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fasterSTREET - RISK DATA and ANALYTICS - Dec. 8 in New York City

Intel announces a new event to be held in New York City on Dec. 8: fasterSTREET - RISK DATA and ANALYTICS - 101 Park Ave, New York City. Risk management is the pivotal function in financial services. Never has it been more topical than in the current issues facing the market and the pressures mount to address the key features of achieving effective management of risk – protecting the balance sheet, client and market interests.

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Case Study: Banco Popular Reports 20% Drop in Deskside Visits and 10% Drop in Costs Using vPro

Given the large number of desktops in the Banco Popular (Spain) fleet and the complexity of today’s IT environment, the time savings enabled by Intel® vPro™ technology’s remote power-up feature will have a significant impact.

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faster2008 CITY of Innovation and Change - Dec. 15 in London

Intel announces a new Dec. 15 London event: faster2008 CITY of Innovation and Change. Institute of Electrical Engineers, 2 Savoy Place, London. This event is a festive look back on 2008 and a view forward based on contemporary developments in our industry and market.

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Case Study: Indian YES BANK Unwires Branches with Intel Technology

To gain a competitive advantage in the very competitive Indian Financial Services marketplace, YES BANK turned to Intel® Solution Services for technology guidance to help the bank develop and implement a secure, wireless and mobile solution, delivering a new branch banking experience in line with its “Bank of the Future” vision.

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Intel Low Latency Video

Watch a short video about Intel’s efforts in reducing latency in the financial services enterprise. Click the box below to watch now (3:09 minutes in length).

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Watch & Listen Now: Improving Performance and Efficiency in Wall Street’s Data Centers

Good to the Last Watt: Improving Performance and Efficiency in Wall Street’s Data Centers

A Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives WebCast

Watch and listen (click below) to the webcast recently hosted by Wall Street & Technology on October 15, 2008. With Wall Street data centers straining to keep up with ever expanding capacity demands from all areas of the business, many firms are reaching capacity limits imposed by space and even available power - especially near metropolitan centers. As a result, firms are looking to decrease power consumption and consolidate older servers all while increasing data center capacity to meet the low latency needs of trading desks and the computational needs of risk managers who run complex models and algorithms.

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Case Study: E.SUN Securities Investigates vPro for Security and Manageability

Taiwan’s E.SUN Securities is no stranger to using information and communications technology (ICT) to further its financial services business. More than 50 percent of its financial transactions are now done electronically. The company relies very much on technology despite being spread across 13 locations and supporting over 300 staff, E.SUN Securities has only 15 ICT staff to support its entire operation.

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Wall Street & Technology - Intel Says New Server Chips Are Virtualization- and Environment-Friendly

A recent article in Wall Street & Technology highlights Intel’s green credentials with the launch of its latest round of server chips which perform 50% better and use 10% less power than the previous generation of Caneland 7300 chips.

The article quotes Intel fasterFS’s Rick Jacobsen:

“This is great news for people who need to get a lot of work done in a complex environment and need to dramatically reduce that complexity,” says Rick Jacobsen, director financial services marketing, Intel Americas. “It’s a standard server with a dense form factor that can help you consolidate infrastructure while using the latest energy-efficient technology.”

Read the full article here: Intel Says New Server Chips Are Virtualization- and Environment-Friendly.

Case Study: Fuhwa Financial Deploys Intel vPro Technology to Enable Remote Management

The remote PC management capabilities of Intel® vPro™ technology helps Fuhwa Financial Group attain its Predictive Enterprise vision, solving problems remotely even when PCs are powered down or the operating system (OS) is not functioning.

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Wall Street & Technology - Hard Drives That Keep Up With Quants

A recent article in Wall Street & Technology profiles the new solid state drives recently launched by Intel. The high performance, low latency drives have no moving parts and hold up to 80 gigabytes of data. They’re also extremely efficient, using very little electricity.

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fasterRISK DATA and ANALYTICS - Intro

Risk management is the pivotal function in financial services.

Never has it been more topical than in the current issues facing the market and the pressures mount to address the key features of achieving effective management of risk – protecting the balance sheet, client and market interests.

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fasterRISK DATA and ANALYTICS - Andrew Parry

Introduction by Nigel Woodward, Global Director, Financial Services for Intel, and Keynote presentation by Andrew Perry, JP Morgan Exotics and Hybrids.

From the fasterRISK DATA and ANALYTICS event held in London, 7 October 2008.

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fasterRISK DATA and ANALYTICS - Vassil Alexandrov

Keynote presentation by Prof. Vassil Alexandrov, University of Reading, Center for Advanced Computing & Emerging Technologies.

From the fasterRISK DATA and ANALYTICS event held in London, 7 October 2008.

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fasterRISK DATA and ANALYTICS - Brian Sentance

Keynote presentation by Brian Sentance, CEO, Xenomorph.

From the fasterRISK DATA and ANALYTICS event held in London, 7 October 2008.

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fasterRISK DATA and ANALYTICS - Boris Lipianen

Keynote speech from Boris Lipianen, Global Head of Product Management and Strategy at Thomson Reuters.

From the fasterRISK DATA and ANALYTICS event held in London, 7 October 2008.

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fasterRISK DATA and ANALYTICS - Panel

Nigel Woodward, Global Director, Financial Services for Intel moderates a panel discussion from leading technology vendors.

From the fasterRISK DATA and ANALYTICS event held in London, 7 October 2008.

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