========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com FINANCE INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= September 20, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Small Business Up to 15% off Select Dell Systems and Servers! http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1115-17-38-11627-126364-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. Analysis: Amazon, eBay Get Attached to SOAP Messaging Spec 2. News: AdviceAmerica Upgrades Web-Based Advice Engine 3. Review: Finance Packages: Money Edges Out Quicken 4. News: JPMorgan to Absorb 4,000 IBM IT Workers 5. News: NYSE Moving Away from Auction Model 6. Opinion: Oracle vs. PeopleSoft: When Bad Things Happen to Good Companies ========================================================= Finance Industry Update ========================================================= 1. Analysis: Amazon, eBay Get Attached to SOAP Messaging Spec While the SOAP standard is starting to show some bloat, the latest draft specification added to the stack finally provides a standardized way for Web services to cope with attachments without choking on them. And the giants of Web-based retail have latched onto it. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1115-17-38-11627-126367-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: AdviceAmerica Upgrades Web-Based Advice Engine AdvisorVision 4.0 delivers actionable, personalized and institution-compliant wealth-planning advice using a proprietary, knowledge-based rules engine that can be customized by the financial institution implementing it. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1115-17-38-11627-126370-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Review: Finance Packages: Money Edges Out Quicken Intuit's Quicken and Microsoft Money are fierce competitors in the personal finance market. Read this review to find out why this year Money is on top. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1115-17-38-11627-126373-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: JPMorgan to Absorb 4,000 IBM IT Workers Financial services company JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced that it plans to absorb 4,000 IBM employees and contractors that work on the company's account, in a move to reintegrate previously outsourced portions of JPMorgan's technology infrastructure. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1115-17-38-11627-126376-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: NYSE Moving Away from Auction Model With the announcement of the expansion of the New York Stock Exchange's Direct Plus service, which provides for greater automation of stock transactions on the venerable auction-based exchange, large financial institutions are taking over technology firms. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1115-17-38-11627-126379-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Opinion: Oracle vs. PeopleSoft: When Bad Things Happen to Good Companies Is there justice in the world? Not from the Department of Justice's handling of the Oracle-PeopleSoft antitrust case. Larry Ellison and Co. bring a new meaning to "hostile" takeovers. Read the rest of David Coursey's article here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1115-17-38-11627-126382-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1115-17-38-11627-126385-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1115-17-38-11627-126388-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1115-17-38-11627-126391-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.eweek.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4223,,00.asp?n=83&type=u&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1115-17-38-11627-126394-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? To read our FAQ, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1115-17-38-11627-126397-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1115-17-38-11627-126400-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1115-17-38-11627-126403-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
