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We all know that regulation drives much of the innovation in electronic trading and the technology that addresses it.  In Europe, the MiFID II initiative looks set to shake up the electronic world for new asset classes, and that's going to feed through to data volumes and latency.  Low-Latency.com asked Sébastien Jaouen, head of trading community services, Orange Business Services - Trading Solutions, for his insight into the near future.

Electronic trading in Latin America continues to be a hot subject, with action moving beyond Brazil to other countries. Low-Latency.com spoke to Fidessa's head of business development for the region, Alice Botis, to get an update, and a handle on low-latency initiatives in the marketplace.

When one thinks of low-latency messaging, it's companies like Tibco, Informatica, Solace that come to mind. But also in the mix is the stealthy 60East Technologies, about to release its latest version. Low-Latency.com got the scoop from co-founder Brand Hunt.

In low-latency electronic trading, and especially in an increasingly regulated world, being able to document transactions and especially exactly when they happen - in a way that is provable when disputes arise - could be crucial.  But who has the correct time?  That would be Certichron, says its director of sales Tim Costello, below in conversation with Low-Latency.com.

IPC Systems recently introduced Connexus, a financial markets extranet, for ready access to its trading ecosystem.  Low-Latency.com spoke to the company's vice president of network services product management Joe Pickel to find out more.

With a new version of its VMA software and new network cards, Mellanox is pushing down latency and jitter for both Ethernet and InfiniBand.  Low-Latency.com spoke with the vendor's director of business development Asaf Wachtel on the state of the art, and what's next..

Any trading technology firm that is co-headquartered in New York City and Austin, Texas, gets my attention, even when it's been flying under the radar for the past few years.  Now, Broadway Technology is taking investment from its clients - including Goldman Sachs - to accelerate its rate of growth.  Low-Latency.com caught up with the company's CTO Joshua Walsky to find out more.

QuantHouse is an established player in the low-latency datafeed handling business, but only very recently launched a hardware accelerated solution. Low-Latency.com asked the vendor's co-founder and COO Pierre Feligioni to explain the move, and provide some more technical detail.

Mat Young Fusion-ioFusion-io is about high performance Flash - aka NAND - storage, though - as Mat Young, EMEA senior director at the company - points out, it would be wrong to view it as a SSD player.  Low-Latency.com asked him to explain ...