TAPMaster Awarded Microsoft Cetification

TAP Solutions' TAPMaster securities master solution has received the Microsoft .NET Connected Logo, signifying the ability for interoperability across platforms, programming languages and applications.

VANCOUVER, BC (PRWEB) August 25, 2003 -- TAP Solutions, Inc., announced that the Web services delivered in its TAPMaster securities master solution have received the Microsoft .NET Connected Logo, signifying the ability for interoperability across platforms, programming languages and applications.

TAPMaster's Web services can expose business functions common across all capital markets firms. For example, calculating portfolio value at any given time is a fundamental function within firms. The results are used in a variety of applications including risk management, position keeping and settlement. Using Web services, exposed through a user-friendly interface enables these business applications to be tightly integrated through an enterprise.

TAPMaster delivers Web services built on the Microsoft platform, providing a competitive advantage in financial markets by enabling a firm to consistently move faster than competitors. The Microsoft platform features .NET-connected technologies that outperform competition at STP because they were designed around business processes instead of moving data between applications.

"Financial markets are a key strategic area for Microsoft", said John MacDonald, Microsoft Canada's Manager of ISV Partners. "TAP's .NET-connected solution addresses the financial industry's reference data challenges and incorporates the Microsoft vision of networked markets for real time processes."

"Rich Web services allow TAPMaster to extend business application benefits across the enterprise efficiently," said David Crouch, President & CEO, TAP. "Our solution enables firms to address cost reduction challenges and to achieve a manageable infrastructure by consolidating disparate security master systems and lowering the cost of ownership."

For a complete list of TAP's .NET- connected technologies, please visit: http://www.microsoft.com/net/directory

For more information please contact:
www.tapsolutions.com