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Q&A: NYSE Technologies’ Brian Doherty on Data Fabric V6 and MultiVerb
NYSE Technologies recently rolled out version 6 of its Data Fabric messaging platform, including significant new functionality for scale out of networks while maintaining very low latency. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com checked in with Brian Doherty, NYSE Technologies’ global product manager for Data Fabric, to find out the how and the what. Q: For Data Fabric 6, you…
IBM Publishes Redpaper: “WebSphere MQ Low Latency Messaging in Financial Exchanges”
Just off the presses is this technical document – IBM refers to them as redpapers – on “WebSphere MQ Low Latency Messaging in Financial Exchanges.” Among other things, it illustrates how to create a “highly available matching engine component,” using the RCMS (Reliable and Consistent Message Streaming) API. For more information, and to download the…
BreakingPoint Adds Latency Monitoring
BreakingPoint Systems – yep, yet another Austin neighbor of mine – which specialises in performance and resiliency testing technology, has introduced network latency monitoring to its FireStorm CTM test suite. Its new BitStream Test Lab is targeted at layer 2/3 testing, and incorporates: – A clock resolution of 10 nanoseconds.– 10 Gigabits per second traffic…
Solarflare Accelerates Another Exchange
NYSE Euronext is the latest announced exchange customer for Solarflare Communications, which sells go-faster 10gE network interface cards (NICs) and acceleration software. The company announced CBOE as a customer earlier this month. Specifically, NYSE has deployed Solarflare’s SFN5122F 10GbE server adapter with its EnterpriseOnload software to reduce latency and jitter on network I/O in its…
Q&A: George Salemie of RedDot Networks Talks Latency Monitoring and FPGAs
We came across RedDotNetworks at June’s SIFMA show, and were pleasantly surprised they that are based here in Austin, and doing interesting things in the worlds of latency management and FPGA development. So IntelligentTradingTechnology.com caught up with founder George Salemie to find out more about the company, and where it is heading. Q: When did…
SGX Reaches for Lower Latency
So, Singapore Exchange’s Reach matching engine went live today as planned. Based on Genium Inet technology from Nasdaq OMX, it matches in less than 90 microseconds, door to door, whatever that means. The new system is part of a $250 million upgrade by SGX, also including a new data centre and co-lo facilities. Apart from…
Just One To Go For TradElect
With Oslo Børs moving to the LSE’s Millennium Exchange technology sometime soonish, it looks like flicking the off switch for TradElect is moving closer. The exchange has already migrated its main market and its Turquoise MTF to Millennium, so moving Oslo’s market will mean just Borse Italiana remains in the slower-latency world. It does all…
Getting to Grips with Latency for HFT in FX
There has been much discussion recently around the impact of high frequency trading (HFT) on the financial markets. There is no doubt that the concept of HFT, analysing market information such as stock prices to implement proprietary trading activity in a matter of seconds, has many advantages. This includes greater market liquidity, lower transaction costs…
UK FSA Finally Launches its Zen System Ahead of November’s AII Reporting Deadline, Details Ref Data Requirements
After a series of delays over the last three years, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has finally launched its new enhanced transaction reporting and market surveillance system for the collection of Alternative Instrument Identifier (AII) codes, as required under the upcoming 13 November deadline for the reporting of these new codes. This new identification…
FPGA Momentum Accelerates!
Perhaps it’s just me reacting to NIWeek, which just concluded here in Austin, but I seem to be noticing the F word – for FPGA (that’s Field Programmable Gate Array for you x86 guys) – cropping up more and more these days. Could it be that these specialised ‘go faster, run cooler’ chips that have…