We take a look at the progress that's being made Across the spectrum of financial services, companies are responding to the challenge of the Web. From banking to capital markets to insurance, the game has shifted to a different terrain. Sun's dot-com architecture, SunConnect, offers a mechanism for simplifying the process.
Partnership is a key part of the process.
This quarter, there is increasing evidence that the SunConnect concept is bearing fruit. From banking through securities to insurance, the SunConnect framework is being used to develop solutions in the real-world. Take Instinet, for example. In June, the Reuters subsidiary unveiled the technology architecture for a new electronic brokerage service for the fixed income market. The service is slated to go live before the end of the year.