Application virtualization is set to play a key role in the next wave of exchange systems. This might seem obvious given the impact virtualization is having elsewhere, but there are some subtleties to do with the way electronic trading is implemented that make this non-trivial. The relentless rise in program trading, driven by the hedge fund industry in particular, has further increased the demand for automated electronic trading.

Against this backdrop, creating an energy efficient, service-oriented infrastructure that leverages virtualization, provisioning and orchestration in order to virtualize electronic trading and deliver a consistent low latency, high throughput, non-stop quality of service has become paramount. Particularly as many of the exchanges are seeking to reinvent themselves as service providers, hosting third-party regional exchanges as well as their own core exchange services.

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