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Network News: Brocade, Trans-Arctic Cables, MRV
March 26th, 2012 : John Rath
Brocade (BRCD)selected by Special Effects company, up to $1.5 billion of investment set for trans-Atlantic cables to reduce latency for trading apps, MRV Communications (MRVC) announces Ethernet 2.0 platform. Read More
Visa’s Data Center Has A Moat
March 26th, 2012 : Rich Miller
USA Today reports that Visa's East Coast Operations Center is protected by a drainage pond "that functions as a modern-day moat." The story doesn't indicate whether the moat is filled with sharks with laser beams on their head. Read More
Closer Look: The NYSE Basildon Data Centre
March 12th, 2012 : Rich Miller
In this video, NYSE Technologies (NYX) provides an overview of the operations at its liquidity center in Basildon, England, where it provides colocation space for for low-latency trading. Read More
NASDAQ Powers Up Its Colo Offerings
February 7th, 2012 : Rich Miller
High-speed trading customers are packing more equipment into their cabinets, and thhe operator of the NASDAQ stock exchange is responding with a new high-density enclosure for companies that colocate their servers in the NASDAQ data center. Read More
NYSE Recovers From Fire at NJ Data Center
October 10th, 2011 : Rich Miller
The New York Stock Exchange says its computer system have recovered from a small fire at its data center in Mahwah, New Jersey, which briefly interrupted connectivity for some customers. Read More
Report: NASDAQ Queried on Financial Colo Access
July 13th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Swedish regulators are investigating whether NASDAQ OMX sought to exclude competing exchanges from access to a key Verizon Business data center near Stockholm, the Financial Times reports. The investigation highlights the growing regulatory focus on data centers, which house electronic trading hubs. Read More
Inside the NYSE’s New Jersey Data Center
June 30th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Here's a rare look inside one of the financial industry's most powerful data centers. Our photo feature on NYSE Euronext's NJ Data Center provides a look inside the facility and some of its operations. Read More
NYSE’s Data Fortress Powering the Financial Cloud
June 30th, 2011 : Rich Miller
The new NYSE Euronext data center in New Jersey is engineered for extraordinary security and reliability to serve as the nerve center for the NYSE's electronic trading operations. Starting tomorrow it will add a new role: powering the financial industry's first cloud computing platform. Read More
Guide to Risk Mitigation for Financial Services
April 4th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau
An unplanned interruption can have a significant impact on operations, revenue and reputa¬tion. And it doesn’t have to be a fire, flood or hurricane to be a disaster. In fact, what’s more likely are events that are less dramatic but still have the potential to seriously disrupt your business. An accidentally cut cable. A security breach. A crashed server. Any of these might shut down your data center Read More