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Our Partners

It is because of our partners that we are able to provide speed, compliance, scalability, and customization to our clients. Many of our partners have been hand-selected while others have resulted from a solid client relationship or a newly discovered opportunity; all of our partners are best of breed within their industry.

As Pivot Inc. continues to grow, we welcome the opportunity for your company to grow along with us. We invite you to consider the prospect of joining our team.


AIM

AOL, parent company of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), a free online service that lets users communicate in real time, is a leading global Web services company. AOL has a suite of powerful Web brands, industry-leading products and one of the largest and fastest-growing advertising networks in the U.S. AOL’s mission is to serve the world's largest and most engaged community by producing participatory consumer experiences and by building our brands around serving advertisers. Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc.

www.aim.com


Akonix

Founded in 2000, Akonix® Systems provides Unified Policy Management for organizational use of real-time communications. The Unified Policy Management (UPM) platform monitors the use of Unified Communications applications in the workplace, administering and enforcing corporate policy and assisting with compliance regulations. The company offers a suite of modules that integrate with the UPM platform, simplifying and securing the use of UC by managing it at a central location. The various modules perform security, archiving, content scanning entitlement and reporting functions for multiple forms of real-time, electronic communications, including instant messaging, online conferencing, VoIP and electronic faxing. Over 1.9 million people around the world rely on Akonix’s products to protect their networks and meet compliance requirements.

www.akonix.com/


BlueMatrix

BlueMatrix is the state-of-the-art research platform for both sides of the financial community. Whether you are a sellside analyst looking to reach a targeted audience quickly or a buyside portfolio manager looking to receive research in privacy, BlueMatrix can help. With headquarters in New York & London BlueMatrix is able to provide knowledgeable support and carrier-grade connectivity in every time zone.

www.bluematrix.com


CME Group

CME Group

CME Group Weather futures and options offer trading opportunities related to temperatures, snowfall, frost and hurricanes. The products are based on a range of weather conditions in 18 U.S., six Canadian, nine European and two Asian cities, with the hurricane products covering specific regional locations and actual named hurricanes.

With an estimated 30 percent of the U.S. economy directly affected by the weather, CME Group enables you to hedge the risk your business faces from unexpected extremes.

www.cmegroup.com/weather


EzeCastle

Eze Castle Integration is the market leader in outsourced IT technology and services for hedge funds and other specialty investment-management firms. Eze Castle Integration develops and manages customized, powerful, premium solutions for all of their technology requirements: Startup and Relocation, Outsourced Technology Support, Telecommunications, Network Infrastructure Design and Management, Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery, Archiving, Storage and Internet Services. Founded in 1995, Eze Castle Integration has multiple locations including New York, Boston, Los Angeles and London.

www.eci.com


FaceTime

FaceTime Communications is the leading provider of security solutions enabling businesses to secure and control greynet applications such as instant messaging, Skype, web conferencing and P2P file sharing. Ranked number one by IDC in worldwide revenue market share among instant messaging management vendors, FaceTime's award-winning solutions are used by more than 800 customers including nine of the 10 largest U.S. banks. FaceTime supports or has strategic partnerships with all leading public and private IM network providers, including AOL, Google, IBM, Jabber, Microsoft, Skype, Reuters and Yahoo!. FaceTime is headquartered in Belmont, California.

www.facetime.com


FIXProtocol

The Financial Information eXchange ("FIX") Protocol is a series of messaging specifications for the electronic communication of trade-related messages. FIX is the industry-driven messaging standard that is changing the face of the global financial services sector, as firms use the protocol to transact in an electronic, transparent, cost efficient and timely manner. FIX is open and free, but it is not software. Rather, FIX is a specification around which software developers can create commercial or open-source software, as they see fit. As the market's leading trade-communications protocol, FIX is integral to many order management and trading systems. Headquartered in London, they also have office in New York.

www.fixprotocol.org


Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in developing, manufacturing, licensing, and supporting a wide range of software products, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Microsoft has laid a solid foundation for long-term success by making global citizenship an integral part of their business, consistently delivering innovative new products, improving internal processes, creating opportunity for partners, and increasing customer satisfaction. Headquartered in Washington State, Microsoft has offices around the globe.

www.microsoft.com


Symantec

Symantec is a global leader in infrastructure software, enabling businesses and consumers to have confidence in a connected world. The company helps customers protect their infrastructure, information and interactions by delivering software and services that address risks to security, availability, compliance and performance. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in more than 40 countries.

www.symantec.com


UNX

UNX is an institutionally focused agency brokerage providing advanced electronic trading solutions and premium services. With flexible connectivity options and core platform technology that consolidates market access and provides a true depth-of-book view of the US equities market, UNX enables buy-side investors to minimize market impact, reduce transaction costs and manage today's fragmented liquidity to their advantage. UNX meets the demanding requirements of institutional trading through innovative, reliable technology to streamline trade operations and help sophisticated traders find best execution opportunities within a completely anonymous environment. The company's commitment to trading efficiency extends to its multiple value-added services, including advanced electronic trading capabilities, commission management tools and an agency trade desk.

www.unx.com