MS NT is out the door at A.B. Watley Group,guess whom they picked?:
Brokerage Firm Replaces NT; Company Switches to Sun - Cites Cost
Savings, Reliability, and Scalability-
NEW YORK -June 20, 2000- Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced today
at the Securities Industry Association's (SIA) annual Technology
Management Conference that A.B. Watley Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ABWG)
plans to move its online system completely to the Sun(TM) platform,
underscoring Sun's position as a preferred platform for
mission-critical applications in the trading environment. A
leading direct access and institutional brokerage firm, A.B.
Watley selected Sun to enable the highest levels of service for its
growing number of Internet-based customers.
To meet its business-critical need for a scalable system, A.B.
Watley chose Sun's Enterprise[tm] 4500 servers running the
Solaris[tm] Operating Environment. Previously, the firm's Internet
trading services ran on an NT platform. The Sun environment will
provide A.B. Watley with the scalability and reliability necessary
to support a multitude of new customers and applications.
"When we considered how we could improve our product offerings and
serve our customers more efficiently, the hardware platform choice
was critical," said Leon Ferguson, CIO at A.B. Watley Group Inc.
"The reliability, scalability and system manageability of Sun's
technology allows us to meet our goal of providing the highest
quality trading technology and service in the industry at a low
cost." |
