IMAGING APPLICATIONS EARN INTEREST AT BANKS
Michael Goff, DST's director of advanced
technology development, said his company wanted work
management software that could also handle images.
"We looked at IBM's [software] but it didn't do what
we needed. So we developed ... (read
more)
BUSINESS WEEK
"There's no development plan locked away for the
next three years," says Michael A. Goff,
vice-president for advanced technology at DST, a
financial services subsidiary of Kansas City
Southern Industries Inc. that uses 20 AS/400s. "They
can respond to us in a very short time relative to
other IBM divisions." (read
more)
BUY
SIDE TECHNOLOGY
Hardly anyone can say they survived the late
October market swings without a scratch, but the
initial assessments at T. Rowe Price was that
advance planning paid off, according to the
Baltimore mutual fund company's chief information
officer, Michael Goff.
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BUY SIDE TECHNOLOGY
Goff says that T. Rowe's ambition to bring
trading online sets it apart from many of its
competitors on the buy side, who have thus far
primarily been interested only in posting
information--such as prospectuses and prices--on the
Internet.
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REUTERS
"As the former CIO for T. Rowe Price Group, I
know how valuable the Trade-In Program offered by
VFS will be for customers as they initiate energy
efficiency projects globally ...
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Wall
Street & Technology
Goff explains that as the "smallest large
player," T. Rowe Price has always spent considerably
less than many of its larger competitors. "When the
downturn happened, we took that as a good rest from
the questions of, 'How can we get a bigger budget to
compete?'" he explains.
IBM
"T. Rowe Price asks our customers to 'Invest With
Confidence.' It's a significant part of our
identity. Historically this has been defined as
confidence in our investment, and customer service
capabilities. But now, more than ever, our customers
are asking serious questions about our ability to
protect and secure their information,"
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B-Net
"Our goal when adding new components to our
technical infrastructure is to ensure that those
components are open, scalable and customizable for
future efforts.
