SlaterLabs Etude™ Software sets new world performance records at HP’s European Benchmarking Centre.
SlaterLabs announces Etude-Virtuoso™ and senior appointments in Europe & United Arab Emirates.
GENEVA, 11 July 2007 -
SlaterLabs Inc., today announced a number of major company milestones,
directly responding to increased demand for next-generation banking
software renewal and replacement solutions by introducing Etude-Virtuoso™,
an innovative programme for customers to evaluate, purchase, implement and
continuously upgrade their banking software entirely over the Internet.
The company is also announcing the opening of new offices in Dubai and
Geneva; the appointment of two key senior management positions; and the
formation of an Advisory Board in preparation of the Company’s NASDAQ
Direct Public Offering (DPO) early next year.
“For years, banking software vendors have been incapable of delivering a
software system able to eliminate the need for massive in-house software
development or heavy customisation of off-the-shelf products. This market
deficiency is the direct cause of the continuous high costs and resource
dependencies banks worldwide have on their IT functions,” says John Slater,
CEO and Chairman, SlaterLabs. “Resolving this deficiency is the premise on
which the Etude Programme has been introduced. Today’s announcements are in
further response to strong market demand for a truly commodity-based banking
system, and entirely consistent with our company’s vision of a fully commoditised
banking software industry by 2015.”
Mr. Slater continues, “Etude-Virtuoso empowers financial institutions with greater
speed and optimised control of their application software renewal or replacement
projects by providing on-line access to a global community of banking software
developers.”
Etude-Virtuoso employs SlaterLabs revolutionary FugaGRID™ development technology,
which facilitates large-scale, distributed and synchronous application software
development. FugaGRID co-ordinates and monitors interaction between SlaterLabs own
development laboratories and its global community of customer development teams.
The operational benefits of this innovative approach are many, with significant
economies of scale contributing to unparalleled cost savings Industry-wide.
“Together with our carefully selected network of strategic business partners,
SlaterLabs is uniquely positioned to successfully deliver this operationally
efficient and cost effective model to the global Financial Services Industry,”
says Mr. Slater. “Above all, Etude-Virtuoso ensures each customer’s individual
commercial and business strategies are safeguarded independently.”
In order to further meet industry demand for The Etude Programme, SlaterLabs is today
also announcing the appointment of Dr. Jose Louis Pages, Senior Executive Vice President,
Global Business Development, and named to the Company’s Board of Directors. Additionally,
Patrick Henri Scire is appointed Country General Manager of SlaterLabs in Geneva, Switzerland.
Additionally, SlaterLabs has appointed an independent Advisory Board to ensure its corporate
strategies are consistent with general market, macro-economic and socio-economic trends.
The Advisory Board is comprised of the following members:
• Dr. Heinz Zimmer, Chairman, SCS Alliance Bank; Zurich, Switzerland
• Osama Hamza Al-Rahma, CEO, Al Fardan Exchange; Dubai, U.A.E.
• Kevin Woods, Managing Partner GBS Finanzas; Madrid, Spain
• Dr. Neil Cripps, Former Surgeon Commander, British Royal Navy; London, UK
• Kim Goodall, Chairman, Admerex Corporation; Sydney, Australia
• Gabriel Arteche, Former Executive, PricewaterhouseCoopers EMEA; Madrid, Spain
• Robert J. Slater, Former President, Crane Co.; New York, USA