07 September 2004
Cicada Sponsors Bermuda Women's Match Race
"...Cicada is honored to have the opportunity to sponsor the International Women's Match Race, one of the world’s premier women’s racing events," said Gregory E. Smith, Cicada's President. "This event attracts the world's most talented and experienced women skippers and crews, with the winner moving on to compete later in the week in the prestigious King Edward VII Gold Cup regatta. These women who sacrifice a great deal to compete versus the better-funded men's crews have earned our support and respect for their devotion to achieving excellence in competitive sailing. I am looking forward to some very competitive and exciting races."

08 June 2004
Cicada Launching New Data Validation Rules Engine
"...The new validation rules engine provides a graphical user interface for business analysts and other non-technical staff to create, modify, delete and add business logic and validation rules to be applied to a client's data sources, both third-party commercial sources and internal data. The functionality also includes a sophisticated rights system for security, to permission various groups or individuals to access and manipulate rules. In addition, the system contains a rules repository to maintain version control and to ease storage. Re-use of source-specific rules may also be accomplished through logical groupings within the repository..."

02 June 2004
Cicada Wins Reference Data Category in the Banker Technology Awards
."...Cicada's solution for reference data management offers a unique combination of technology and outsourcing services not delivered by any other organization. For clients wanting to conduct data management functions in-house, such as data acquisition, validation, intervention and distribution, Cicada provides a software solution based on its proven Composer plus+ platform..."

27 April 2004
Algorithmics, Cicada and Investors Guaranty to Speak at Capital Markets and Economic Development Conference in China
"...This "think tank" discussion will cover the latest developments in exchange data technology, bank and insurance company financial risk management and emerging regulatory requirements, as well as the development of financial technology outsourcing. Each of these areas is critical to China’s increasingly rapid development and the ability to lower the cost of capital to Chinese businesses. Each of these companies will discuss its contribution and approach to addressing these topics, in context with the global economic and regulatory environment. ..."