HAYWARD, Calif., April 7, 2009 —eSignal, a division of Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) and a leading provider of streaming, real-time financial market data, news, analytics and decision-support tools for professional and individual traders, today announced that it has received multiple awards and high praise from five prominent trade media outlets and industry organizations: the Trade2Win (T2W) Web site, Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, World Finance, and Technical Analyst magazines and the Software and Information Industry Association.
"These awards reflect the dedication and focus of our team in creating products and services that best serve our users," said Chuck Thompson, president of eSignal. "It is an honor to receive recognition from these outstanding publications and organizations."
eSignal received two gold medals from T2W, the highest honors from a leading online community Web site for active traders in the UK. For the second year in a row, eSignal also received a gold medal in the Members’ Choice Awards for the Best Real-Time Data Feed. In addition, eSignal received the gold medal in the Best A.I. Software category for eSignal, Advanced GET Edition.
Additionally, eSignal received a silver medal from T2W for Best Software for Forex Traders and bronze medals for Best End-of-Day Data Feed, Best Software for UK Intra-day Traders and Best Software for U.S. Intra-day Traders. eSignal OnDemand also received a bronze medal for Best Software for UK EOD Traders.
eSignal also brought home more awards than any other company in the annual Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities Readers' Choice Awards. The 2008 Readers’ Choice Awards recognized eSignal as a first runner-up in the Real-Time Data and Delayed Data categories; as a finalist in the Institutional Platform, Professional Platform and Software Greater than $1,000 categories; and as a semi-finalist in the Software Less than $500 category.
eSignal, Advanced GET Edition was also honored by the magazine as a first runner up in the Software Greater than $1,000, Trading Systems Futures and Trading Systems Stocks categories; and eSignal OptionsPlus as a finalist in the Plug-ins and Trading Systems Options categories; and a semi-finalist in the Options Analysis Software category.
World Finance honored eSignal with its first annual market data service award for Best Real-Time Data Feed 2008. The World Finance Awards were created to identify industry leaders, individuals, teams and organizations that represent the benchmark of achievement and best practice in the financial and business world.
Most recently, eSignal was a finalist in the 2009 Technical Analyst Awards in the Best Technical Analysis Platform category. This was the first annual awards program held by the U.K.-based magazine to celebrate the best providers of technical analysis and automated trading. eSignal was also named a finalist in the Software & Information Industry Association's 24th Annual CODiE Awards in the Best Online Professional Financial Information Service category. The winners of the CODiE Awards will be named on May 5, 2009.
About Interactive Data:
Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) is a leading global provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors. The Company's businesses supply real-time market data, time-sensitive pricing, evaluations and reference data for millions of securities traded around the world, including hard-to-value instruments. Many of the world's best-known financial service and software companies subscribe to the Company's services in support of their trading, analysis, portfolio management and valuation activities. Interactive Data, headquartered in Bedford, Mass., has approximately 2,400 employees in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO; LSE: PSON), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, is Interactive Data Corporation's majority stockholder.
For more information about Interactive Data Corporation and its businesses, please visit www.interactivedata.com.
Interactive DataSM and the Interactive Data logo are service marks of Interactive Data Corporation.
About eSignal:
eSignal (www.eSignal.com), Interactive Data Corporation’s (NYSE: IDC) desktop solutions business, is a leading global provider of financial and business information to professional traders and active individual traders. Building on a legacy of 25 years of delivering time-sensitive financial information, eSignal provides streaming, real-time market data, news and analytics. eSignal's suite of products includes eSignal®, Advanced GET®, QuoTrek®, FutureSource®, MarketCenter LIVESM, QCharts®, LiveCharts®, Market-QSM and the Web portals FutureSource.com, Quote.com® and RagingBull.com.