Articles by Max Bowie
Apama Unveils Single-Bank Adapters
Progress Apama is rolling out a series of data adapters for connectivity to single-dealer electronic foreign exchange trading platforms, to allow clients to create consolidated order books of FX prices from different venues, for use in display…
BT Boosts Ultra, Expands Datacenters
Network and hosting provider BT is rolling out updated technology that will reduce the latency taken to upload data from marketplaces onto its low-latency Radianz Ultra Access network and to trading firms connected to the network.
RNA Preps Analysis Memory Cloud
Virtual network provider RNA Networks is preparing to release version 2.5 of its RNA MVX virtual memory cloud, which will increase the performance of data-intensive applications by using memory from other servers in the same datacenter.
Opening Cross: The Technology Trickle-Down-and Up-Effect
Although Inside Market Data does not directly cover the retail financial markets, it can sometimes prove interesting to examine how developments in one market drive trading trends in the other, and how technologies or content created with a specific user…
Thomson Reuters Preps Elektron Stream
Thomson Reuters' new Elektron global data network, which the vendor plans to roll out by July, will be key to sourcing data from markets and broker contributors and distributing it to applications, third parties and consumers in future.
MDSL Grows 'Expert' Services
Market data usage monitoring and contract reconciliation software vendor MDSL has expanded the range of services provided by its MDX (Market Data Expert) outsourced management service, where MDSL's in-house consultants use the vendor's market data…
Connors Group Powers Up 'The Machine'
Financial information and commentary portal provider Connors Group has rolled out its Web-based analytics platform, The Machine, including a new tool aimed at investment advisers for building quantified portfolios.
Opening Cross: Living on the ‘Edge'
The greater the noise, the harder it is to make yourself heard: According to the latest figures from the Financial Information Forum, equity exchange feeds continue to set record volumes. So at a time when firms are swamped with volumes of market data…
Russell Vet Forms Index-ETF Startup
Two index industry veterans are setting up a new index venture that will create new types of indexes and exchange-traded funds, Inside Market Data has learned.
Telekurs Buys CSV for Evaluated Pricing Growth
As Inside Market Data went to press, SIX Telekurs acquired the assets of CSV (Complex Security Valuations), a Ridgefield, Conn.-based specialist provider of evaluated prices for illiquid securities and complex derivative instruments, for an undisclosed…
Opening Cross: The Case for the Defense
One of the beneficial results of the credit crunch and financial crisis is that the financial industry has begun focusing on-and being more critical of-the quality of data it receives, especially in those instances where the price or value of an…
Thomson Reuters Readies ‘Re-Platformed' Services
Thomson Reuters is changing its service model to support new products and services being rolled out over the coming weeks and months, and to respond to evolving client needs resulting from changes in the financial markets since the credit crunch and…
29West Preps Gateway Upgrade
New York-Messaging technology provider 29West, which was recently acquired by California-based integration software vendor Informatica, is planning to release a new version of its Gateway message routing product to early adopters this quarter, which will…
29West Preps Gateway Messaging Upgrade
Messaging technology provider 29West, which was recently acquired by Calif.-based integration software vendor Informatica, is planning to release a new version of its Gateway message routing product to early adopters this quarter, which will include a…
Opening Cross: Is the Pad Just a Fad, or Should BlackBerry Beware?
No sooner does Apple invent something new to distract us from the daily grind of work than someone else invents a way to force our work back in front of us, using that very distraction to do it.
Deutsche Börse Bows Hybrid Algo News Feed
Deutsche Börse has migrated clients of its machine-readable news feeds-including the CEF Alpha+ Macro feed developed last year with subsidiary Market News International, and the Lightning Bolt feed from Need To Know News, which the exchange bought last…
VSS Bows Capacity Monitoring Taps
Burlingame, CA-based network monitoring provider VSS Monitoring is rolling out a new service dubbed Capacity Assurance, which monitors network bandwidth utilization at sub-millisecond levels, and enables firms to ensure they have sufficient capacity to…
Exchanges' Dark Volume Tools in Works
NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq are building mechanisms for distributing daily trading volume data from alternative trading system dark pools operated by trading firms, following last month's Securities and Exchange Commission approval of their proposals to…
Opening Cross: Pumping Up the Volume Isn't Anti-Social
Do social media applications have a place in the world of market data? Those re-engineering their applications to resemble Web technologies that today's generation of professionals just entering the market will be familiar with might say yes. But can you…
Xtrakter Preps Volume Data Expansion
European fixed-income trade matching and data utility Xtrakter is preparing to expand the rollout of its XVol service, which provides monthly trading volumes for European fixed-income securities, to enable users to assess liquidity levels for specific…
FactSet Integrates Dow Jones IB Content
FactSet Research Systems is gearing up to unveil a new version of its market data display platform that integrates Dow Jones' Investment Banker news and content, to give mutual clients more in-depth data and allow them to access the Investment Banker…
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Barchart Preps WebStation Revamp
Chicago-based data provider Barchart will this summer release a new version of its WebStation data workstation, which has been rewritten to bring it up-to-date with the latest Java technologies and enable it to process more data at faster speeds.