Akshay to Speak at SWIFT Operations Forum - Americas

PRINCETON, N.J., March 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Akshay Software International, Inc. will be speaking during a work session at SWIFT Operations Forum - Americas ("SOFA") 2011 on "Alliance Integrator 2011 Roadmap and Case Study" (http://www.swift.com/events/2011/SOFA/agenda.page?#worksessions). The session will be a joint presentation by SWIFT and Akshay.

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SOFA is facilitated and organized by SWIFT and will take place this year in New York on March 8th and 9th (for more details on this year's event see http://www.swift.com/events/2011/SOFA/index.page). An annual event, SOFA attracts the top SWIFT customers from both North and South America.

C.V. Anant, Akshay's President, said, "To be invited to speak at SOFA so soon after speaking at SIBOS 2010 is indeed a great honor. Akshay is pleased to be recognized for our work assisting SWIFT users with implementing Alliance Integrator, both in-house and through the Akshay-Financeware SWIFT Service Bureau."

Based on Akshay's integration experience and strong development skills, SWIFT chose Akshay to be the lead partner for delivering Alliance Integrator services in North America. Akshay was the first partner to certify on Alliance Integrator in March 2010, and is still the only partner in all of the Americas currently certified by SWIFT to deliver Alliance Integrator services.

Juan Taberner, Managing Director of Financeware added, "With the implementation of Alliance Integrator into the Akshay-Financeware SWIFT Service Bureau, the partnership can now offer Alliance Integrator Services to our Service Bureau clientele throughout the Americas. We are very pleased to be in this very strong position to add value to organizations that have requirements for integration with SWIFT."

B.V. Venkat, Senior Vice President of Akshay will be speaking on behalf of Akshay at the event.

About Akshay

Akshay's US presence, incorporated in 1993, focuses on delivering consulting and professional services to all major communities of SWIFT users: Banks, Broker/Dealers, Corporates, Custodians, Investment managers, and Securities Market Infrastructures.  As a SWIFTReady Services Provider, SWIFT Service Bureau, and SWIFT Value Added Reseller, Akshay is positioned to deliver the full range of SWIFT products, services and solutions, including their implementation, maintenance, support and training.  Through proven performance, Akshay has earned a reputation for delivering and providing to its clients high quality value-added  SWIFT services on complex and innovative projects, often being among the first in the world to install and/or operate a certain or particular SWIFT component.

Akshay was founded in India in 1987.  Akshay is headquartered in Mumbai and has offices in Dubai (UAE) and Princeton, NJ (USA).  Akshay is affiliated with representatives in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami/Caribbean regions.

About Financeware

Financeware Comercio e Servicos Ltda. was incorporated in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1993. Financeware's principal operations concern consulting and delivering information technology services to the banking and finance industries.  Financeware employs a staff of professionals with deep industry knowledge and a diversity of experience.  Since 1997 Financeware has represented SWIFT in countries such as Argentine, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.  Financeware became a SWIFT business partner in 2002, adding education and membership enlargement to its SWIFT roles.  Financeware maintains a primary SWIFT infrastructure in Sao Paulo, Brazil and a disaster recovery facility in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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