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High-Speed Trading: It’s All About the Nanoseconds
June 6th, 2012 : Rich MillerThe world of high-speed financial trading has entered a phase in which latency is measured in nanoseconds. That's the claim from Zeptonics, a new technology firm that says its new switching device can deliver latency of around 130 nanoseconds, the fastest in the world. Read More
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Network News: Brocade, Trans-Arctic Cables, MRV
March 26th, 2012 : John RathBrocade (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
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Visa’s Data Center Has A Moat
March 26th, 2012 : Rich MillerUSA 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
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Closer Look: The NYSE Basildon Data Centre
March 12th, 2012 : Rich MillerIn 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
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NASDAQ Powers Up Its Colo Offerings
February 7th, 2012 : Rich MillerHigh-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
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NYSE Recovers From Fire at NJ Data Center
October 10th, 2011 : Rich MillerThe 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
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Report: NASDAQ Queried on Financial Colo Access
July 13th, 2011 : Rich MillerSwedish 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
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Inside the NYSE’s New Jersey Data Center
June 30th, 2011 : Rich MillerHere'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
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NYSE’s Data Fortress Powering the Financial Cloud
June 30th, 2011 : Rich MillerThe 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
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Building A Cloud-Savvy Model for TCO and ROI
How Storage is Shaping The Cloud Data Center
Bringing Colo to the Customer: Modular Gets Local
Microsoft’s $1 Billion Data Center
