Bangkok--12 Sep--SET At a forum for chief information officers (CIOs), The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) announced its latest IT plan, The Next Generation Platform, which will include the network infrastructure required to handle regional linkages efficiently. SET’s three-year IT development plan will cope with new technology and a variety of international connections, SET President Ms. Patareeya Benjapolchai said. The strategy will help the exchange develop into an integrated and regionally significant market. The platform will support new product development, cross-border trade and other foreign transactions. After in-depth study, SET has designed a new, more flexible platform, better suited to its modern role. The project will initially focus on the improvement of post-trade integration (PTI) and order-matching systems, to be completed by end-2007. Other phases will then follow, SET Information Technology Division Executive Vice President Mr. Chaiyoot Chamnanlertkit explained. The CIO Forum 2007 had as its theme: The Next Generation Platform: Enhancing Marketplace Value, and gave IT executives the chance to share their insights on technological trends in the Thai capital market. Participants were from various SET-linked organizations, including Agricultural Futures Exchange of Thailand, DST International Co., Ltd.; Freewill Solutions Co., Ltd.; ITElement Co., Ltd.; Thailand Securities Depository Co., Ltd.; SETTRADE.Com Co., Ltd., plus online data vendors such as Bisnews AFE (Thailand), InfoQuest, Online Asset and Reuters (Thailand). Other capital market organizations represented were securities companies, Bank of Thailand, Securities and Exchange Commission, SET and its other subsidiaries. For more information, please contact the Corporate Communication Dept.: Ladawan Kantawong Tel: 0-2229-2036 / Kulvida Jintakawong Tel: 0-2229-2037 Nattaporn Boonprapa Tel: 0-2229-2049 / Watsamon Saowakhonsathien Tel: 0-2229-2797