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Connectivity & Networks

Connectivity & Networks

Waters Technology’s extensive coverage of Connectivity & Networks features expert analysis, news, opinion, interviews & special reports on the business issues facing Data Delivery Technologies, Data Display & Analytics, Data Feeds & Handlers, Hosting & Co-location and Latency professionals across the financial market IT, trading technology and data landscape.


Connectivity & Networks News, Commentary & Analysis from Waters Technology

Firms Keep Mining Big Data in Search of Riches

While industry participants remain divided over the true definition of Big Data and its potential uses in capital markets, the race is on within financial...

Inside Market Data | News | Events | 24 May 2013

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Rapid Addition Partners with Azul Systems to Enhance its Java Virtual Machine

Trading technology provider Rapid Addition has announced its partnership with Azul Systems to offer low latency, jitter-free Java trading engines.

Sell-Side Technology | News | Latency | 24 May 2013

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Rabobank's Rembrandt M&A Taps Coveo to Map Fundamentals to M&A Database

Rembrandt M&A, the mergers and acquisitions arm of Dutch banking group Rabobank, has deployed mapping functionality from Canadian technology vendor Coveo to link fundamental data on companies held within its customer relationship management platform with...

Inside Market Data | News | Data Consumers | 24 May 2013

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NAFIS Latency Panel: Stop and Think Before Spending on Speed

Firms whose trading strategies rely on speed must continue to invest in ways to reduce latency, even if tighter budgets make it harder to justify spend on new technologies, while non-latency-sensitive firms must assess whether their business model and...

Inside Market Data | News | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 24 May 2013

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ConvergEx Upgrades MillenniumSM ATS

New York-based agency broker, ConvergEx Group, has upgraded its MillenniumSM Alternative Trading System (ATS), reducing its trading latency by 75 percent.

Sell-Side Technology | News | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 24 May 2013

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Deltix Adds RavenPack News Sentiment Indexes

Trading and strategy development technology provider Deltix has incorporated news sentiment analytics provider RavenPack's Regional Macro Sentiment Indexes into its Deltix Cloud Services platform, to allow firms that want to use news analytics in their...

Inside Market Data | News | Data Display & Analytics | 23 May 2013

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CQG Adds Widgets to ‘Labs' Test Site

Denver, Colo.-based data, analytics and trading technology vendor CQG has added new test widgets to its CQG Labs web-based prototype portal, which allows existing and prospective clients to test and provide feedback on new features in development for...

Inside Market Data | News | Data Display & Analytics | 23 May 2013

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Interactive Data Managed Solutions Taps SAP's Lienhardt for Biz Ops

Interactive Data's Managed Solutions (IDMS) division, which develops bespoke web-based financial information systems, has hired Jörg Lienhardt as vice president of business operations, with responsibility for managing operations and increasing the vendor's...

Inside Market Data | News | People | 23 May 2013

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HFN, EuNetworks Build International Networks with Sales Alliance

Paramus, NJ-based connectivity provider Hudson Fiber Network has agreed a sales partnership with European network provider EuNetworks that will enable each company to sell the other's network connectivity to their respective US and European clients. ...

Inside Market Data | News | alliances, mergers & acquisitions | 23 May 2013

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LSE's MillenniumIT Grabs SunGard's Gill as New CEO

MillenniumIT, the London Stock Exchange-owned trading and data distribution technology platform provider, has hired John Mackay "Mack" Gill as chief executive, replacing Tony Weeresinghe, who spent 17 years as CEO and now becomes non-executive chairman...

Inside Market Data | News | People | 22 May 2013

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