Big stock exchanges now battling for microseconds

New view of transaction times may help change how IT thinks about speed By Patrick Thibodeau , Computerworld 30 July 2008 URL: www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9111138 Computer systems, hardware and networking technologies have improved so much that two of the world's largest trading exchanges say they have begun measuring transaction times in microseconds. What is a microsecond? It's one-thousandth of the … Continue reading Big stock exchanges now battling for microseconds →

Enhancements Aimed to Help NYSE Euronext in Exchange Arms Race

By Wall Street and Technology 22 July 2008 URL: http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209400735 Steve Rubinow Chief Technology Officer NYSE Euronext 11 Wall St. New York, NY 10005 SIZE OF FIRM: Market capitalization of $30.5 trillion. PREVIOUS POSITIONS: CTO, Archipelago Holdings; CIO, NextCard; CIO, AdKnowledge; VP of corporate management information systems, Fidelity Investments. EDUCATION: B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in chemistry and … Continue reading Enhancements Aimed to Help NYSE Euronext in Exchange Arms Race →