Wei-Shen Wong, Asia Editor, and Anthony Malakian, Editor-in-Chief of WatersTechnology, record a weekly podcast touching on the biggest stories in financial technology.

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This week Nikolai Larbalestier, head of cloud strategy at Nasdaq, joins Tony on the podcast. They discuss cloud adoption, Nasdaq’s cloud data service, and the impact coronavirus has had on attitudes towards the cloud. 

3:00 – Tony talks about his new weekly free-to-read roundup article published on Sundays. 

6:00 – Nikolai joins Tony on the podcast. They talk Nasdaq’s multi-cloud strategy and running workloads in the cloud vs. on-premise. 

13:30 – Nasdaq’s cloud data service is taking its core, real-time data to the cloud. Nikolai explains the latency profile of streaming data in the cloud.   

23:00 – Not all exchange technology is ready to go to the cloud. Nikolai talks about the technologies that will likely migrate in the next few years. 

26:30 – How far can Nasdaq go with the cloud, and how can it prepare for the future state? 

33:30 – Nikolai talks about the expansion of datasets through Cloud Data Service and new offerings that Nasdaq is working on to provide customers with easier access.  

37:00 – The cloud has played an important role in helping Nasdaq deal with the volume spikes in February and March this year. 

Contact Info: 

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Wei-Shen Wong: + 852 3411 4758;  wei-shen.wong@infopro-digital.com

Anthony Malakian: + 1 646 490 3973; anthony.malakian@infopro-digital.com

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