A Tale of Two Cities                                                                                                                                               

The most used line in speeches is from "A Tale of Two Cities:: "It was the Spring of Hope and the Winter of  our discontent."

Music is distinct from noise. Eloquence is distinct from data. Just as data requires intelligence, instinct and imagination to become information, so does any form of human endeavor, including music, speech, economics.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the appointment of Stephen Scharf to the newly-created position of Chief Security Officer (CSO). The appointment will centralize and align the firm’s global information security, physical security, employee safety, and crisis/incident management functions, ensuring a comprehensive and holistic approach to risk management and resilience across the organization.

OpenLink, the global leader in trading and risk management solutions to the energy, commodities, corporate, and financial services industries, today announces its selection by new international commodities marketing and trading enterprise - Javelin Global Commodities (Javelin), as their trading and risk management system, supporting the enterprise’s drive for growth in financial and physical trading.

 Numerex Corp (NASDAQ:NMRX), a leading provider of interactive machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions enabling the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that RTC Manufacturing, a leading provider of school zone safety equipment, has collaborated with Numerex to provide remote connectivity to school-zone warning flashers for enhanced student safety.

Netwrix Auditor has been chosen by FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM) to help improve security of critical business assets and data, and to simplify the process of passing compliance audits.

Mint Payments is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with eWAY, whereby eWAY will licence Mint’s “card present” capability to distribute their own mobile point of sale (“mPOS”) solution.

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), a leading provider of corporate governance and proxy voting solutions to the global financial community, today announced the appointment of Georgina Marshall as Head of Global Research effective September 1.