Grid Computing in Financial Services -- Toward True IT Agility Web Conference November 30, 2006

Grids offer a way of using the information technology resources optimally inside an organization. Financial organizations around the world are benefiting from grid computing today in such diverse areas as risk analysis, pricing of exotic derivatives, trading analytics and wealth management. Attend this web conference for a strategic discussion on using grid computing in financial services.

(PRWEB) November 16, 2006 -- Grid Computing in Financial Services -- Toward True IT Agility Web Conference will take place November 30, 2006.

Grids use the resources of many separate computers connected by a network to solve large scale computation problems. Grids provide the ability to perform many more computations at once than would be possible on a single computer or to perform many more transactions in parallel.

Grids offer a way of using the information technology resources optimally inside an organization. Financial organizations around the world are benefiting from grid computing today in such diverse areas as risk analysis, pricing of exotic derivatives, trading analytics and wealth management.

There is still time to register for free at: http://www.xtalks.com/gridcomputing.ashx    ;

Attend this web conference to hear our speakers discuss strategies for resolving the security and complexity issues of setting up a grid computing system and how to effectively optimize the power of that system across the enterprise.

Keynote Speakers:
- Eric Kristoff, Director of IT, UBS
- Stevan D. Vidich, PhD, MCSD, SCJP, Industry Architect, Financial Services Group, Microsoft
- John Powers, Founder & President, Digipede Technologies

The Grid Computing in Financial Services--Toward True IT Agility Web Conference takes place on, Thursday, November 30, 2006, from 1:00pm-3:00pm ET.

Register for free: http://www.xtalks.com/gridcomputing.ashx    ;

About the Sponsor Digipede:
Digipede Technologies delivers grid computing software that dramatically improves the performance of financial applications by distributing execution across a network of Windows desktops, servers, and cluster nodes. Built entirely on .NET, the Digipede Network works with Microsoft tools including Excel and Visual Studio, and is radically easier to buy, install, learn, and use than other grid systems. www.digipede.net

About Xtalks
Xtalks is part of The Honeycomb Worldwide Group of Companies. Honeycomb Worldwide creates peer-to-peer business-oriented social networking communities, connecting senior level executives by delivering content through new and established media channels and is currently ranked 15th on the Profit Hot 50 List of emerging Canadian companies. www.honeycombworldwide.com.

For more information on this conference or Xtalks in general, or to enquire about speaking opportunities or sponsoring future events, visit www.xtalks.com or contact Karen Anderson, Chief Marketing Officer, at phone: 312-977-1166, x. 1209.

Register for free at http://www.xtalks.com/gridcomputing.ashx

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