Mobile Solution: Sungard's FAME Data Powers Pyxis Mobile's Wireless Solutions
SunGard announced recently that its FAME market data and time series data management solution is being used to feed Pyxis Mobile wireless software solutions for financial services. FAME data used with Pyxis Mobile applications helps portfolio managers, analysts and financial advisors access market data together with account and holdings information and supports use on both RIM's BlackBerry and Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating systems.
"Extending FAME to mobile devices helps users to monitor their funds and accounts based on the most up-to-date information at anytime and from anywhere," said Janet Crowley, president of SunGard's FAME business unit. "FAME, combined with Pyxis Mobile, offers financial institutions a reliable and secure plug-and-play solution for staying on top of news, price movements, portfolio performance and risk."
FAME aggregates market data, news and financial content from more than 120 third-party and proprietary sources, and provides cleansing, enrichment and analytics capabilities www.sungard.com/fame. Pyxis Mobile aggregates FAME data into a variety of its mobile solutions for portfolio managers, analysts, traders, compliance officers and financial advisors. It gives users the ability to check market, historical and reference data in conjunction with their holdings and watch lists, while out of the office or away from their desks.
Adam D. Honoré, senior analyst at Aite Group, said, "Wireless technology specific to capital markets business functions continues to build momentum. Institutional money managers are looking for ways to be more effective than having to phone in or e-mail into the office for trading and monitoring the markets. With the proliferation of mobile smart devices, these capabilities add tremendous value beyond e-mail and the occasional web browsing."
"SunGard is one of the largest and most successful providers of data, software and services in the industry," said David Sayles, director of partner alliances at Pyxis Mobile. "Having SunGard provide a vast range of market data for Pyxis Mobile demonstrates the increased importance and reach of wireless applications for the financial services professional."
ABOUT PYXIS MOBILE
Pyxis Mobile is the leading provider of innovative wireless software that meets the diverse needs of the financial services industry. Pyxis Mobile's mPlatform solutions provide a suite of industry tailored wireless applications that extend critical business data from existing enterprise systems to the wireless devices demanded by mobile financial professionals.
To date, mPlatform applications are in use at 27 of the top 50 global asset managers. Pyxis Mobile's customer list includes such companies as AIM, Deutsche Asset Management, Natixis Global Asset Management, Pioneer, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P., New York Life Investment, Henderson Global, Sun Life Financial, and OppenheimerFunds. For more information, contact Pyxis Mobile at 781.997.0300 or visit www.pyxismobile.com.
ABOUT FAME
A front-to-back market data and historical database solution for storing and managing real-time and high-volume time series data, FAME is used by leading institutions in the financial, energy and public sectors, as well as third party content aggregators, software vendors and individual investors. FAME provides investment professionals and intermediaries with a variety of real-time market data feeds, a Web-based desktop solution, application hosting, data delivery components, and tools for analytic modeling.
ABOUT SUNGARD
With annual revenue exceeding $4B, SunGard is a global leader in software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also helps information-dependent enterprises of all types to ensure the continuity of their business. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world's 50 largest financial services companies. Visit SunGard at
www.sungard.com.
SOURCE: SunGard