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Taking the Guesswork Out of High-Performance Computing for Financial Services

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Overview The attendee of this webcast will learn how insurers can use Towers Perrin's MoSes V6.2 software with Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 to run sophisticated financial models in less time. Changes in the financial services industry are requiring firms to manage risks and capital better. To meet this challenge, insurers need robust financial modeling software integrated with a cost-effective high-performance computing platform, which can extend existing IT investments. This webcast shows how MoSes and WCCS can help save time and increase productivity.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft Tips
Live Date	15th April 2008 00:00 BST
Format	Webcast
Topics	Application Servers, Data Mining - Analysis, High Performance Computing

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