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Progress Apama has signed up Link Investimentos, its 18th client in Brazil in just 18 months, for its algorithmic trading platform. The deal underscores Progress Apama’s assertion that the local electronic trading market is booming as investment banks and brokerages adopt next-generation trading technologies to enable algorithmic and high-frequency trading strategies.

















Cable & Wireless Worldwide has responded to market demand for high-speed exchange connectivity with a new configuration of its International Ethernet Private Line (IEPL) network. The company reckons the newly configured network will meet the needs of high-performance traders by delivering high speed – up to 1Gb per second – as well as predictable and secure ethernet connections.
Options IT, which offers Infrastructure-as-a-Service for buy-side and sell-side firms, has added market data provided by Exegy’s low-latency ticker plant to its offering, the Options PIPE platform. That platform provides managed server and storage capacity, and network and connectivity facilities, to market participants looking to host their high frequency and algorithmic trading applications.



