By Penny Crosman, Wall Street & Technology 26 April 2007 URL: http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199201958 When we heard that Bank of America is installing -- brace yourselves, gentlemen -- waterless urinals in the "green" skyscraper it's building near Bryant Park for its investment banking operation, we realized that Wall Street is starting to take energy and water conservation seriously. Not … Continue reading Green Is the New Black →

Financial firms use physical proximity to overcome the technical barriers of data latency By Richard Martin, Information Week 21 April 2007 URL: http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=WKLLSLTGL0NVQQSNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=199200297&queryText=rubinow When the New York Stock Exchange celebrated its Euronext NV merger at the closing bell on April 4, the trading floor erupted in boos and jeers--and the ringing of cowbells. The cowbells came from … Continue reading Wall Street’s Quest To Process Data At The Speed Of Light  →

By Eric Lai, Computerworld 6 October 2006 URL: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9003927 The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) this morning launched the third phase of its Hybrid Market enabling members to buy and sell a limited number of stocks electronically as well as continue trading with human auctioneers on the Exchange floor. It's the start of a major shift for … Continue reading Q&A: NYSE CTO promises nimbler response with move to hybrid system →

By Institutional Investor 14 September 2006 URL: http://www.dailyii.com/article.asp?ArticleID=1079555 The success of Big Board CEO John Thain's deal making depends largely on whether the NYSE's technology chief, Steve Rubinow,  can streamline its infrastructure...(Institutional Investor subscribers can read the remainder of the article at the URL above).

If the plan works, NYSE could become a global, round-the-clock marketplace for stocks, bonds, options, and derivatives. If not, the nation's pre-eminent stock exchange could surrender market share to domestic and global competitors. By Aaron Ricadela, Information Week 26 June 2006 URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189601044 The New York Stock Exchange has had little first-hand experience with big mergers in … Continue reading IT Plays Critical Role In NYSE’s Global Market Gambit →

By Ivy Schmerken, Wall Street & Technology 21 June 2006 URL: http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189600097 With the proposed NYSE-Euronext merger on the horizon, Steve Rubinow, the newly named chief technology officer (CTO) of NYSE Group, is embarking on a huge project to integrate all the technology from the merger of Archipelago and the New York Stock Exchange. In his keynote … Continue reading CTO Tackles Arca-NYSE Integration →

All instant messages are now tracked and archived, says Steve Rubinow By: Lucas Merian, Computerworld 22 November 2005 URL: http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2005/0,4814,106450,00.html As Archipelago Holdings Inc. prepares to merge with the New York Stock Exchange Inc., it will have to decide which applications stay and which ones go. While that process is still in flux, one application from IMLogic … Continue reading Q&A: Archipelago’s CTO on IM use, NYSE merger →

Industry Leaders Give Electronic Stock Exchange Provider Automated E-mail and Instant Messaging Compliance for SEC and NASD Regulations By: Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal 12 October 2005 URL: http://www.s-ox.com/News/detail.cfm?articleID=1145 Archipelago Holdings, which owns and operates the world’s  largest fully-electronic stock exchange, is using an integrated system  from IMlogic and EMC Corporation to comply with strict federal  regulations regarding electronic … Continue reading The Comprehensive Electronic Communications Compliance System for Archipelago →

Firms in specialized sectors have already  begun to reap the benefits of 64-bit servers. Now Windows x64, dual-core chips,  and apps optimized for 64-bit platforms are taking advanced processing into the  mainstream. By  Amy Rogers Nazarov,  Server Pipeline 02 September 2005 URL: http://www.webservicespipeline.com/GLOBAL/btg/pipeline/shared/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=170700201&pgno=1 Between now and the end of 2006, most  enterprise IT shops ought to begin … Continue reading 64-Bit Computing Comes Into Focus  →

Where Success is Measured in Fractions of a Millisecond (PDF) By Sun June 2005 URL: http://www.enigmatec.net/download/Sun_BoardrmMin_160605.pdf Since it emerged on the scene in the 1990s, the electronic market Archipelago has been driving change in the securities industry. As it prepares to merge with the New York Stock Exchange, we talk to CTO Steve Rubinow...(click on link … Continue reading Where Success is Measured in Fractions of a Millisecond →