Trading Tech
RNA Debuts Virtual Data Cache
Portland, Ore.-based memory virtualization provider RNA Networks will this week launch a new virtual memory cache to support large datasets for creating algorithmic trading models and data analysis.
Solace Touts 'Unified' Platform
Hardware messaging provider Solace Systems will this week upgrade its Content Router with new capabilities and features, which the vendor is branding as a Unified Messaging Platform.
It Never Rains, But It Pours
If it is the middle of June, it must be time for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's (Sifma's) Technology Management Conference at the Hilton in Midtown Manhattan. In the past, the conference always marked the unofficial start of…
What Happens at SIFMA Stays at SIFMA
It's that time of year again. High-stakes rollers circle a large hall devoid of daylight. Some of them know their game, some are there to observe, others play their cards close to their chests. The players use strategies from free drinks to scantily clad…
Burgundy, Quote MTF Enlist Interxion for Co-Los
European multilateral trading facilities Burgundy and Quote MTF are both using Dutch hosting service provider Interxion to provide co-location services, to satisfy client demand for low-latency access to their primary matching engines and data…
Capital IQ Unveils Real-Time Research Alerts, Market Views
Standard & Poor's Capital IQ division is adding real-time email alerting capabilities to its desktop display to alert users when new aftermarket research becomes available on the platform, and is also launching a Market Views page to enable users to more…
Floored: The Definitive Data Guide to the SIFMA Technology Management Conference
The current economy is making it harder for firms to get sign-off on technology projects. Thus, it's more important than ever for firms to know what they want. To help readers navigate this year's Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's…
When Tech and Crunch Collide
Today's financial markets depend more than ever on technology, which has moved from being an enabling factor to a major competitive differentiator and key driver of change. However, the economic crisis has thrown many firms' spending plans into turmoil,…
BondDesk T&T Preps Bond Data Add-in
BondDesk's TIPS and TechHackers subsidiary is preparing to launch an Excel add-in that will enable users to populate spreadsheets with live data on treasury bonds from dealers contributing prices to BondDesk's trading platform.
EuroCCP Targets Clearinghouse Interoperability by '10
LONDON-Officials at the European Central Counterparty (EuroCCP)-the European subsidiary of the U.S. Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. (DTCC)-expect that by the first quarter of next year European central counterparties (CCPs) should be connected to…
3Tera Sets AppStore Beta Date
ALISO VIEJO, CALIF.-Cloud computing technology provider 3Tera plans to roll out next quarter a beta version of its AppStore grid operating system that is designed to support and scale Web applications, officials tell DWT .
The Art of Liquidity Management
As liquidity in the markets continues to fragment and individual trading venues introduce innovative offerings, broker-dealers can no longer expect to manage their order books in the same way they have in the past. Firms need to find and manage liquidity…
Sifma Technology Management Show Guide
It may be easy to predict that the financial crisis and its toll on the industry will be on everyone's lips at this year's Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma) Technology Management Conference and Exhibit. When most would be…
Divining the Right Liquidity Platform
As liquidity in global markets continues to fragment, sell-side firms of all sizes realize that deploying a liquidity management strategy and its supporting infrastructure isn't just about reaping the extra profits, but also meeting new regulatory…
TNS Prepares Turkish Point of Presence
LONDON-Telecommunications network and services provider Transaction Network Services (TNS) plans to enter the Turkish market by opening its first point of presence (PoP) in Istanbul later this year, officials tell DWT .
FTEN's VelocityXpress Gains Options Support
NEW YORK-High-velocity trading clients of direct market access (DMA) technology provider FTEN can now hedge their equities trades with off-setting options trades, as the vendor recently added support for options trading to its VelocityXpress (VX)…
Tradewire Adopts SunGard Liquidity Services
MIAMI-Institutional and private trading broker-dealer Tradewire Securities, which focuses on U.S. and Latin American markets, has selected the correspondent clearing and liquidity services tools from financial technology software and services provider…
Fixnetix Grows U.S. Presence
NEW YORK-As part of its global expansion plans, trading connectivity and market data distribution vendor Fixnetix has expanded operations into datacenter provider Equinix's International Business Exchange (IBX) datacenters in the U.S., vendor officials…
NYSE Euronext Culls Latency with SeaNet
NEW YORK-Exchange operator NYSE Euronext has expanded its latency-busting toolkit with the recent addition of technology from New York-based SeaNet Technologies for monitoring message latency, exchange officials say.
Analyze This
I write this looking out on a misty and unseasonably mild night in Astoria, with clouds shrouding tall buildings and rain pounding my window, at a time of year when the city should be sweating in the middle of an unbearable New York summer. It goes to…
Aleri, Correlix Partner for Latency-as-Data Input
Complex event processing software vendor Aleri and latency monitoring provider Correlix have integrated their systems to enable clients using CEP-based trading strategies to incorporate results from Correlix's Latency Intelligence tools as an input to…
Aqumin Upgrades Heatmap Displays
Houston, Texas-based data visualization software vendor Aqumin will release a new version of its AlphaVision heatmap software at this year's SIFMA conference, featuring a revamped interface and new functions designed to help traders spot trends in market…