Theresa Carey is the Editor of CIOInsight.com's Finance Industry Center and a Contributing Editor at Barron’s, where she writes the ‘Electronic Investor’ column. She has been covering financial technology, investing, and trading platforms since 1990 for publications such as PC Magazine, Newsweek, Fortune, and Fortune Small Business. With decades of experience analyzing financial software, online trading, and market trends, she is a recognized authority in the field. She holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.S. from the University of Santa Clara.
Emagia Corporation, which publishes a suite of cash flow management solutions, has made a toolkit and a series of webcasts available to help companies with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Emagias SOX Readiness Toolkit, which is free of charge to users, contains tools for organizations interested in an assessment of their internal controls for receivables and payables. The […]
Bottomline, a provider of financial Business Process Management software and managed services, announced on Monday that it will support JSR (Java Specification Request) 168 within its purchase-to-pay business applications. This development allows Bottomlines applications to run on the J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) portal standard, enabling Web portals and portlets to interoperate. Bottomline Technologies […]
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 […]