Wall Street & Technology – Although talk of the swine flu has largely been out of the media for the past few weeks, a rush of new cases of the H1N1 virus is expected to hit financial centers in the fall and winter " and organizations, and in particular hedge funds, need to be well prepared for a pandemic.

Bob Guilbert, managing director of marketing and products at Eze Castle Integration (booth 1804), which provides outsourced IT technology and services for hedge funds, says his firm has been taking a proactive approach to the pandemic.

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West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund manager Eze Castle Integration has introduced a web version of its "hedge fund hotel" for small hedge funds with fewer than 10 people.

The company introduced the fully managed physical suite in November 2007 and Eze says that the new offering has many of the same options now, over the Internet, using Citrix servers and thin clients. Users pay a monthly subscription fee for this hosted platform using their own desktops and basic networking.

"We act as a cloud," says Bob Guilbert, managing director. "As we add more applications to our back end data center, we’ll enable clients to get things like CRM services, accounting services and anything else that might be necessary to run a back office operation. The benefit of this solution is they don’t have to build out an IT infrastructure, they don’t have to build out a data center. That makes it very easy for them to become operational."

Alex Akesson

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West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – The Energy Hedge Fund Center, an online community focused on energy and environmental alternative investments, has launched a Directory of Commodity-focused Exchange Traded Funds that will appeal to ordinary investors. The Directory lists Exchange Traded Funds, Exchange Traded Notes and Exchange Traded Commodities in Excel format.

"Over the last several years there has also been an explosion of Exchange Traded instruments accessible by ordinary investors that are designed to provide exposure to commodities," reports Dr. Gary M. Vasey, Co-Principal of EHFC. "This directory is designed as a single source for investors interested in these vehicles."

"The financial crisis has driven more business to exchanges and ETFs. We expect more growth in this sector next year," said Peter Fusaro, Co-Principal, Energy Hedge Fund Center.

Alex Akesson

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