[November 13, 2012] |
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Bloomberg Launches Enterprise App Portal to Financial Markets
NEW YORK & LONDON --(Business Wire)--
Today, Bloomberg (News - Alert) executives unveiled the Bloomberg App Portal, a new
platform that gives Bloomberg subscribers access to a range of specialty
applications powered by data and news from the Bloomberg Professional
service.
Applications on the Bloomberg App Portal are developed by software
companies, financial institutions, academics and other third parties.
The Bloomberg App Portal enables Bloomberg subscribers to enhance their
user experience by adding specialty features and tools that complement
those available on the Bloomberg Professional service.
Currently, there are more than 45 applications available on the
Bloomberg App Portal across a variety of categories including, data
analysis, news and research, portfolio management and risk analysis,
valuation and pricing, data visualization and technical analysis.
Institutional clients can also use the Bloomberg App Portal to deploy
proprietary software tools to their own employees and clients.
"Cultivating the third-party developer community is critical to
enhancing the user experience and growing the value of the Bloomberg
Professional service," said Tom Secunda, co-founder and Global Head of
Bloomberg's Financial Products and Services group. "The Bloomberg App
Portal extends our commitment to embrace innovation and fuel creativity
in the financial marketplace."
Bloomberg's open application interface, or the BLPAPI, enables the
seamless integration of Bloomberg content with third-party applications.
Applications are launched from the APPS<GO> homepage and run within a
Bloomberg Launchpad workspace, which offers dat integration and
collaboration features.
"Software developers with a great idea, but limited global reach, can
work with Bloomberg to get in front of financial professionals around
the world virtually overnight," said Stanley Young, chief executive
officer of Bloomberg's Enterprise Products and Solutions business. "Our
intention is to complement Bloomberg's existing functionality with
third-party applications that enable our clients to achieve success."
A division of Bloomberg's Enterprise Products and Solutions business,
the Bloomberg App Portal team, led by Claudio Storelli, follows a formal
application review and selection protocol. Once selected, application
developers receive technical and business support from the Bloomberg
team as part of an on-boarding and software quality assurance process.
License fees for applications on the Bloomberg App Portal are separate
from the Bloomberg professional service subscription and vary by
application and package. Users can currently download and review
virtually all applications for a preview period before purchase is
required.
For more information about the Bloomberg App Portal, including how to
submit an application for review, please visit {APPS<GO>} on the
Bloomberg Professional service, follow the Twitter (News - Alert) hashtag
#BloombergAPPS or visit www.bloomberglp.com/app-portal
About Bloomberg Enterprise Products and Solutions
Bloomberg Enterprise Products and Solutions is a complete package of
enterprise-class managed services, applications and data that enables
firms to leverage the same data and technology that supports the
Bloomberg Professional service for its internal applications and
processes. We are uniquely equipped to meet the data acquisition,
management and distribution needs of global firms across a broad range
of asset classes. Bloomberg EPS is reinventing the role of
infrastructure and go-to-market applications in global financial markets
and extending it outside the desktop. Bloomberg's scale and 30 years of
expertise providing financial data, news and analytics helps enterprise
clients dramatically reduce costs, optimize workflow and enhance
performance.
About Bloomberg LP
Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news
leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting
them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The
company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through
innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the
Bloomberg Professional® service, which provides real time financial
information to more than 310,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's
enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging
technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and
manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and
effectively.

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