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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:48:46 GMT</pubDate>  
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					<title>IBM Mainframe Deployed in Namibia for the First Time</title>
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					First National Bank of Namibia Ltd has selected IBM to help the bank localize its banking systems and operations. Under the $5 million agreement, IBM will provide FNB with two of the latest IBM System z10 Business Class mainframes and supporting software to meet regulatory requirements and support the bank&#39;s growth.
					
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					<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:48:46 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>FlexTrade Uses IBM Software To Pinpoint Best Time To Buy and Sell Securities</title>
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					IBM today announced that FlexTrade Systems Inc., the pioneer in broker-neutral, algorithmic trading platforms, is using IBM&#39;s software in the company&#39;s FlexPTS trading solution to help large financial institutions determine the best trading trajectory for their portfolios while minimizing market-impact cost and the risk of underperforming benchmarks.
					
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					<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:44:13 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>IBM Analytics to Provide Real-Time Analysis and Delivery of Tax Information for Jackson Hewitt Tax Service</title>
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					IBM today announced that Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc., a leader in the tax preparation industry with franchised and company-owned locations across the country, has selected IBM business analytics software -- IBM Cognos 8 BI -- to provide its nationwide locations with software systems that provide greater efficiencies in accessing tax information and relevant business data.
					
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					<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:59:17 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>IBM Sets Performance Standard in Independent Low Latency Benchmark for Financial Markets</title>
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					IBM today announced industry leading benchmark test results and updates to its IBM WebSphere MQ Low Latency Messaging and IBM WebSphere Front Office for Financial Markets software that together reaffirm IBM&#39;s performance leadership in powering securities firms, exchanges and trading venues.
					
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					<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:24:30 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Samlink Signs 55 Million Euro Strategic Outsourcing Contract With IBM</title>
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					IBM today announced that it has signed a seven-year, 55 million Euro strategic outsourcing agreement with Samlink Ltd, a leading Finnish IT banking services provider. Under the agreement, IBM will manage Samlink&#39;s infrastructure services across its data center environment, enabling Samlink to focus on core infrastructure technology (IT) banking service activities while benefiting from new IBM services technologies.
					
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					<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:32:35 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>IBM Japan Signs 9 Year Strategic Outsourcing Contract With Chugoku Bank</title>
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					IBM today announced a nine-year strategic outsourcing agreement with Chugoku Bank, a major Japanese regional bank.

					
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					<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:28:35 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>IBM Contributes Technology Assets to Help Drive Standards in Insurance Industry
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					IBM today announced it is donating technology assets including its Insurance Application Architecture (IAA) Business Object/Data Model and the IAA Product Specification Diagram (PSD) Notation to help promote insurance industry standards. These technology assets that are built combining IBM hardware, software and research will be donated to the Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD), a leading non-profit standards development organization serving the insurance and financial services industries.
					
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					<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:02:37 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>IBM and QBE Sign Key Strategic Outsourcing Infrastructure Contract</title>
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					IBM and QBE, one of the world&#39;s leading international insurers and reinsurers, today announced a strategic agreement for IBM to transform and manage the information technology (IT) infrastructure of QBE&#39;s UK and Western European offices.
					
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					<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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