18 Sep 2007
Thomson Financial Ranked Among Top 100 Companies Named In The Information Week 500 Annual Listing
New York, NY
Thomson Financial, an operating unit of The Thomson Corporation (TSX: TOC,
NYSE: TOC) and a leading provider of information, news and technology
solutions to the worldwide financial community, today announced it was
ranked one of the top 100 companies in the 2007 InformationWeek 500 annual
listing. Honored along with its peers for delivering business value through
technology innovation and execution, Thomson was cited last night at the
InformationWeek 500 Conference and Gala Awards Ceremony in Tucson,
Arizona.
Thomson was recognized for developing a flexible solution that allows
employees in client services, sales, marketing and related operations to
pull information from different departments and build applications that
circumvent previously time consuming and expensive processes. Using
Business Mashup technology from Serena Software Inc, Thomson builds new
composite applications in a matter of days. It has increased visibility,
accountability and cross-department collaboration throughout the
organization by seamlessly tying together data and processes from various
enterprise applications.
“We are pleased to be recognized as an innovation leader by a publication
as influential as InformationWeek,” said Warren A. Breakstone, executive
vice president of Thomson Financial. “Innovation is often about approaching
common challenges from a different mindset and then leveraging technology
in exciting new ways to solve business problems and exceed client
expectations.”
Thomson has achieved remarkable results through process innovations,
including:
- Double-digit increases in employee productivity gains.
- New sales proposals reduced from 5 days to three minutes.
- Trial IDs provisioned in real-time
- Integrated customer relationship management
- Company-wide incident notification process
“We’d like to extend our sincere congratulations to all InformationWeek 500
honorees. These companies represent today’s leading technology innovators,
many of whom have joined us this week,” said InformationWeek vice president
and publisher, John Siefert. “This group has prompted fascinating
discussion on some of the most forward looking business technology
initiatives to date.”
For nearly 20 years, InformationWeek has identified and honored the
nation's most innovative users of information technology with its annual
listing. The list is unique among corporate rankings because it spotlights
the power of innovation in information technology, rather than simply
identifying the biggest IT spenders. Additional details on the
InformationWeek 500 can be found online at www.informationweek.com/iw500/.
About Thomson Financial
Thomson Financial, with 2006 revenues of US$2 billion, is a
provider of information and technology solutions to the worldwide financial
community. Through the widest range of products and services in the
industry, Thomson Financial helps clients in more than 70 countries make
better decisions, be more productive and achieve superior results. Thomson
Financial is part of The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), a global leader in providing
essential electronic workflow solutions to business and professional
customers. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson
provides value-added information, software tools and applications to
professionals in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services,
scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation’s common shares are
listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX:
TOC).
About InformationWeek (www.informationweek.com)
InformationWeek is the leading multimedia Business Technology brand –
online sites, magazine, events and research – providing CIOs and IT
decision makers with unique perspective and tools that work in lock step
with their decision-making process – from the setting of business
strategies to the evaluation and recommendation of technology solutions.
Through its cross-media platform, InformationWeek provides editorial
content developed by both journalists and CIO and IT peers delivered when
and how they want it, 24/7. For Technology Marketers, InformationWeek
offers a dynamic portfolio of products to engage and align with the
largest, most influential buying audience in the market. This means
marketing solutions that target broad audiences (reach), as well as media
programs organized by content themes and specific audience segments
(composition). The InformationWeek audience of 3 million buyers, includes
CIOs, IT executives and business managers who cut across industries, job
titles, company sizes and global borders.
About CMP Technology (www.cmp.com)
CMP Technology is a marketing solutions company serving the technology
industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information
brands, CMP has earned the confidence of more technology professionals than
any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of
access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and
buyers in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology is
a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com), a global provider
of news distribution and specialist information services with a market
capitalization of more than $3 billion.
About Serena Software, Inc.
Serena Software, Inc. is the global leader in Business Mashups and
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), for distributed and mainframe
systems. More than 15,000 organizations around the world, including 96 of
the Fortune 100, rely on Serena solutions to automate the application
development process and effectively manage their IT portfolio. Serena is
headquartered in San Mateo, California, and has offices throughout the
U.S., Europe, and Asia Pacific. For more information on Serena solutions
and services, visit www.serena.com.
Contacts
Janice Addams
Senior Manager, Public Relations
Thomson Reuters
Tel: +1 646 223 6940
Email