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BittWare was in the news recently with its FPGA network boards being adopted by Fixnetix for its trading and pre-trade risk offering. As well as providing hardware, BittWare's also has tools to speed up FPGA development, helping to overcome a much-cited drawback of adopting them. Low-Latency.com talked to the company's vice president of technology Ron Huizen to find out more.
March 28, 2012
March 21, 2012
The electronic trading marketplace has been an early adopter of FPGA technology, most often to accelerate I/O and basic feed handling. Now, firms are looking to use FPGAs for more complex business logic. Low-Lateancy.com spoke to Mohammad Darwish, president and CEO of AdvancedIO Systems, about this trend.
March 15, 2012
Celoxica recently extended its hardware accelerated data feed and execution platform to include foreign exchange and fixed income markets. Low-Latency.com caught up with president Lee Staines to find out what's driving the development.
Managed service delivery in the low-latency world is an increasing focus as trading firms begin to measure ROI for their IT investments. Low-Latency.com spoke to Scott Caudell, vice president, IT Infrastructure, at Interactive Data, about its 7ticks business, and where it fits in.
February 29, 2012
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Building systems for low-latency market data integration with trading systems requires a rare combination of technology skills and financial markets understanding. Low-Latency.com talked to Art Novikov, founder of Trading Physics, which leverages that combination for its customers - whether they be vendors or market participants.
February 15, 2012
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.
February 1, 2012
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.
January 18, 2012
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.
January 11, 2012
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.
December 15, 2011
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.
December 4, 2011
Fusion-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 ...
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October 26, 2011
Remember Blade Network Technologies? Well, a year ago it was snapped up by IBM, and given the charter to network IBM's enterprise server and storage products, to provide a unified system. Trading firms - and exchanges - were big customers of BNT, so Low-Latency.com chatted to the company's founder Vikram Mehta, now vice president, System Networking, at IBM to find out how IBM is continuing to focus on that business, and about new collaborations within IBM.
Barely a day goes by when there isn't an announcement from one of several wide area connectivity players, which underpin the world of low-latency trading. Sidera Networks is one of those at the centre of the action, and Low-Latency.com caught up with Maura Mahoney, vice president for marketing and business development at the company, to find out what its offering is, how partnerships are playing a key role in its expansion, and where the next growth will be.
September 28, 2011
In ultra low-latency trading systems, the application to network interface is one cause of significant latency and jitter. Companies like Solarflare have advanced network adaptors designed to overcome those issues. Low-Latency.com got the scoop from Solarflare's vice president of solutions Bruce Tolley.
September 25, 2011
It's not often one hears about vendor wins at publicity-shy Goldman Sachs, so it was intriguing to learn how they're making use of hardware acceleration. Low-Latency.com caught up with Mark Skalabrin, CEO of Redline Trading Solutions, to find out more about the deployment, and why Cell processors rather then FPGAs are in vogue at Redline.
September 13, 2011
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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 Low-Latency.com caught up with founder George Salemie to find out more about the company, and where it is heading.
Earlier this year, Cisco Systems announced new switches focused firmly on the low-latency trading space, and along with them, it announced its Trading Fabric architecture, setting out how these switches, along with other components, can be deployed to solve real-life application challenges.