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Microsoft sees gold on Wall Street
Six months ago, with strong input from John Connors, newly appointed VP of its worldwide enterprise group, Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) decided to get serious about trying to make inroads in financial services. It launched "Project Gold Digger"--an effort to unseat Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW), which has been the dominant vendor on trading floors, and IBM Corp.
Six months ago, with strong input from John Connors, newly appointed VP of its worldwide enterprise group, Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) decided to get serious about trying to make inroads in financial services. It launched "Project Gold Digger"--an effort to unseat Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW), which has been the dominant vendor on trading floors, and IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM), which has owned Wall Street banks. Full story. -- Mary Jo Foley & Deborah Gage, Sm@rt Reseller
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