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GAIN Data Management as ASP Service

AIM Software’s ASP service offers the functionality of the flagship reference data management software GAIN without the need to install software or hardware on site. AIM Software maintains the GAIN software on its own server infrastructure and provides the customer with the requested data in the desired target format.

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  • Outsourced solution for reference data management (Limited to 1,000 instruments per customer)
  • Reduced software and hardware costs
  • Some standard formats (CV, fixed length, XML, XLS), specific target formats on demand
  • Interfaces for some major target applications out-of-the-box
  • More than 15 leading financial institutions in Europe are already relying on GAIN in ASP mode


The client keeps his existing contracts with the data feed providers while AIM assumes responsibility for processing and the delivery of the data as well as for hardware and software maintenance. Hence little or no upfront capital investment are required, instead of buying the software a monthly fee is charged. Since the GAIN ASP service is limited to 1,000 instruments per customer, one instance of hardware and software can be shared between several customers, thereby substantially reducing costs.

GAIN ASP workflow:
  • Customer sends request file to AIM FTP server.
  • GAIN sends request file to data feed server.
  • At the scheduled delivery time the ASP server downloads the data from the data feed’s FTP account and imports it into the GAIN ASP database.
  • Based on the customer’s request file, GAIN generates the output in the desired output format and delivers a file to the customer’s FTP account on the AIM server.
  • The customer downloads the output file and triggers the import into his target application

GAIN ASP Workflow

AIM’s ASP service offers the reformatting of the raw data into some standard output formats provided by AIM. If the client has a specific request for a target data format, AIM Software can also provide an individual offer.

"The future evolution of the GAIN ASP service might lead to additional services including fully outsourced data management processing services. The intention of AIM Software is to further extend its services based on the feedback from the market," concludes Buchberger, head of Marketing & Sales at AIM.