Microsoft creates software to track stock markets
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Microsoft has developed a financial program designed to help investors track stock markets.
Microsoft will offer a test version of the program through the Web site of partner Zignals, a Dublin, Ireland-based online finance firm. The site uses Microsoft's Solver Foundation technology, which detects patterns in large amounts of fluctuating data.
The software helps users analyze patterns and build trading strategies, competing with similar programs used by investment banks. The Zignals software eventually may be linked to Microsoft's MSN Web site to help drive traffic, said David Harnett, a senior director at Microsoft.