Reuters Enters Strategic Agreement with Lehman Brothers

Reuters announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Lehman Brothers, a leading global investment bank, to utilise Reuters technology and content worldwide for its e-commerce applications, messaging middleware, trading system infrastructure, and trading desktop solutions. The three-year multi-million deal includes the installation of 1,500 positions of Reuters 3000 Xtra, Reuters flagship information product, in Lehman offices around the world. In addition to the 3000 Xtra desktop application, Lehman will use Reuters TIB/ActiveEnterprise architecture in all its trading rooms. As part of the agreement, Lehman will make extensive use of Reuters consulting services to integrate a wide range of its business information applications, including trading, risk management, settlement and proprietary real-time systems.