(JOB) Thomson Investment Banking Solutions Group Partners with Clients on Proprietary Development, Integration Initiatives

Ø Thomson Financial → Thomson Corporation and leading provider of information and technology solutions → to the worldwide financial community
Ø Thomson Financial helps clients in more than 70 countries make better decisions, be more productive and achieve superior results
Ø Leader provider of value-added information, software applications and tools to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate training and assessment, scientific research and healthcare
Ø Launched formal organization of the → Thomson Investment Banking Solutions (TIBS) group → partners with Thomson's investment banking clients → build and customize content-rich, scalable applications for accessing financial and business information
Ø Using a consultative approach, TIBS product and technology teams operate with a deep understanding of how content is managed and used in clients' businesses.
Ø TIBS group benefits from Thomson's historical experience managing the complexities of integrating disparate data sets into proprietary applications
Ø outsourcing of data management provides a significant operational cost savings, and speed to market for integrated applications
Ø TIBS, backed up by Thomson's content and data-integration tools
Ø suite includes components such as TKO
o TKO →
§ a universal searching system across all Thomson Financial content, the Press
§ a high speed caching architecture
§ vast library of pre-built but customizable investment banking-specific content components → that easily blend with third party or proprietary information
Ø The resulting application for enterprise-wide data distribution and integration is delivered via an internal enterprise network or intranet /extranet
Ø Thomson is the logical choice for any global investment bank seeking to derive efficiencies from partnering or outsourcing → TIBS already has been successful in implementing solutions for several top clients → Help streamline workflow, create competitive advantages around workflow and the use of information, and reduce costs associated with multiple system maintenance
Ø Technology had not evolved to the point where open, distributed systems were stable, scalable and secure enough
Ø Small players could not deliver integrated solutions on the scale required
Ø TIBS objectives → Given the consolidation in the information industry and improvement in technology, investment banks now have the opportunity to look to gain efficiencies through partnering with Thomson