Enabling Market Data Distribution in Hardware
[ Source: Solace Systems ]
August 2008-
With the rising volume of market data, it is becoming more critical for financial service firms to maintain low-latency. Today's software-based solutions support only limited traffic, which means that firms are continuously deploying new servers that come with large costs including: capital outlay and software licensing and deployment, maintenance and datacenter resources. Financial services firms that take this approach discover that there are many challenges when deploying multiple servers as there is an inherent unpredictability ....
High Performance Excel-Based Applications in Financial Services
[ Source: GigaSpaces Technologies ]
August 2007-
This paper describes a comprehensive solution based on Microsoft and GigaSpaces
technologies that addresses scalability and performance challenges with Excel-based applications in
securities and capital markets industry. The solution combines the latest Microsoft technologies,
including Office Excel, Excel Services in Office SharePoint Server 2007, User Defined Functions, and
Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 with GigaSpaces eXtreme Application Platform to deliver
unparalleled usability, performance, and scalability.