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		 <item><title>25 April 2012</title><pubDate>25 April 2012 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>Excellent turnout for our first Client Forum in the US.</description></item>
		 <item><title>12 April 2012</title><pubDate>12 April 2012 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/file/pdf/press_release_skyreport_april_2012.pdf</link><description>SkySparc adds interface builder to SkyREPORT.</description></item>
		 <item><title>10 April 2012</title><pubDate>10 April 2012 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>Excellent turnout for our Client events in Stockholm and Helsinki. 50+ Wallstreet Suite users joined the presentation of the new exciting release of SkyREPORT.</description></item>
		 <item><title>9 February 2012</title><pubDate>9 February 2012 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>We are pleased to announce that Finnish pensions institution Keva successfully used SkyREPORT for testing during their upgrade to Wallstreet Suite v7.4. In addition, SkyREPORT was  also used building a comprehensive interface with Bank of Finland.</description></item>
		 <item><title>14 December 2011</title><pubDate>14 December 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>Our annual Christmas events in Stockholm and Helsinki were a great success and attended by 50+ clients.</description></item>
		 <item><title>16 November 2011</title><pubDate>16 November 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/file/pdf/press_release_skyreport_v3_7.pdf</link><description>SkySparc enhances advanced test scripting capabilities in SkyREPORT 3.7.</description></item>
		 <item><title>15 November 2011</title><pubDate>15 November 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/file/pdf/press_release_keva_november_2011.pdf</link><description>Keva selects SkySparc for Wallstreet Suite managed support service.</description></item>
		 <item><title>2 November 2011</title><pubDate>2 November 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/file/pdf/case_study_fennia.pdf</link><description>Pension Fennia: Time to generate performance reports reduced by 87% using SkyREPORT.</description></item>
		 <item><title>1 November 2011</title><pubDate>1 November 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>Excellent turnout for our Client events in Stockholm and Helsinki. 50+ Wallstreet Suite users joined the presentation of the new exciting release of SkyREPORT.</description></item>
		 <item><title>26 October 2011</title><pubDate>26 October 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/file/pdf/press_release_gazelle_october_2011.pdf</link><description>SkySparc named Gazelle company for second year in a row.</description></item>
		 <item><title>7 October 2011</title><pubDate>7 October 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc welcomes 2 new certified Wallstreet Suite v7.4 experts to our growing professional services team.</description></item>
		 <item><title>30 September 2011</title><pubDate>30 September 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>A nordic bank has signed up to use SkyREPORT to enhance their reporting.</description></item>
		 <item><title>29 September 2011</title><pubDate>29 September 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/file/pdf/press_release_fennia_september_2011.pdf</link><description>Pension Fennia deploys SkyREPORT for efficient performance reporting.</description></item>
		 <item><title>15 September 2011</title><pubDate>15 September 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/webdemo.html</link><description>Check out our newly released SkyREPORT: Report Module web demo.</description></item>
		 <item><title>12 September 2011</title><pubDate>12 September 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc nominated for Ernst &amp; Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.</description></item>
		 <item><title>25 July 2011</title><pubDate>25 July 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc welcomes 2 new certified SkyREPORT experts to our growing professional services team.</description></item>
		 <item><title>6 July 2011</title><pubDate>6 July 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/file/pdf/press_release_business_relationship_july_2011.pdf</link><description>SkySparc strengthens its long-term business relationship with central banks.</description></item>
		 <item><title>22 June 2011</title><pubDate>22 June 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/file/pdf/press_release_swift_june_2011.pdf</link><description>SkySparc simplifies system upgrades with automated regression testing of SWIFT messages.</description></item>
		 <item><title>23 May 2011</title><pubDate>23 May 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/file/pdf/press_release_if_may_2011.pdf</link><description>If Insurance gets headstart on Solvency II compliance with SkyREPORT.</description></item>
		 <item><title>20 May 2011</title><pubDate>20 May 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc delivers onsite training for North American corporate treasury that has extended its use of SkyREPORT to include the Autotest module.</description></item>
		 <item><title>17 May 2011</title><pubDate>17 May 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc has added one more certified central bank v7 financial consultant to our growing professional services team.</description></item>
		 <item><title>10 May 2011</title><pubDate>10 May 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/file/pdf/press_release_skyreport_v3_5.pdf</link><description>SkySparc's SkyREPORT solution for advanced financial reporting and fully automated testing has been enhanced to allow organisations to simplify the maintenance of hedge relations.</description></item>
		 <item><title>4 April 2011</title><pubDate>5 April 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>North American corporate treasury signs up for using SkyREPORT Autotest module and adds more users.</description></item>
		 <item><title>5 March 2011</title><pubDate>5 March 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>Excellent turnout for the SkySparc Client Forums in Stockholm March 17 and Helsinki March 25. 40+ Wallstreet Suite users and SkySparc clients joined the presentation on the new exciting release of SkyREPORT 3.5.</description></item>
		 <item><title>22 February 2011</title><pubDate>22 February 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.de/</link><description>We are strengthening our presence in the German speaking markets by appointing Lars Schröder as our new Engagement Manager for the region. Lars is a certified technical consultant and has extensive Wallstreet Suite experience from Central Banks and leading blue chip corporates in the region. Please visit our new German website on www.skysparc.de.</description></item>
		 <item><title>18 February 2011</title><pubDate>18 February 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/articles/aktia_improving_treasury_operational_efficiency_gtnews.html</link><description>Aktia: Improving treasury operational efficiency. Article originally published on gtnews.com.</description></item>
		 <item><title>17 February 2011</title><pubDate>17 February 2011 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc has added 3 more v7 certified financial consultants to our growing professional services team.</description></item>
		 <item><title>2 December 2010</title><pubDate>2 December 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>Wall Street Systems - SkySparc annual Christmas event in Stockholm and Helsinki were attended by 50+ clients.</description></item>
		 <item><title>30 November 2010</title><pubDate>30 November 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/pdf/press_release_101130.pdf</link><description>SkySparc named Gazelle company by the leading Swedish financial newspaper Dagens Industri.</description></item>
		 <item><title>19 November 2010</title><pubDate>19 November 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>Great turnout for the SkySparc Client Forums in Stockholm, Helsinki and Amsterdam. 50+ SkySparc clients joined the presentation on the new exciting release of SkyREPORT 3.4.</description></item>
		 <item><title>9 November 2010</title><pubDate>9 November 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>A new exciting release of SkyREPORT (v3.4) is now available. SkyREPORT is used by 20 Wallstreet Suite clients including leading central banks, treasuries and asset managers around the world.</description></item>
		 <item><title>29 October 2010</title><pubDate>29 October 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc develops a fully automated test package using SkyREPORT Autotest. The project is part of a major client initiative to automate testing for current and future Wallstreet Suite upgrade projects.</description></item>
		 <item><title>12 October 2010</title><pubDate>12 October 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/articles/treasury_reporting_gtnews.html</link><description>Treasury Reporting: an effective middle path. Article originally published on gtnews.com.</description></item>
		 <item><title>04 October 2010</title><pubDate>04 October 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>We are pleased to announce that Sampo Group, leading P&amp;C insurance company in the Nordic region, will use SkySUPPORT to provide ongoing support for their investment operations.</description></item>
		 <item><title>29 September 2010</title><pubDate>29 September 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc delivers interfaces to a North American corporate treasury implementing Wallstreet Suite v7.3.</description></item>
		 <item><title>14 September 2010</title><pubDate>14 September 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>We are strengthening our Professional Services management team welcoming Dennis as our new Head of Project Office. Dennis has extensive experience from leading management consultancies, including Accenture, BearingPoint and IBM.</description></item>
		 <item><title>10 August 2010</title><pubDate>10 August 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/case_studies/aegon.html</link><description>AEGON goes live with SkyREPORT for advanced treasury reporting.</description></item>
		 <item><title>5 August 2010</title><pubDate>5 August 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>North American financial service company engages with SkySparc to develop ACM reports using SkyREPORT during their implementation of Wallstreet Suite 7.2.</description></item>
		 <item><title>10 June 2010</title><pubDate>10 June 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>A new exciting release of SkyREPORT (v3.3) is now available. SkyREPORT is used by 18 Wallstreet Suite clients including leading Central Banks to automate reporting and testing.</description></item>
		 <item><title>31 May 2010</title><pubDate>31 May 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc has added 3 more v7 certified technical consultants to our growing professional services team, which is 100% focused on Wallstreet Suite.</description></item>
		 <item><title>12 May 2010</title><pubDate>12 May 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/case_studies/sampo.html</link><description>Sampo Group completes upgrade with four-times more testing in 25% of the time.</description></item>
		 <item><title>11 May 2010</title><pubDate>11 May 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>Excellent turnout for the SkySparc Client Forums in Helsinki April 22 and Stockholm April 29. 40+ Wallstreet Suite users and SkySparc clients heard from If Insurance and Sampo about how they automated their testing with SkyREPORT and Aktia talked about how a good business support improves the user experience of Wallstreet Suite.</description></item>
		 <item><title>13 Apr 2010</title><pubDate>13 Apr 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>First central bank in the Middle East signed up to start using SkyREPORT.</description></item>
		 <item><title>12 Apr 2010</title><pubDate>12 Apr 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>Despite continued economic uncertainty during 2009, SkySparc has successfully grown revenues by over 30% with a healthy profit margin and a strong cash position. Our 25 clients benefits from our complementary products and services for Wallstreet Suite.</description></item>
		 <item><title>19 Mar 2010</title><pubDate>19 Mar 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>A Nordic Insurance company has signed up to use SkyREPORT to enhance their reporting.</description></item>
		 <item><title>15 Mar 2010</title><pubDate>15 Mar 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>We are pleased that a North American financial institution has signed up to use SkyREPORT. We have now 15 clients around the globe using SkyREPORT.</description></item>
		 <item><title>12 Mar 2010</title><pubDate>12 Mar 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/case_studies/keva.html</link><description>Finnish pensions institution (Keva) has used SkyREPORT to speed up report creation by up to 87%, increase accuracy and simplify testing.</description></item>
		 <item><title>10 Mar 2010</title><pubDate>10 Mar 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc has started to assist a European client in their Wallstreet Suite v7 upgrade.</description></item>
		 <item><title>08 Feb 2010</title><pubDate>08 Feb 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc is pleased to announce the expansion of our professional services team with three new colleagues, Anton, Li and Patrik, to support our growing client base.</description></item>
		 <item><title>27 Jan 2010</title><pubDate>27 Jan 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkyREPORT 3.2 upgrade has been released, helping clients benefit from single sign-on to multiple databases from within SkyREPORT and support for Wallstreet Suite’s limit functionality.</description></item>
		 <item><title>22 Jan 2010</title><pubDate>22 Jan 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>Working with an European insurance client using SkyREPORT to feed a datawarehouse required as part of its Solvency II compliance project.</description></item>
		 <item><title>16 Jan 2010</title><pubDate>16 Jan 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>Another central bank in Europe signed up for SkyREPORT to improve its reporting capabilities.</description></item>
		 <item><title>14 Jan 2010</title><pubDate>14 Jan 2010 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>A major central bank in Europe is now using SkyREPORT to achieve automated reporting and feed their data warehouse.</description></item>
		 <item><title>28 Dec 2009</title><pubDate>28 Dec 2009 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc's website have been updated to better describe the full range of our capabilities. Visit regularly for new client case studies and news on our company and products.</description></item>
		 <item><title>18 Dec 2009</title><pubDate>18 Dec 2009 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>Three large institutional clients have expanded their use of SkyREPORT and added more users for 2010.</description></item>
		 <item><title>15 Dec 2009</title><pubDate>15 Dec 2009 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc jointly hosted with Wall Street Systems a dinner &amp; show with the Swedish clients at the Stockholm Grand Hotel.</description></item>
		 <item><title>11 Dec 2009</title><pubDate>11 Dec 2009 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc has the largest team of Wallstreet Suite experts amongst all partners with 10 Financial Consultants and 9 Technical Consultants.</description></item>
		 <item><title>11 Dec 2009</title><pubDate>11 Dec 2009 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>We are very pleased to announce that four additional business consultants in our growing professional services team have been certified on Wallstreet Suite v7.</description></item>
		 <item><title>04 Dec 2009</title><pubDate>04 Dec 2009 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc jointly hosted with Wall Street Systems a Motown show and dinner with Finnish clients in Helsinki at the Grand Casino.</description></item>
		 <item><title>30 Nov 2009</title><pubDate>30 Nov 2009 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc has been engaged on a central bank project doing preparation work ahead of their v7 upgrade.</description></item>
		 <item><title>20 Nov 2009</title><pubDate>20 Nov 2009 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc's roadshow visited Helsinki, Stockholm, Paris, Frankfurt, Zurich and Amsterdam and held webinars in the USA and Europe. We demonstrated the versatility of SkyREPORT and shared best practices from our clients.</description></item>
		 <item><title>30 Sep 2009</title><pubDate>30 Sep 2009 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>SkySparc Professional Services have completed a Wallstreet Suite patch upgrade at a Dutch insurance company including changes of operating system and database.</description></item>
		 <item><title>25 Sep 2009</title><pubDate>25 Sep 2009 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/news-and-events.html</link><description>A large European insurer has begun its Wallstreet Suite patch upgrade and are using SkyREPORT Autotest to enable faster testing with a richer set of test transactions.</description></item>
		 <item><title>24 Sep 2009</title><pubDate>24 Sep 2009 UTC</pubDate><author>SkySparc</author><link>http://www.skysparc.com/pdf/case_study_finland.pdf</link><description>State Treasury of Finland enhanced performance reporting through SkyREPORT.</description></item>
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