About 3i Infotech
3i Infotech is a Financial Services Software and Services Company with over 7,000 information technology and financial service professionals and clients in more than 50 countries across five continents.  We create software and services that enable our clients to increase their operational efficiency and accelerate their growth.  Our systems improve significantly the accuracy, speed and effectiveness of the working processes, allowing our clients to focus more resources on their core business objectives.  In Europe we provide software products and services to the Asset Management, Capital Markets, Banking and Insurance sectors.  Clients are some of the largest financial services firms.

AWACS
Advanced Warning And Control System from 3i Infotech handles all the critical elements of the risk management and surveillance process and provides a robust monitoring and warning mechanism.  It is a risk and surveillance engine which is used to protect the integrity of the market from fraud, manipulation, and abusive practices and to foster open, competitive and financially sound markets.  AWACS provides a wide range of features and functions to ensure strict market vigilance and quick access to historical information, which is essential in decision making.

For further information on 3i Infotech, please visit www.3i-infotech.com.

About PSL

PSL is a software company that specialises in software systems for Central Securities Depositories and Registrar & Transfer Agents.

PSL have been exclusively involved in this domain for over twenty years and have accumulated extensive experience in the development, implementation, integration and support of systems over fifty installations in more than twenty-five countries.

Depend

Depend is a fully functional software package for Central Securities Depositories based on .NET offering many connectivity options to service users and providers.  Both wholesale and retail model CSD models are supported and the GUI interface allows easy access by all roles of user to the core business functions; all functions for central registry and corporate events operations are supported.  Configuration options allow Depend’s behaviour to be tailored to suit every user and PSL provides a customisation, data migration, and integration service to suit every client.

Regard

Regard is a software package for Register & Transfer Agents and can operate in a dematerialised, physical or hybrid environment; a Crest interface is available.  Regard provides the same wide functional scope as the registry module of the Depend product and can be implemented as an in-house registry system or as a core system for a service bureau.

More information is available at: www.percival.co.uk

About Microsoft in financial services

Microsoft is a leading provider of software products and technology to the financial services industry. Its customers operate in every area of retail banking, insurance and pensions, and the financial markets.

Microsoft focuses on providing the security, scalability and reliability that the financial enterprise requires. Through Microsoft .NET, the XML Web services platform, Microsoft enables customers to act on information anytime, any place and from any smart device.

Working with leading software vendors (and partners such as Trayport) and systems integrators in the banking and insurance industries, Microsoft supports financial institutions in re-engineering core business operations, achieving straight through processing, better managing all aspects of risk and capital adequacy, increasing efficiency in branch banking operations, and establishing a new generation of telephone and internet-based financial services channels.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software - any time, any place and on any device.

Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

More information is available at: www.microsoft.com.

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For more than 30 years, the financial services industry has relied on Stratus and its partners to guarantee 24/7 reliability of essential services, systems, and data in retail and corporate banking institutions and capital markets. Stratus ftServer® systems are for organizations with mission-critical applications that must always be protected against downtime and data loss. By integrating around-the-clock monitoring services with resilient, purpose-built technologies, Stratus delivers "uptime assurance." For more information on Stratus, please visit: www.stratus.com.