Wall Street & Technology, the capital markets source for technology news, trends and analysis, launched its Wall Street & Technology App, available on iTunes, Apple's (News - Alert) App Store.  

The Wall Street & Technology   iPad app provides the relevant and timely financial technology information which is an easy-to-navigate application. Users can access news and commentary from WS&T's staff of editors, including Ivy Schmerken, Larry Tabb, Greg MacSweeney, Melanie Rodier and Dr.Howard Rubin. The portal will efficiently deliver IT-related information to financial industry technology executives, and the app features content across categories including trading, data infrastructure, compliance/risk, exchanges, CIO and InformationWeek.

 The initial launch from InformationWeek Business Technology Network was the InformationWeek iPad App which has just reached a milestone of 10,000 downloads from business technology executives.  There are additional financial services brands planned to be launched next month.

The core benefits of this app are: speed for  instant access to WS&T content with the ability to navigate around quickly and easily; Portability where users can access WS&T content anywhere; Optimized Format- WS&T content is specifically optimized for viewing on a tablet; Interactivity -- the ability to connect content to others via Facebook (News - Alert), Twitter and email.

"The Wall Street & Technology iPad App delivers the latest news and analysis to financial services professionals in an easy to read format that is optimized for the iPad," comments Greg MacSweeney, Editorial Director, InformationWeek Financial Services.

 "With adoption continuing to increase, and iPad usage becoming part of financial professional's daily workflow, this iPad App also allows users to connect Wall Street & Technology content to their social networks and email," MacSweeney adds.

With this app, CIOs, traders, portfolio managers, line of business heads, and IT and business managers gain access to news stories and commentary from Wall Street & Technology's editorial team.

Features of the Wall Street & Technology App are: navigation which is optimized for the tablet with a fixed position navigation bar with easy links to specific topics. It also offers related content which allows users to browse similar topic content efficiently. The app also has a share options that allow users to share articles with a full set of tools.