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Microsoft Industry Reference Architecture for Banking (MIRA-B)Quote SheetMay 2012Industry Partners“Having Microsoft as a founding and active member of BIAN (Banking Industry Architecture Network) is extremely powerful for our community, as Microsoft’s reach in the banking industry is vast. Using BIAN’s semantic business models gives Microsoft an ‘off-the-shelf’ blueprint for the company’s MIRA-B framework. As the BIAN Service Landscape is completely integrated into Microsoft’s reference models, the two standards are aligned, which provides a clear framework for the industry as a whole. It’s my strong belief that the MIRA-B framework will act as a catalyst for banks that are embarking on their journey of IT modernization and cost reduction through a service-oriented architecture.”Hans TesselaarExecutive Director BIAN“Financial Architects (FinArch) made an informed decision to base its applications on the Microsoft platform 15 years ago. Not only has this paid off tremendously for FinArch in terms of supporting the growth of the company and our solution suite, but our customers are reaping the benefits of an open, integrated, scalable, complete and affordable platform. Microsoft provides a first-class architecture for the financial services industry, and customers that implement it see real return on their investment.”Nigel LeeChief Commercial OfficerFinArch“We see key benefits from the Microsoft Industry Reference Architecture for Banking (MIRA-B) to enable enhanced process efficiency. Fiserv provides complementary, configurable platforms for automating critical processes.?Our focus is on optimizing the customer experience as we bring the digital transformation of financial services to?more than 16,000 clients worldwide. Our continued partnership with Microsoft aids us in enabling our clients to drive profitability and growth through sustainable innovation.”John MacalusoSenior Vice President Technology Strategy, Bank SolutionsFiserv Inc.“The MIRA-B initiative is comprehensive and helps confront the increasingly complex business demands of the banking industry while providing a flexible framework to streamline and accelerate the delivery of banking solutions.”Robin CreweCTOMisys plc“Working closely with the Microsoft team, SunGard continues to enhance the capabilities of its IntelliMatch solution suite in order to meet the reconciliation needs of banks globally. Leveraging continuous development of the Microsoft Industry Reference Architecture for Banking, SunGard is able to deliver new functionality that enables our customers to deploy scalable enterprise centers of excellence for reconciliation and achieve significant operational gains cost effectively.” Jennifer HanesExecutive Vice President ReconciliationsSunGard“Customers of our Front Arena trading and risk management solution are evolving their businesses in volatile capital markets where performance, speed and cost are all critical competitive differentiators. By delivering Front Arena on Microsoft’s powerful SQL Server technology, we’re able to offer a low-latency, cost-efficient yet high-performance trading solution that can easily scale and adapt to meet customer needs. In addition, with Microsoft’s MIRA-B, we believe we have a common architectural framework that can help us accelerate the delivery of this solution.”Peter BanhamHead of StrategyCapital MarketsSunGard“Microsoft has had indisputable success in bringing excellent, efficient and highly cost-effective software solutions to a wide variety of markets and technologies. Its focus on the banking market, including its support for standardization initiatives such as BIAN, is to be enthusiastically welcomed by those in our industry who want to see proven and effective products help solve the challenges that our industry faces. The MIRA-B framework is a clear statement of Microsoft’s intent and ability to do this, and we at Temenos look forward to continuing our close partnership and helping realize the benefits inherent in this vision for our clients and for the wider banking industry.”Mark GunningGlobal Director, Business SolutionsTemenos“Turaz, an alliance partner providing the leading trading and risk management software, recently adopted the SQL Server platform to run its flagship Kondor+?product. Turaz and Microsoft have optimized Kondor+ for the SQL Server platform, achieving not only superior performance on complete front-to-back STP workflows and risk-management analytics, but also significantly better ROI through lower cost of ownership and improved manageability.”Jim SaundersGlobal Head of Product DevelopmentTurazIndustry Analysts“The financial services industry is increasingly moving to a reference architecture (RA), allowing?institutions to better understand?the?complex business and technology demands on their business. Companies that provide an RA framework can help financial institutions streamline and accelerate the delivery of solutions to the industry.”Rod NelsestuenSenior Research DirectorCEB TowerGroupCustomers“Building sustainable banking architectures continues to be a key issue as financial institutions strive to align their business goals and technical capabilities. The success of UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions’ approach suggests that standardized components, architecture design and cloud computing must be emphasized to meet our business imperatives. Given that MIRA-B shares these attributes, we expect it will be a valuable asset in defining future capabilities for banking and other large ecosystems.” Alberto AlessiHead of Strategy Unit, Strategy Management DepartmentUniCredit Business Integrated Solutions S.C.p.A.“NewOak Capital has been working collaboratively with multidisciplinary groups coordinating through the Microsoft Office of CTO to define the next-generation open and scalable metamodel for ongoing enterprise transparency, risk management and process-flow management?across?a variety of key banking business lines and functions. We have found the Microsoft team to be highly resourceful and strategic in their thinking, valuing the importance of a full understanding of complex banking domain requirements under a tight multijurisdictional regulatory environment.”Ron D’VariCEO and Co-FounderNewOak Capital Advisors ................
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