 03, 2008 - Toronto, Canada – President Troy Hare of Blink Communications Inc. will present strategic focused solutions for network efficiencies and new technologies in data carriers at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

Expansion and Innovation "Choice"

There has been a growing trend among companies in the Greater Toronto Area regarding the use of traditional data carriers. Complex and diluted service offerings, higher service charges and lengthy delivery times have left many companies searching for a more reliable option in their data and recovery planning.

Continued consolidation within the major provider market has fostered a surge in demand for a more responsive and focused provider. Companies throughout North America seeking an effective alternative are turning to providers that have maintained a strategic focus on core competencies.

Troy Hare is President and Chief Operating Officer of Blink Communications, a subsidiary of Oakville Hydro Corporation since 2001. Troy is representative of a progressive executive redefining the competitive landscape within the data services market. Ingenuity that led to the creation of one of Ontario's largest and most lucrative Utility telecom providers. In 2006, Troy solidified Blink's market presence with the successful acquisition of Enersource Telecom (Mississauga Hydro's telecom assets) and in 2008, Milton Hydro Telecom (Milton Hydro Distribution's telecom assets).

He is experienced in leading high performance teams, setting direction and providing positive results. Troy earned his Bachelor of Engineering degree from Ryerson University and a Master of Science degree, specializing in telecommunications from the University of Colorado.

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Aug 26, 2008 - Toronto, Canada – Metavante will showcase its integrated banking and payment solutions for financial service organizations at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

Metavante Lending Solutions provides technology and service solutions for mortgage, home equity, consumer and indirect retail finance loan origination. Lending solutions are offered for point-of-sale origination, processing, closing, automated underwriting, decisioning and business process management, as well as processing, settlement and document generation services. Metavante's lending solutions are used to better market, sell, process and close loans through all distribution channels, including retail, wholesale, Internet and correspondent. Metavante Lending Solutions helps clients of all sizes, from community banks to the top financial institutions in North America, including five of the top 20 U.S. mortgage lenders.

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August 28, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - DeviceAnywhere’s CEO & Co-founder, Faraz Syed will describe user-friendly mCommerce applications that guide mobile application developers to create effective applications at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum.

Living up to expectations: developing user-friendly mCommerce application

Consumers expect the same experience on handsets as on computers. MCommerce is particularly challenged by creating mobile applications that end-users will embrace. Applications used for online banking are not easily transferable to mobile devices. Just as consumers were initially skeptical of Internet banking, they will be hesitant to make financial transactions on handsets. Consumers must know that applications are secure and reliable.

Developers can ease these fears by ensuring that only the most user-friendly and secure applications make it to market. Fixing problems can be accomplished by developing and frequent testing across myriad devices - a feat most easily and cost-effectively accomplished through DeviceAnywhere. DeviceAnywhere provides developers remote access to real devices over live networks - on which they can develop, test, and deploy applications. Unlike emulators, DeviceAnywhere employs real devices, so devices behave exactly as if developers were holding them in their hands. DeviceAnywhere empowers mCommerce developers with tools to create effective applications - thereby satisfying end-users.

Faraz Syed is a proven thought leader and entrepreneur in the wireless industry who has presented and moderated various keynotes and panels at industry events and at his alma mater, Stanford University. While employed at mobile WAP applications company Brience, Faraz realized the difficulty and expense required developing new mobile applications. Recognizing a need to provide the first truly affordable handset testing service, Faraz Syed founded DeviceAnywhere in April 2003. Before launching DeviceAnywhere, Faraz Syed was Director of Solutions at Brience. He was also a technical architect at KPMG Consulting and held technical positions at Oracle, KLA Tencor, and AMD.

Aug 26, 2008 - Toronto, Canada – CDIT Inc. will exhibit its innovative Enterprise Content Management Solutions which help reduce operational costs and enhance competitive positioning at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum scheduled on October 28 & 29, 2008 at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada.

CDIT Inc. (CDIT) is Canada's leading Enterprise Capture Consultant/Integrator. It focuses on accelerating the CAPTURE, TRANSFORMATION, DELIVERY and EXCHANGE of critical information that drives every organization. CDIT works with its clients to define architect, supply and implement.

CDIT's Solutions position organizations to realize optimized organizational performance, increased productivity and profit margins, improved service delivery, greater sales volumes and increased market share, by streamlining the flow and management of information and knowledge within the organization. Its unmatched solutions leverage leading-edge technologies including Document Imaging, Workflow and Document Management to improve the speed, cost, accuracy and efficiency of business transactions. It enables financial service organizations to receive and exchange information with anyone, anywhere, in any format while working within the business applications and IT platforms that they already know and use.

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August 27, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - Bradley Brown, Chief Technology Officer at TUSC will present the implementation and benefits of the lightweight Service Oriented Architecture at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum.

Having ventured down the path of a full bore implementation of internal and external application integration in what he perceived as the most efficient and cost effective manner; attendees will get the benefit of his hindsight introspection today. Specifically, he will explain the implementation and benefits of the lightweight Service Oriented Architecture (i.e. Web Services) wherever it makes sense. This presentation will discuss the good, bad and ugly about this approach that was taken.

While Brad is easily recognized as an accomplished Oracle author and world-renowned speaker, it is his technological expertise that clearly is his identity. While he has enjoyed a countless number of major implementation successes over the years, one milestone that clearly stands out centers around the development of "Periscope" which he released through TUSC in 2002. Periscope is breakthrough software that makes data from other data sources (i.e., Microsoft Access, Sybase, SQL Server, DB2, Web Services, file systems, APIs, etc.) appear as if it's in one big Oracle Database. The data also can be inserted, updated and deleted from many source databases. The groundbreaking tool works with more than 100 databases.

Brad's vast experience and expertise have earned him roles as chief technology officer of a number of companies including IntelliReal, Open Access Broadband Networks and EventConnex. Brad has also been an active board member for a number of companies and organizations including Geekcruises, Lantech Inc., Colorado Uplift and Cactus Strategies. Brad was actively involved in Young Presidents Organization from 1997, having served as the Colorado chapter's chapter chair, breakfast of champions chair, on-boarding chair, education chairperson, inventory of skills chairperson, technology officer, assistant education chairperson and membership chairperson. Brad currently teaches “New Venture Creation” in the graduate department of the University of Denver.

August 26, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - Director of Product Line Management, James Collinge of TippingPoint will present to delegates the different approaches to ensure the integrity of personal information and to protect it against malicious attacks at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum.

IPS-secured Networks

Collecting, retaining and securing personal information about customers, employees and other stakeholders is a daily activity for today’s financial services organizations. Not only do financial organizations risk losing customers and damaging their reputations, data breaches has led to lawsuits and negative press. As the dependence on electronic banking grows, federal regulations now mandate the protection of digital financial data, requiring institutions to rethink their network security priorities. As a result, financial institutions are under more pressure than ever to ensure adequate privacy protection, provide and share information across multiple systems and facilities, monitor and evaluate the security of their information and maximize the value of their information technology resources. This session will provide an overview of how financial institutions can not only protect their networks from malicious attacks, but how to keep their data safe and meet third-party regulatory requirements in the process.

James Collinge holds over 15 years of experience in the networking and security industries. He is currently the director of product line management for TippingPoint and is responsible for overseeing all of TippingPoint product management initiatives. Prior to TippingPoint, James held various product management positions at Cisco Systems where he was responsible for security on switching platforms, Metro Ethernet, Industrial Ethernet, and Cisco's broadband DSL portfolio. Before Cisco Systems, James worked for Texas Instruments in product management and was responsible for DSP-based DSL and ATM silicon solutions.

The 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum focuses on new, cutting-edge enterprise applications and solutions that are sustainable, flexible, and increase profitability, presented via interactive expositions and engaging conference sessions presented to all corporate users, from service providers to small, medium and large businesses alike.

August 25, 2008 - Toronto, Canada - CEO George Adams of SSH Communications Security, Inc. will present how to identify and control daily operational risks and to build a comprehensive Operational Risk Management (ORM) plan at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum.

Operational Risk Management - The Big Security Picture:

With enormous amounts of valuable corporate data concentrated in financial organizations’ information systems, IT managers must carefully control daily operational risks by implementing a comprehensive security model that addresses standard HR practices, as well as deploy and administer information security solutions throughout the IT infrastructure. George Adams will discuss how to build a comprehensive Operational Risk Management plan to prevent immense damages.

As CEO of SSH Communications Security, Inc., Mr. Adams is responsible for developing and executing strategies to build the company’s market position. With millions of users worldwide, the company’s Secure Shell application has become the de-facto standard for secure Internet logins. Mr. Adams is also a member of the board of directors of the parent company in Finland. Prior to joining SSH, Mr. Adams was vice president of business development for Phoenix Technologies Ltd., where he led strategic initiatives in Internet-based remote management and support. Mr. Adams has also previously held positions at Sun Microsystems, Intel, Analog Devices, and Motorola.

The 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum focuses on new, cutting-edge enterprise applications and solutions that are sustainable, flexible, and increase profitability, presented via interactive expositions and engaging conference sessions presented to all corporate users, from service providers to small, medium and large businesses alike.