| |  |  | FutureSource/Bridge Announces Major New Release of Professional 3.0 Thu Mar 23 18:22:00 EST 2000
 
 LOMBARD, Ill., Mar 23, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
 
 New enhancements plus WebWatch and Internet availability put
 application at the forefront of real-time analysis software
 
 FutureSource/Bridge today announced the release of a major new upgrade of its
 real-time technical analysis and charting software, Professional(TM) 3.0. This
 new generation of software includes a laundry list of enhanced features and data
 tools that raise the benchmark on ease of use and intelligent design for futures
 and options traders. Enhancements include industry leading Time & Sales, full
 support for Bridge Commodity News, Continuation charts, data table displays, and
 a unique WebWatch window which puts the power of the web right into your
 charting and analysis application. The 3.0 version also supports delivery of
 FutureSource/Bridge data via the Internet, which will be launching within a few
 weeks from our Savvis (SVVS) Co-location sites.
 
 Professional truly represents a leap-frog in trading software compared to other
 systems when you consider the features that the software offers, the quality and
 reliability of the data available, and the level of support we provide,"
 commented Douglas McIntyre, President and CEO, FutureSource/Bridge. "The
 volatility in today's market demands a product that is not only fully featured,
 but supported by institutional quality data and service so that when you need to
 make a move, you are doing it with confidence in your trading tools."
 
 Professional offers the most accurate and complete Time & Sales display in the
 industry and allows users to view all trades bids and asks of an instrument in
 data display. 3.0 also adds the capability to display any Bridge Fixed News
 pages in addition to the availability of the full commodity news feed from
 Bridge and from FWN. The new Data Table gives traders a quick and easy way to
 get at the underlying data within any chart, Continuation Charts give traders
 the option of adjusting when contracts roll, the Copy to Clipboard capability is
 a must have for newsletter publishers and those that want to use any program
 graphics in any other application, and the added CalcSource II DDE link gives
 traders spreadsheet access to all their real-time data as well as full
 historical data capabilities.
 
 The WebWatch feature give the user access to any data available on the Internet
 via an integrated browser window so that there is no limit to the traders reach
 for data that could impact their trading decisions.
 
 "This release brings together well over 200 total enhancements to Professional
 and our MDS platform, and it paves the way for us to deliver this enhanced new
 product via the Internet," added Chris Harrison, Vice President, Product
 Management. "3.0 is just the first in a series of major releases we will be
 doing this year as we continue to enhance the ultimate futures and options
 trading platform."
 
 Professional is driven by the Market Data Server (MDS) architecture that allows
 the product to operate in a single terminal environment or a network of hundreds
 of systems, and offers comprehensive historical data access, proven reliability
 of data storage, and a development platform for clients back-office accounting
 systems and other proprietary applications as well.
 
 FutureSource/Bridge L.L.C. is the leading provider of real-time futures and
 options data, news and analysis. FutureSource/Bridge provides institutional
 traders and individual brokers and risk managers with comprehensive futures and
 options data, news, and analysis tools through a series of networked,
 stand-alone, and Internet delivery strategies and software applications. With
 corporate offices in Lombard, Illinois, the company also has sales offices in
 Chicago, New York, Houston, Miami, Los Angeles, London, Sydney and Sao Paulo,
 along with reseller offices that combine to serve twenty-one countries. for more
 information, visit the FutureSource/Bridge web site,
 futuresource.com.
 
 Distributed via COMTEX.
 
 Copyright (C) 2000 Business Wire.  All rights reserved.
 
 
 | 
 |