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Infrastructure Technologies

Infrastructure Technologies

Waters Technology’s extensive coverage of Infrastructure Technologies features expert analysis, news, opinion, interviews & special reports on the business issues facing Hardware & Grid and Complex Events Processing professionals across the financial market IT, trading technology and data landscape.


Infrastructure Technologies News, Commentary & Analysis from Waters Technology

The Road To European Harmonization

Negotiations and preparations are taking place throughout 2012 as regulators and other stakeholders work to establish Target2-Securities, a major project...

Inside Reference Data | Feature | Infrastructure Technologies | 07 Feb 2012

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Commerzbank, Capco Launch Complexity Measurement Initiative

Cost and quality are major considerations for CIOs who make decisions about major technology implementations. But the overall complexity of an organization’s IT infrastructure is often impossible to quantify. Commerzbank and Capco believe they have...

Buy-Side Technology | Analysis | Infrastructure Technologies | 01 Feb 2012

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February 2012: Is Hardware Sexy Again?

The emphasis is generally on the software side of the business, but Victor argues that hardware is just as sexy.

Waters | Opinion | Hardware & Grid | 27 Jan 2012

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Hard Coding: The Benefits and Drawbacks of FPGAs

Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are being touted in certain circles as the next wave of technology in the financial services industry, gaining adherents for their ability to perform complex tasks at previously inconceivable speeds. However, with...

Waters | Feature | Hardware & Grid | 27 Jan 2012

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The Case for Automation

IT teams are faced with supporting systems that facilitate high-speed trading where huge amounts of money hang in the balance. Overlooking even the smallest hiccup can bring the whole infrastructure to its knees. How can these increasingly complex networks...

Waters | Opinion | Infrastructure Technologies | 27 Jan 2012

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Cloud Computing's Critical Mass

Cloud computing is having a profound impact on society. Although relatively slow to adopt this technology—mainly due to security fears—more investment management firms are turning to the cloud to achieve scale, cut costs and improve client communication....

Waters | Opinion | Infrastructure Technologies | 27 Jan 2012

Gualtieri Makes Progress

Progress Software has hired Mike Gualtieri as vice president of marketing for its Responsive Process Management practice, which includes the Apama complex event processing business. Gualtieri was previously principal analyst at Forrester Research, where...

Inside Market Data | News | People | 16 Jan 2012

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Swift And Colt/SIA Awarded T2S Licenses

Swift and Colt/SIA must complete proof of concept for their connectivity offerings for Target2-Securities - the planned single European platform for the settlement of securities

Inside Reference Data | News | Infrastructure Technologies | 10 Jan 2012

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Ji Returns to StreamBase

Tong Ji recently rejoined complex event processing technology vendor StreamBase Systems in London as a senior consultant, responsible for supporting client development of low-latency, event-driven applications. Ji was most recently a quantitative strategist...

Inside Market Data | News | People | 09 Jan 2012

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Eze Castle Integration to Expand Into Hong Kong This Year

After moving into Singapore, ECI now has its sights set on Hong Kong.

Buy-Side Technology | News | Infrastructure Technologies | 05 Jan 2012

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