>>Re: Galaxy IV failure:Today's CMS Insite/BondVu Internet Operational [very] significant.
InSite and BondVu Internet- Delivered Data Feeds Fully Operational Despite Galaxy IV Outage
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 1998--Capital Management Sciences, commenting on the outage of the Galaxy IV communications satellite, Thursday said that its Internet-delivered real-time financial workstation products, BondVu and InSite, remained fully operational even as major portions of the transmission-based information industry, including pagers, radio, television and data services, lost contact with clientele.
''The Internet is showing itself to be an outstanding medium for broad distribution of real-time financial information,'' said James A. Kaplan, president of Capital Management Sciences, a division of Data Broadcasting Corp. (Nasdaq:DBCC - news), America's leading provider of real- time market data to the individual trader and investors.
''The breadth of Data Broadcasting's transmission systems -- FM, cable and Internet -- proved their value today with only a small number of satellite-delivered customers encountering any interruptions..."
ref/ biz.yahoo.com
....only a matter of time;not if, but when...[in our opinion]. |