Infrastructure
FXone Taps Beeks Cloud for NY-Tokyo Connectivity
The FX trading technology vendor is using Beeks' cloud capabilities to enter the Japanese market, where Beeks has had a presence since last year.
Pico Quantitative Trading Buys AlgoSpan to Boost Europe Infrastructure Play
The acquisition will accelerate Pico's expansion plans in Europe, officials say.
Panelists: Infrastructure Innovation an Issue of Culture, Attitude
Infrastructure innovation does not reside solely in the technology realm but should revolve around people and culture.
Citihub, Excel I.T. Ally for Market Data Infrastructure Consulting and Migration Management Service
The service could help firms manage their market data infrastructures
Options Adds to its Velocity Offering
Options commits to building the fastest low-latency network on the market.
West Highland Eyes Expansion to London
West Highland will bring its infrastructure management services to potential clients in the UK.
CSC Buys Fixnetix for Front-Office Data, Trading Infrastructure Play
The deal gives CSC a presence in "as-a-service" provision of data, trading and connectivity.
Citadel Nabs Baillargeon as Pico Taps Cassell for Infrastructure Expansion
Cassell will leverage his new CIO role to oversee infrastructure strategy and consulting at Pico.
Icap Bolsters QA Ops to Handle Data Growth
Broker ramps up technology and staff to address 'explosion of data.'
TR Adds Infrastructure Index Families to Eikon
Aimed at asset managers, new products will cover about 300 companies.
Cost Optics Seeks $3M Funding for Product Expansion, International Growth
Funding will allow cost management IT vendor to expand to new business areas and geographies.
AFPIC 2014: Firms Must Be Ready for Infrastructure Demands to Surpass Legacy Capabilities, Panel Warns
Rising infrastructure needs will drive development of new technologies to support modernization.
IDC Names Goldman Sachs' Black Infrastructure CIO
Interactive Data has appointed former Goldman Sachs executive James Black as chief information officer for infrastructure, a newly created role reporting to company CIO Alex Goor.
Infrastructure special report
June 2014 Sponsored by Intel
NAFIS 2014: Cloud's Security Concerns Continue to Outweigh Cost Savings
Firms can deliver significant cost savings by moving their data infrastructures into the cloud, but concerns over security--as well as mistrust of services providers for whom capital markets are not their primary focus--are holding back migration,…
US Exchanges, SEC Mull Anti-Data Glitch Proposals
In the past month, stock and option exchanges have agreed and submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission recommendations to strengthen the performance of the US capital markets infrastructure, following several well-publicized data failures…
IMD Chicago: Firms Outsource Infrastructure to Address Data Storage, Regulation
End-user firms are increasingly turning to outsourcing to deal with the storage challenges associated with big datasets caused by rising data volumes and the ongoing raft of new regulatory initiatives requiring more intensive data collection, according…
TMX Atrium Completes 10G North America Infrastructure Upgrade
The network provider now offers 10Gbps connectivity across all of North America, as part of an ongoing network upgrade.
The ‘Culture Shock’ of Modernizing Data Infrastructures
Delivering the business capabilities that financial firms aspire to over the coming years will require an overhaul of market data infrastructures from a technology perspective to ensure free and open access to data for everyone that needs it, as well as…
