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Q&A: SunGard’s Neil Palmer on the Top Ten Trends
Sungard likes to publish top ten trends lists, and the latest focuses on big data in financial services. We chatted to Neil Palmer, partner at SunGard’s consulting services’ advanced technology business, to find out some more behind the predictions. Q: You just published SunGard’s view of theten big data trends for financial services in 2012. …
IBM to Review Nasdaq OMX Technology in Wake of Facebook IPO Problems
Following the debacle that was the Facebook IPO on May 18, and Nasdaq OMX’s announcement that it plans to compensate member firms for who were “disadvantaged by technical problems” during the IPO process, the exchange has also revealed that it “has selected IBM to conduct a thorough review of the current state of processes for…
Q&A: OneMarketData’s Lovas on the Low Latency Arms Race, TCA and Big Data
From time to time, it’s good to take the pulse of the low-latency world to get updated on the status quo, and find out what’s coming next. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com got such insight from Louis Lovas, director of solutions at OneMarketData. Q: Compared to a year ago, where are trading firms focusing in their efforts to align…
Molten Markets Launches FX ECN; Leverages Technology from First Derivatives, Kx Systems
Startup Molten Markets has launched MoltenFX, a new ECN for the foreign exchange markets. The venture is led by Simon Wilson-Taylor, most recently head of FICC eCommerce at UBS, and leverages technology developed by First Derivatives, based on Kx Systems’ kdb+ database. Wilson-Taylor says it is “an ideal time” to launch a new FX ECN,…
Brazilian Markets Still Driving Low-Latency Connectivity
The Brazilian financial markets – with the Sao Paulo-based BM&F BOVESPA securities market in particular – continue to drive activity among connectivity and infrastructure providers looking to support trading firms looking to take advantage of trading opportunities in a hot market. Most recently, GlobeNet – which operates a submarine cable from Nasdaq’s Carteret, NJ data…
Actian’s Vectorwise 2.5 Now GA
Actian has announced general availability of its Vectorwise 2.5 release, with a continued focus on improved performance for big data applications. New features include a predictive buffer manager to further enhance performance on concurrent queries. In-memory updates are now performed at a more granular level for faster and more efficient inserts and updates. Also, improved…
Q&A: RainStor’s John Bantleman on Big Data Scale with Low Cost and Complexity
Big data storage and analytics is not just about MapReduce and Hadoop. A number of specialised database products have grown up that look to solve the problems of data scale, while keeping a focus on costs, and overall complexity and manageability. One such database is RainStor, from the company of the same name. We spoke…
Intel, Ion Provide SSD Boost to kdb+
A just published STAC report sponsored by Intel provides insight into performance benchmarks for Kx Systems’ kdb+ database running against an Ion Computer Systems storage appliance containing solid state disk (SSD) technology from Intel. According to the report, several tests that form part of STAC’s M3 benchmark suite – focused on the performance of historical…
Q&A: Cross River Fiber’s Michael Sevret on Connectivity and the Mahwah Opportunity
With NYSE Euronext’s announcement that it is to open up remote access into its Mahwah, NJ data centre, one can expect the network provider community to respond to the opportunity to provide new low-latency routes. First to announce its plans is Cross River Fiber. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com spoke to Michael Sevret, the company’s executive vice president and…
Revolution Analytics Upgrades R Platform For Big Data
Revolution Analytics has announced general availability its commercial-grade analytics suite, Revolution R Enterprise 6.0. Using the built-in RevoScaleR package, R users can process, visualise and model terabyte-class data rapidly, without the need for specialised hardware. Highlights of Revolution R Enterprise 6.0 include: Platform LSF Cluster Support – Now supports distributed computing on multi-node Platform LSF…