IBM Unveils Systems For Real-Time Financial Analysis

IBM Monday announced a new round of processors and servers designed to handle to handle real-time analytics in financial markets, where “an enormous number of concurrent transactions and data” have to be handled, in split seconds.

EASi Says Its Software Handles New Proxy Reporting Requirements

Equity Administration Solutions said Monday its stock plan management software has been upgraded to meet new reporting rules for proxy statements, issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission requirements issued on December 16. The Pleasanton, CA, said it is the first software firm to make the necessary enhancements.

Chi-X Canada and Atrium Network Introduce Canada’s First Low Latency Managed Network Solution

Chi-X Canada ATS Limited and Atrium Network, provider of connectivity for the financial community, unveiled plans today to launch the Canadian market’s first live market ecosystem.

Lightower Expanding Services to Equinix NY4 Data Center

Lightower Fiber Networks, a metro fiber network, bandwidth, and colocation service provider serving the northeast United States, and data center services provider Equinix, said today that Lightower is expanding its network services into the Equinix NY4 International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Secaucus, N.J.

Icap Fully Acquires TriOptima; Takes Stake in Acadiasoft

London-based Icap, the world’s largest inter-dealer broker, said today it has fully acquired TriOptima, the Stockholm-based, post-trade derivatives processing firm, by buying the 61.78 percent remaining shares in TriOptima for $149 million that Icap didn’t already own.

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