turnaround story in the making, page-7

By the way,.... just for fun,.... also have a look.... coz it is linked,to this topic; .... at the Sungard Website...:

And then see if you can tell me....;

(1) How many staff ..do Sungard have...? ... 2000?

(2) What Size the Company Sungard is ?..SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world's 50 largest financial services companies as well as 1,600 colleges and universities. SunGard systems support the accounting and management of more than $25 trillion in invested assets and process more than 5 million trades each day.
47 Fortune 100 companies use Sungard systems. 15 of the 20 largest financial services companies use Sungard systems.
(3) And how much money.... $$$ ( in US billions of dollars) --did as a matter of PUBLIC Record; a USA based ....Private Equity Consortium ....actually pay up for --SUNGARD...(it&e's main competitor; alongside Algo)-- only approx one year ago.....?On March 28, 2005, SunGard announced a definitive agreement to be acquired by a consortium of private equity firms for $11.3 billion. The transaction is now complete.

(4) And.... How many Kiliometres of Cable etc do Sungard have..... linking financial Markets..? We also offer access to more than 3 million square feet of hardened facilities at more than 60 data centers. These are linked by a 25,000 mile-dedicated network and supplemented by more than 50 mobile facilities. Our technology infrastructure supports more than 30 computing platforms.

(5) What percentage of daily Nasdaq trades ....directly or indirectly... go through that System, or rely in some way ....on that Cable...?? SunGard systems support the accounting and management of more than $25 trillion in invested assets and process more than 5 million trades each day. Some 70 percent of NASDAQ trades flow through our systems.75 exchanges worldwide are supported by Sungard. 1800 asset managers, 700 issuers, 90 broker/dealers are connected to the Sungard network.

What might they do, and what can they do..? in reference to their size --(see answer to points 2 & 3 above) ... to remedy this...? Maybe the T word?

(9) Finally, swing back to Reuters, What .... at the end of the day.... (as the cliche is.... these days)-- what is Reuters ....essentially in The Business of Doing and what does Reuters essentially Provide; and from wherr and whence.... does Reuters get.... its ...intrinsic Power and Intrinsic Marekt Value...from.....? Reuters are in the business of gathering and controlling information worldwide. Information is power.

Very interesting food for thought there Robbo.