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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

       Sun Systems Give Competitive Edge To Brazilian Bank

SunFLASH Vol 41 #4					            May 1992 
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       Banco Bamerindus Moves to Sun Platform for Trading


MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --April 28, 1992-- Banco Bamerindus do Brazil,
one of the largest banks in Brazil, with 1,400 branches, purchased more
than 45 workstations and servers from Sun Microsystems Computer
Corporation (SMCC) to be used in its investment trading operations. The
Sun computers will connect three trading room floors in Sao Paulo, Rio
and Curitiba, providing realtime access to applications and data
running on computers located in various locations.

The Sun computers will be used to enhance the bank's current investment
trading activities, such as securities, commodities, and short- and
long-term treasury trading.  "We needed a new platform that would allow
us to integrate our existing systems and to run new trading
applications," said Marcos de A. Jacobsen, treasurer, investments
director and sponsor of the project. "SMCC, with its large customer
base, wide array of off-the-shelf third-party software, adherence to
open standards and a good understanding of our needs, was a natural
choice," said Antonio H. V.  Perrotta, head of information technology
for the investments department.

Previously, the traders at the bank used multiple detached systems,
including 3270 terminals (for analytics and position keeping), PCs (for
spreadsheets), and stand-alone quotation terminals that delivered
outside information, such as stock, commodities and news information.
All of this information was piped into the trading floor via a
PC-based, read-only video switch that was designed in-house. The video
signal was displayed on racks of video monitors residing on the
trader's desks and on large television monitors suspended from the
ceiling.

Traders can now use tools provided by FD Consulting and other vendors
for real-time data display, composite paging, graphics, historical
information display and graphics, and Lotus 1-2-3 realtime
spreadsheets. Additional trading software from Algorithimics, a Toronto
company, gives senior officers real-time risk measurement, management
and hedging tools that monitor the bank's entire asset and liability
range.

"We think the Sun platform gives Bamerindus a competitive edge in
Brazil and also will help us compete effectively in the worldwide
market," said Marcos Jacobsen. Bamerindus is famous for its innovative
and aggressive policies, reflected in this first Sun-based digital
trading room installation in Latin America.

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Sun Microsystems Computer Corp.
Lauren Swingle (415) 336-7273

Vinny Mullineaux (011-55-11-88-79-011) 

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