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Company update/Network/systems management

Cybersecurity startup partners with PwC

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Switzerland and High-Tech Bridge have announced a joint business relationship to bring a new and innovative set of web application security services to their clients.

20 July 2015

Company update/Network/systems management

Telstra launches low latency route between ASX and SGX

Telstra has strengthened its offering for the financial services sector with the launch today of the lowest latency international connectivity between the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX).

07 May 2015

Company update/Network/systems management

BATS successfully migrates to Equinix NY5 data centre

BATS Global Markets (BATS), a leading operator of exchanges and services for financial markets globally, reported the successful and complete migration of all of its U.S. markets to the Equinix NY5 data center in Secaucus, N.J., completing an 18-month process related to the acquisition of Direct Edge.

06 May 2015

Company update/Network/systems management

KVH now offering dedicated ethernet connections to AWS in Singapore

KVH Co. Ltd., Asia’s leading Information Delivery Platform headquartered in Tokyo, Japan announced the support of AWS Direct Connect Service in Singapore.

28 April 2015

News/Network/systems management

Goldman Sachs buys $20.5m stake in HFT tech firm Perseus

Goldman Sachs has bought a $20.5 million minority stake in Perseus, a firm that provides super-fast connectivity for high-frequency trading firms.

21 April 2015

Company update/Network/systems management

DGCX selects BSO ethernet network

BSO Network Solutions, the global ethernet network, cloud and hosting provider, today announced its strategic partnership with DGCX, the operator of the Middle East’s leading derivatives exchange.

15 April 2015

Company update/Network/systems management

Orc offers connectivity to Aequitas NEO Exchange

Orc, a trading technology firm, has expanded its coverage of the Canadian markets to include the Aequitas NEO Exchange, a newly launched Canadian stock market.

30 March 2015

Company update/Network/systems management

BSE to use Deutsche Bourse network to connect with investors

Deutsche Börse, Eurex and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) have further extended their strategic cooperation offering connectivity services of Deutsche Börse to certain overseas market participants.

10 March 2015

Company update/Network/systems management

Aequitas NEO Exchange to utilise Solarflare networking technology

Solarflare, the leader in application-intelligent 10/40 Gigabit Ethernet (10/40GbE) technologies, today announced Toronto-based Aequitas NEO Exchange Inc. (NEO Exchange) has selected Solarflare's 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) networking software and hardware for its new Canadian stock exchange.

03 March 2015

Company update/Network/systems management

NBAD contracts with BT for managed network services

BT today announced a contract with the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) to provide a managed end-to-end networked IT services solution to the bank’s new financial hub in London.

03 March 2015

Company update/Network/systems management

SGX sets up board-level inquiry following recent outage

The SGX Board of Directors has set up a board level inquiry committee following the breakdown on 5 November 2014.

10 November 2014

Company update/Network/systems management

Equinix to build new data centre in Tokyo

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced the build of its newest Tokyo data center, TY5. The facility will meet strong demand from financial services firms, as well as cloud and content providers for data center and interconnection services in Tokyo.

06 November 2014

Company update/Network/systems management

BBVA awarded highest rating in operational sustainability

BBVA’s Data Processing Center (DPC) in Tres Cantos (Madrid) has been awarded the Tier IV Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability from the Uptime Institute. This is its highest rating in operational sustainability, which makes BBVA the first bank with such advanced installations in Europe.

04 November 2014

News/Network/systems management

UK's high value payment system Chaps goes down

The Bank of England was forced to suspend the UK's real-time gross settlement system Chaps for several hours on Monday while it investigated an unspecified technical glitch.

20 October 2014

News/Network/systems management

AIB taps Hitachi Data Systems for digital banking push

Allied Irish Bank (AIB) has enlisted Hitachi to overhaul its entire IT storage environment as part of a wider effort to become a more digitally-focused operation.

11 December 2013

News/Network/systems management

Brown Brothers Harriman to ditch traditional desktops as workers go mobile

US investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman expects to have abandoned traditional desktop computing within two years as employees move to mobile working, says CIO and partner Christopher Remondi.

01 October 2013

News/Network/systems management

Bank of America hit by website crash in the US

Bank of America's online banking website crashed on Friday, February 1st in the US leaving customers temporarily unable to access their accounts.

04 February 2013

News/Network/systems management

Banks announce support for SAP corporate cloud messaging network

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Nordea, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered Bank have announced their involvement in the development of the SAP Financial Services Network (FSN), a cloud-based corporate-to-bank connectivity platform.

29 October 2012