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Making a More Accurate Clock in the Cloud
Time synchronization attempts in the cloud have produced comical effects. FSMLabs thinks it has the answer.
Emerging Technologies and Avoiding Analysis Paralysis
In part four of this five-part series on emerging technologies in the capital markets, based on a recent virtual roundtable, we look at the challenges facing CIOs when it comes to evaluating emerging technologies, and typically how they go about making…
Assessing the Implementation Challenges Associated with Emerging Technologies
In parts one and two of this five-part feature, we looked at the the technologies that typically fall under the "emerging technologies" moniker, and the operational benefits of deploying such technologies. In this section, we look at the complexities and…
Measuring the Operational Benefits of Embracing Emerging Technologies
In part two of this five-part feature on emerging technologies, participants discuss the business and operational opportunities around embracing emerging technologies, specifically the reduced cost and speed to market offered by on-demand consumption of…
Emerging Technologies special report
March 2014 - sponsored by: Advent: CenturyLink Technology Solutions; Cloudera; Green Key Technologies; Maxeler Technologies
Emerging Technologies and the Advantages they Offer Early Adopters
In a recent virtual roundtable on the benefits and challenges around the adoption of emerging technologies, respondents discussed how capital markets firms might evaluate such technologies with the view to creating a competitive advantage. In part one of…
Maple Leaves HFT Co-Lo for SpryWare Cloud
A proprietary trading group at Maple Securities USA, the US subsidiary of Canada’s Maple Financial Group, is finalizing a migration from direct exchange feeds and an in-house co-location operation to a managed market data infrastructure run by Chicago…
Imagineer Partners with Abacus
Abacus Group, which provides hosted IT solutions to hedge funds and private equity firms, will host Imagineer Technology Group's Clienteer software platform in the AbacusFLEX private cloud.
Indata Launches iPM Epic with Eye Toward Big Data Challenges
Portfolio management systems provider Indata is looking to tackle the challenge of big data with the launch of iPM Epic.
Altibase Taps Red Hat for Cloud Database
Fort Lee, NJ-based in-memory database provider Altibase has switched the operating system for its Amazon Web Services deployment of its Altibase HDB Cloud database platform from running on SUSE Linux to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which officials say will…
FSMLabs Bows Cloud Time-Sync App
Precision time synchronization solution provider FSMLabs has released TimeKeeper Cloud, a version of its TimeKeeper appliance running on Amazon Web Services that ensures consistent timing between distributed trading applications for effective trading and…
Kensho Unveils Warren, a Natural-Language Query ‘Virtual Research Assistant'
Cloud-based analytics provider Kensho has enlisted asset managers and research teams to test Warren, a "virtual market research assistant" developed for the financial markets that understands and responds to queries asked using natural language.
IPC: Firms Eye Managed Data Services in ’14
Firms will continue to increase investment in new managed services offerings for market data in 2014 to increase competitive advantage, trading efficiency and productivity, according to a survey from network and trading turret provider IPC.
Big Data Opportunities, Perils Discussed at Waters USA
The paradigm shift of big data has led to new opportunities for trading firms to create more efficient and cutting-edge trading strategies. But firms should take care when investing in high-end analytics platforms, according to panelists at this year's…
SpryWare Adds Data to Cloud Ticker Plant
Chicago-based low-latency feed handler and ticker plant provider SpryWare has expanded its Proximity Cloud hosted ticker plant to include full order book data, including 45 days of historical full order book data and a calculated top-of-book price, with…
OneMarketData Survey: Growing Interest for Data Services in the Cloud
There is growing interest across the financial industry in leveraging cloud computing technology for data-intensive processes such as back-testing, quantitative research and transaction cost analysis, though adoption of cloud technology to support…
Xignite Taps Nasdaq FinQloud to ‘Accelerate’ Data Cloud Adoption
San Mateo, Calif.-based on-demand data provider Xignite has migrated its entire web services data infrastructure to Nasdaq OMX’s FinQloud hybrid financial services-dedicated cloud computing environment, to accelerate cloud acceptance and adoption among…
Options, Redline Ally For Managed Ticker Plant Service
Hosted infrastructure and private cloud provider Options (formerly Options IT), has expanded its partnership with low-latency market data provider Redline Trading Solutions to provide customers with a fully managed ticker plant for options and equities…
Deutsche Börse Opens Data-Trading Simulation Cloud
Deutsche Börse's Market Data and Services division has unveiled a cloud-based market simulation environment for trading firms to develop and test applications designed to work with its Eurex derivatives market's T7 trading architecture-which is designed…
Evanston Capital Management Jumps Into Gravitas Cloud
Evanston Capital Management (ECM), an Illinois-based fund of funds, has migrated its core servers and applications to the Gravitas Private Cloud, a project completed in less than six months.
Barchart Brews Market Data Cloud
Chicago-based data and analytics vendor Barchart has launched Barchart OnDemand, a cloud-based data service developed using Amazon Web Services, to provide access to the vendor's collection of exchange price data, newswires, reference and fundamental…
Deutsche Börse Bows Historical Data Cloud
German exchange Deutsche Börse will this week launch a cloud-based historical data service, Data on Demand, to provide analysts, application developers and vendors with on-demand access to historical data from its Xetra and Eurex securities and…
SAP Makes a Push in Financial Services
SAP operates across 25 industries. Four years ago, according to a representative of the German software giant, financial services was the 16th most significant of those, squeezing just in between chemical and footwear and apparel.
IMD Chicago: Firms Outsource Infrastructure to Address Data Storage, Regulation
End-user firms are increasingly turning to outsourcing to deal with the storage challenges associated with big datasets caused by rising data volumes and the ongoing raft of new regulatory initiatives requiring more intensive data collection, according…