Driving Thought Leadership and Innovation in Payments
Never before has innovation been more important to the global payments community. Your organization requires innovative technology and solutions to address the global economic challenges we face today. You need tools to provide more connected experiences - for you and your customers.
At Sibos 2009 Conference, the premier Payments event, Microsoft and our partners presented ideas to fuel profit with innovative thinking. We shared solutions designed to change your world and help you live it without walls, securely.
The Microsoft platform can enhance your mission critical payments business by saving costs and driving revenue through improved operational management and productivity while creating a new level of innovation.

Financial institutions are faced with a daunting challenge-myriad applications and systems that need to be integrated with customers, partners, and external financial networks. Unfortunately, these financial institutions can no longer afford integration projects with long delivery cycles and drawn-out returns. BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT (A4SWIFT) extends the BizTalk Server environment to provide the most comprehensive, reliable, and secure delivery of financial messaging using the SWIFT format and network for customers in banking, capital markets, payments, and corporate finance.

Microsoft infrastructure solutions are comprised of integrated technologies with familiar user interfaces, which simplify the task of managing the IT infrastructure, and are supported by a wealth of tools, guidance, training and trusted partners. These solutions help customers reduce operational costs, improve security and availability, and more quickly enable new business scenarios.

People need information to act. Customers need to find a product before they can purchase it. Employees need facts to make decisions. Enterprise search connects people to information so they can take action.
Financial Services firms generate more information of timely importance and broad interest than almost any other industry. Yet they are challenged to gather the most relevant subset of the information needed at any given moment. FAST enables Financial Services firms to transcend information boundaries without changing their underlying infrastructure. This is especially important as they shift towards a more client-centric focus in order to better compete in the changing marketplace.

Surface, Microsoft's first surface computer, represents a fundamental change in the way we interact with digital content, breaking down traditional barriers between people and technology. Surface provides effortless interaction with digital content, enabling users to actually grab data with their hands and move information between objects with natural gestures and touch.