Thalasar Ventures

New York, New York (PRWEB) June 10, 2015

The WSTA just released its Q2 Ticker e-Zine, which provides educational articles and white papers for financial IT and business professionals. This issue includes: Unified Communications in the Cloud, Turning Data into Insight, Mobile Security Threats are on the Rise, Don’t Let Attacks Pass You By, and more. There is also a “What’s New” section and links to information about the WSTA, events, and membership. For access to the entire issue, please visit: http://bit.ly/1IgyfIW

The WSTA® Ticker e-Zine contains educational articles written by industry consultants, WSTA affiliates and members, as well as white papers focused on technology for the financial industry. Articles provide insight into existing and emerging technologies, products and services, as well as information technology, networking, and business strategies to help firms achieve their objectives. The “What’s New” section highlights companies, products and services for the financial market.

The Ticker e-Zine is published quarterly (March, June, September and December). Each issue is digitally distributed to the WSTA’s entire database and the articles and white papers are posted on the WSTA website for three months. For information about sponsorship and advertising, please visit http://bit.ly/1IgyfIW

Profile

For over 47 years, the Wall Street Technology Association (http://www.wsta.org) has provided financial industry technology professionals, vendors, service providers, and consultants forums to learn from and connect with each other. The WSTA facilitates educational seminars and networking events where members meet and exchange ideas and best practices that assist them in effectively capitalizing on technology advances and dealing with financial industry business challenges. Founded in 1967, the WSTA is a not-for-profit association with a long history of evolving to meet the needs of its members.

The WSTA hosts seminars, roundtables, panel discussions, social events, and meetups. These events offer many opportunities to stay on top of leading technologies, as well as network and share information with industry colleagues. The WSTA’s quarterly educational Ticker Magazine and LimeLight e-newsletter provide additional content and information about the WSTA and industry-related activities. The website is a dynamic resource for keeping on top of the latest information and offers access to additional resources including white papers, blogs, videos, and information about other industry events.

Financial Firm Members

WSTA financial firm members are employed at banks, brokerages, hedge funds, insurance companies and other financial firms. The WSTA currently has about 2,400 members from over 50 different firms; 81% of the members hold senior titles such as CIOs, CTOs, Vice President, Director and Manager. The remaining 19% hold other titles such as analysts, engineers, architects, etc. The WSTA also reaches over 3,200 prospective financial firm technology professionals with information about educational and networking opportunities.

Affiliates and Sponsors

Affiliates and sponsors are an integral component of the WSTA. As a not-for-profit organization, they contribute significantly by providing the resources needed to run the educational and networking programs for WSTA financial firm members. These programs strengthen the bond between members and companies that serve the technology needs of the financial community.

The WSTA currently has over 200 technology firms that participate in the WSTA as an affiliate or sponsor. Companies that provide cloud, big data, mobility, security, software, infrastructure, networking, social, telecom and other industry-related solutions find the WSTA an invaluable forum to create awareness, educate and develop relationships with financial industry professionals.