DGAP-News: NASDAQ OMX Upgrades Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 8 Edition of Directors Desk
(firmenpresse) - The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
28.05.2013 14:00
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Upgrade Includes Several Design and Feature Enhancements to the
Industry-Leading Board Portal
NEW YORK, 2013-05-28 14:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today upgraded the Microsoft(r) Windows(r)
8 Edition of Directors Desk, the industry-leading managed communication portal
for corporate boards. Directors Desk is currently the only board portal
offering a Windows 8(r) application. These upgrades include several design and
feature enhancements to significantly improve the usability of the application
for board members and other corporate clients.
'This upgrade is a significant milestone in advancing NASDAQ OMX's mobile
presence via our Directors Desk solution,' said Demetrios Skalkotos, Senior
Vice President, Corporate Solutions, NASDAQ OMX. 'With over 900 boards and
25,000 users world-wide operating on our Directors Desk platform, we are truly
the global leaders in the board portal space. This upgrade underscores our
commitment to deliver the finest product in the industry.'
The Microsoft(r) Windows(r) 8 Edition of Directors Desk was redesigned to improve
usability and overall user experience. Specific upgrades include:
Design
-- Redesigned to improve usability and overall user experience
-- User photo displayed with user name on dashboard
-- Symantec Zoom available for quick desktop navigation
-- Action Items Hub to quickly see Votes, New&Updated Meetings, as well
as Unread Messages
-- Meetings Hub displays upcoming meetings and events
-- Meetings Page offers a filtered view of past and future meetings
-- Meeting Details Page displays meeting details, location map, meeting
materials, and roster with quick Secure Email links to streamline
communication
-- Documents Hub displays downloaded documents with color and icon elements to
quickly determine media type
-- Documents Page offers a filtered view of documents by media type
-- Search screen offers a filtered view of available documents by media type
-- Contacts Hub provides roster contact information and messaging links
-- Secure Email Hub shows the most recent emails in your inbox
-- Secure Email center allows users to view as well as compose messages using
Directors Desk Secure Email functionality
Features
-- Multi-platform registration now supported for directors who need to access
board material on multiple platforms (US, EU, Asia)
-- Directors Desk Secure email is now available
-- Note and Annotation shuttling: support to shuttle notes and annotations
made on within the Directors Desk Windows 8 Edition application to the
newest compiled iteration of meeting materials
-- Support for Portrait mode
-- In-Document search supported with navigable results list
-- Upper navigation bar for quick navigation through application available on
all screens except document reader
-- Introduction of Done button on annotation toolbar to improve workflow
-- Introduction of Undo button on annotation toolbar to improve workflow
-- Auto download of meeting materials is now configurable with options to
download 14 or 30 days ahead as well as an option to disable
-- TOC / Notes / Find panel in reader relocated to optimize usability
-- Support for links in Meeting Details or Call-In Details
-- Search screen allows for the multi-selection of files for download
-- Search screen displays indicator of whether files have already been
downloaded
-- Documents screen allows for the multi-selection of files for quick deletion
-- Contacts screen allows for multi-selection of contacts for quick Secure
Email recipient list creation
For more information on Directors Desk, please visit:
http://www.directorsdesk.com/
About NASDAQ OMX:
The inventor of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels
economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire lifecycle of
a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the
U.S. and Europe, we own and operate 26 markets, 3 clearinghouses and 5 central
securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income,
derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more
than 1 million messages per second at sub-40 microsecond speeds with 99.99%
uptime, our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and
emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's securities
transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the
benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to approximately 3,400 listed
companies worth $6 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our world, we
give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where the world
takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century. To learn
more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook
(http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter
(http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500)
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made
under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about
Directors Desk and NASDAQ OMX's other products and offerings. We caution that
these statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may
differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties
or other factors beyond NASDAQ OMX's control. These factors include, but are
not limited to factors detailed in NASDAQ OMX's annual report on Form 10-K, and
periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We
undertake no obligation to release any revisions to any forward-looking
statements.
Directors Desk is a registered trademark or trademark of The NASDAQ OMX Group
in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft and Windows are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United
States and/or other countries.
NDAQG
CONTACT: NASDAQ OMX Media Contact:Ryan Wells(212) 231-5541 (office)(646)
581-4286 (mobile)Ryan.Wells(at)NASDAQOMX.com
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