South Africa Edition 2

THE MARKET
For the last 18 years, South Africa’s
financial professionals have turned to
I-Net Bridge for their online information,
including market data, quotes, news,
statistics and research. Proof of
I-Net Bridge’s tremendous success is its
dominance as the preferred local electronic
provider of choice for information to
the financial market with more than
4,000 desktop users across 300 top
institutions.
I-Net Bridge’s strategic objective is to
be the preferred supplier of online content
and applications to the southern African
financial, corporate and government
communities, enabling them to conduct
their daily business effectively and serve
their clients better.
I-Net Bridge integrates information
and applications into a single environment
to help large and small companies,
from all sectors of the economy, make
informed business decisions in a fastpaced
and constantly changing arena.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Currently, 87 percent of the top financial
analysts in South Africa are I-Net Bridge
subscribers.
Using a combination of its own
network and the Internet, I-Net Bridge
delivers current news from local and global
sources, including its own newsroom, Business
Day, Financial Mail, Business Times, SA Press
Association, AFX and Dow Jones newsroom
in real time to users’ desktops. Market and
business intelligence from over 180 international
markets around the world from Interactive Data
- including commodity and FOREX information;
South African market prices, forecasts, data
and insight; online research and databases; and
innovative interactive tools and
services - are designed to assist
organisations to make effective
business decisions.
HISTORY
In 1990, stockbroker Ivor Jones
Roy and newspaper publisher,
Times Media Limited (TML)
established I-Net Bridge in a
joint venture, which was to
become part of South African
media and entertainment giant,
Johnnic Communications Ltd
after Johnnic acquired TML.
In its 18-year history, the
company has continually
committed itself to innovation
and effective communications.
I-Net Bridge is today the leading
South African developer of a broad
range of financial products including
workstations, web applications and data
feeds to the professional investment
community. Real-time and historical
market data is packaged with in-depth
news and powerful analytical tools,
allowing investors to make meaningful
decisions.
I-Net Bridge has grown into a brand
upon which the investor community
relies for the live and delayed information
feeds they use to monitor and react to
market trends. Key investor products like
I-Net Station, I-Graph, the Financial
Analysis System and Forecasts work in
synergy with essential news and lifestyle
products developed for major corporations
and government organisations.
From far smaller beginnings in 1990,
I-Net Bridge has grown to serve
around 4,000 desktop users in 300 top
organisations.
THE PRODUCT
The company provides online services
for business use, including in-depth
financial data, breaking business news,
and solutions to assist any business to
serve its community, its clients or potential
clients, its suppliers, its employees and its
investors.
To meet these needs, I-Net Bridge has created
an innovative range of electronic products and
services and has built a number of focused
businesses, which individually address specific
user needs.
I-Net Bridge operates in two key ways:
• I-Net Bridge Financial: This division creates
high-end local and global information
packages and products for the professional
financial market. Since its inception, I-Net
Bridge has successfully served the most
demanding market of all - the professional
investment community. I-Net Bridge’s
financial products comprise a wide range
of workstations and web-based applications.
These give clients comprehensive real-time
and historical market data, in-depth news and
powerful analytical tools
• I-Net Bridge Content Solutions: I-Net Bridge’s
Internet-based Content Solutions offering is
aimed at corporate South Africa as well as
government departments. This browser-based
service offers something for every individual
within an organisation. It delivers live local