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News of 29West’s acquisition by Informatica broke on Monday morning (thank you for not trying to embargo the news, which most vendors hopelessly bungle). It was a surprise to me and to many people, but one that hasn’t been greeted with much debate or discussion. Unlike the NYSE/Wombat acquisition of a couple of years ago, this one looks pretty straightforward, and sensible. So not a whole lot to write about from a news angle, though it’s more interesting in the context of Informatica’s other acquisitions and how the data management specialist might leverage 29West.
London-based Paremus is adopting low-latency messaging middleware from Real-Time Innovations (RTI) for internal communications underpinning its Service Fabric cloud computing platform. The move will allow Service Fabric to be deployed more readily in support of high performance front office and trade processing applications, and also allows Service Fabric developers to leverage RTI’s middleware for their own messaging requirements.
Focusing on supporting low-latency, high throughput and scalable applications, Sybase has introduced version 15.5 of its Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) database, which includes a fully in-memory option to boost performance without the need to make application-level code changes.
I hear lots about Cloud Computing these days, mostly from vendors about its promise to deliver on-demand compute and storage while reducing costs. I hear words like flexibility and agility, and terms like TCO and talk of applications, such as risk modeling, analytics and pricing. Now, thanks to some benchmarks run by upstart Cloudsoft Corp., with its partners Solarflare Communications, Arista Networks and Citrix Systems, the performance word has been added to the mix, and it’s not at all bad. Which makes me wonder whether - or really when - we’ll see cloud technology underpin trading in the front office.
Real-Time Innovations (RTI) is best known for its messaging middleware, which is deployed in support of low-latency applications such as algorithmic trading, within trading firms. Recently, RTI introduced the RTI Routing Service, which can be used to bridge applications and networks running in different locations - up to tens or hundreds of thousands of applications. A-Team Group talked about this development with Sumeet Shendrikar, RTI’s director of technology for financial services.
… Getting better all the time. That’s my assessment of the economy as far as spending on IT by Wall Street is concerned. Sorry, having just picked up the remastered Beatles classic Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, I couldn’t resist tapping Lennon/McCartney’s track 4 title for this blog post.



















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