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Waters Rankings' Best Exceptions and Reconciliation Management: Omgeo
1. Omgeo 26.8% 2. SunGard 22.9% 3. SmartStream 16.9%
Waters Rankings' Best Sell-Side OMS: Bloomberg TOMS
1. Bloomberg TOMS 40.1% 2. SunGard 19.5% 3. Fidessa 12.5%
Waters Rankings' Best Buy-Side OMS: ConvergEx’s Eze OMS
1. ConvergEx’s Eze OMS 22.8% 2. Bloomberg 16.7% 3. SunGard 10.5% (tie) 3. Thomson Reuters 10.5% (tie)
Waters Rankings' Best EMS Provider: Instinet
1. Instinet 20.8% 2. Bloomberg 18.8% 3. SunGard 15.4%
Waters Rankings' Best EDM Systems Provider: Sybase, an SAP company
1. Sybase, an SAP company 22.1% 2. SunGard 18.6% 3. IBM 8.5%
Waters Rankings' Best Reference Data Provider: Thomson Reuters
1. Thomson Reuters 30.3% 2. Bloomberg 22.8% 2. Interactive Data 15.3%
Waters Rankings' Best Corporate Actions Provider: DTCC
1. DTCC 27.5% 2. Interactive Data 26% 3. Fidelity ActionsXchange 15.3%
Waters Rankings' Best Low-Latency Data Provider: Thomson Reuters
1. Thomson Reuters 21.8% 2. Bloomberg 20% 3. Interactive Data 15.2%
Waters Rankings' Best CEP Solution Provider: Sybase, an SAP company
1. Sybase, an SAP company 19.3% 2. Oracle 17.5% 3. IBM 16.1%
Waters Rankings' Best AML Compliance Solution Provider: Fiserv
1. Fiserv 23.2% 2. SAS 20.8% 3. Oracle Financial Services (Mantas) 18.3%
Waters Rankings' Best Counterparty Risk Management Solution Provider: SunGard
1. SunGard 26.2% 2. Numerix 22% 3. Algorithmics, an IBM Company 12.5%
Waters Rankings' Best Market Risk Solution Provider: FinAnalytica
1. FinAnalytica 14.7% 2. SunGard 13.5% 3. Interactive Data 12.6%
Waters Rankings' Best Credit Risk Solution Provider: Numerix
1. Numerix 18% 2. Quantifi 13.1% 3. SunGard 11%
Waters Rankings' Best Risk Analytics Provider: Numerix
1. Numerix 32.4% 2. Interactive Data 16.7% 3. SunGard 12.1%
Waters Rankings' Best Trading Floor Communication System: IPC Systems
1. IPC Systems 30.6% 2. BT 27.6% 3. Siemens 9.7%
Waters Rankings' Best Datacenter Provider: BT
1. BT 35.1% 2. Equinix 24.8% 3. Verizon 13.1%
Waters Rankings' Best Network Provider: BT
1. BT 29.9% 2. Swift 13.5% 3. Verizon 12.3%
Waters Rankings' Best Data Grid Provider: IBM
1. IBM 34.8% 2. Oracle 20.1% 3. VMware 14.1%
Waters Rankings' Best Outsourcing Provider: IBM
1. IBM 24.3% 2. Accenture 19.2% 3. Infosys 9.6%
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Max Bowie: Technology Is Getting Smaller, and So Is Sifma
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