Alliances & Partnerships

CSC Partners With Q.Know; SunGard Acquires ProNvest; Symantec, VeriSign Team; Goodmail Links Up With eLynx; Open Solutions Acquired

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC; El Segundo, Calif.) and Q.Know Technologies (New York) have teamed to create a reinsurance administration software solution able to capture, manage and access companywide information.

SunGard (Wayne, Pa.) has acquired ProNvest (Chattanooga, Tenn.) to help participants enhance their investment returns by rebalancing portfolios.

As part of its 2.0 Security strategy, Symantec (Cupertino, Calif.) will integrate its Norton accounts with the VeriSign (Mountain View, Calif.) Identity Protection (VIP) Authentication Service to provide consumers with one-time password capabilities.

eLynx (Cincinnati) will include Goodmail Systems' (Mountain View, Calif.) CertifiedEmail functionality in its e-services platform, providing financial institutions with electronic document delivery, electronic signature and integrated paper fulfillment.

The Carlyle Group (Washington, D.C.) and Providence Equity Partners (Providence, R.I.) have acquired Open Solutions (Glastonbury, Conn.), a provider of integrated enabling technologies for financial institutions.