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Intelligence in Finance - Summer 2008 (PDF, 510 KB)

In this issue

Introduction – A Year in the Life of Trading Technology
One year since the inaugural issue of Intelligence in Finance, Nigel Woodward, Global Director, Financial Services for Intel takes a look at developments over the last 12 months, taking us from new releases of IA (Intel Architecture) of quad core, through 45 Nm and the arrival of standardised benchmarks for comparative testing.

STAC - Independent Lab Tests for Investment Banking Technology
2007 has seen STAC provide valuable independent testing services, and the new development of industry corroborated standard tests.

Building the Solution: Legacy to Contemporary
This article focuses on CJC-ITs skills in evolving firms from old market data platforms to take advantage of new and latest technologies.

Acceleration - Applying Niche Innovation
Where no stone is left unturned… Lee Staines, CEO of Celoxica, discusses collaboration with Intel in the market data area, combining niche acceleration techniques with mainstream processor platforms for optimised solutions.

HP Hardware Collaboration at High Speed
An early supporter of Intel’s initiative to establish the fasterLAB was HP – providing hardware and partner products to build out the environment.

Kx - Software Which Uses Every Available Core
Simon Garland, Kx Chief Strategist, discusses the challenges and benefits of moving to multi core technologies – and the speed up that can be achieved in key analytical areas.

Measuring Latency is the First Step to Reducing It
If you can’t measure it, you can’t address it… Endace discusses its application to legacy testing, and how they provide the basis for fasterLAB.

Working Close to the Silicon
Renowned experts in market data, Pantor engineering discuss the results they have achieved through close collaboration with Intel’s engineering skills.

European Union Regulation - Global Indicators
In this regular column, “PJ” Di Giammarino, CEO of JWG-IT Group Ltd discusses how Europe’s MiFID regulation is becoming seen as a model for principles based regulation and change. Reporting on the April FORUM in London, PJ talks of the regulators’ readiness to enforce and how the Technology Special Interest Group has organised to create solutions.

NYSE Eurnonext - What Next
Ken Barnes of Wombat discusses engineering work with Intel and the new developments in the group with the birth of ATS – Advanced Trading Solutions.

fasterCITY events series London
Nigel Woodward concludes the summer Intelligence in Finance with a look at the seminar series that he has developed in London – focusing topical issues, bringing industry expertise to the podium and generating networking between colleagues and friends. With over 1,200 delegates hosted in 12 months – this series is now firmly in the markets’ calendar.

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