If anyone hasn't noticed, they might want to take a look at HDIE.
This is not a day trade... hold for 6-12 months IMMHO. >G<
NEWS!!!! We got the "Gold Card" baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 07, 1999 07:40
HIE Earns SWIFTReady Gold Label for Cloverleaf Finance
- Highest designation recognizes compliance with S.W.I.F.T. banking standards and services for straight through processing (STP) guidelines -
MARIETTA, Ga., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthdyne Information Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: HDIE), a leading enterprise application integration software tools and services provider, announced that its finance and banking message broker, Cloverleaf finance, has been awarded the SWIFTReady Gold label by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (S.W.I.F.T.). The Gold label, the highest accreditation given, demonstrates that Cloverleaf finance is fully compliant with S.W.I.F.T. standards, services and applications in the management and straight-through-processing of financial transactions. Late last month, Cloverleaf finance was also chosen by S.W.I.F.T. to participate in its newly created Securities Reformatter Program (SRP), a separate initiative focusing on S.W.I.F.T.-compliant business solutions for the securities market.
S.W.I.F.T. is a bank-owned cooperative supplying secure messaging services and interface software to over 6,200 financial institutions in 177 countries. The S.W.I.F.T. labeling program is based on tightly defined set of detailed criteria. According to the rigorous evaluation, Cloverleaf finance successfully met all criteria in the middleware category.
"We are impressed with the quality and reliability of Cloverleaf finance for messaging services and application integration for financial institutions," said Brendon Dibella, S.W.I.F.T. regional manager, partner solutions. "The SWIFTReady Gold label reflects Cloverleaf finance's specific ability to support and integrate S.W.I.F.T. related transactions and services."
"After leading in application integration in healthcare for many years, HIE entered the banking and finance market in 1998," said Robert Murrie, president and chief executive officer, HIE. "We have been successful in winning contracts with several large banking and securities institutions including Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A. in Poland and WestLB Panmure in the United Kingdom, who rely on Cloverleaf finance for mission critical financial transactions. We are pleased to be recognized by S.W.I.F.T. as a Gold Label middleware applications provider."
Cloverleaf finance is HIE's advanced message transformation and transportation message broker specifically designed for the securities industry and international banks. With Cloverleaf finance, S.W.I.F.T., ISITC, and other standard message models are intelligently translated, formatted and reformatted based on content, and transferred between in-house and external applications allowing for message flow control and routing.
About S.W.I.F.T.
S.W.I.F.T. supplies secure messaging, interface software and 24-hour global support to over 6,200 financial institutions in 177 countries. In 1998, S.W.I.F.T.'s global network carried over 900 million messages. The average daily value of payments messages on the S.W.I.F.T. network is estimated to be above USD 3 trillion.
About HIE
HIE helps enterprises rapidly integrate their existing and new applications, using the Company's market leading software tools and strategic and tactical integration services. The Company's tools are used in more than 1,000 worldwide sites, including those in the financial services and banking industry. HIE is headquartered in Marietta, Georgia, with offices in Dallas, Columbus, New York, Nashville, London, England and Essen, Germany. For more information visit HIE's web site at hie.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company does not undertake to update them in any manner except as may be required by the Company's disclosure obligations in filings it makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Federal securities laws.
"HIE" and "Cloverleaf finance" are registered trademarks of Healthdyne Information Enterprises, Inc.
SOURCE Healthdyne Information Enterprises, Inc.
/CONTACT: Sara Herrmann, Manager, Corporate Communications of HIE,
770-423-8572, or sara.herrmann@hie.com; or Investor Relations: Gordon McCoun
or Lauren Felice, or Press: Michael McMullan of Morgen-Walke Associates, Inc.,
212-850-5600, for HIE/
/Web site: hie.com
More to follow... were told, Look at NEON last FEB..... HDIE is NEON's only threat....according to NEON. s
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