Database
Waters Rankings 2017: Best Data Analytics Provider—Broadridge Financial Solutions
Broadridge's Analytics Master leads the front of the pack as European regulatory reform looms.
Quantum Computing: Beyond Zeros and Ones
Traditional computers as we know them are reaching a fundamental barrier where they will not be able to solve certain problems or go any faster—enter quantum computing.
Best Research Provider: S&P Global Market Intelligence
IRD/IMD Awards 2017
McObject Unveils V.7.1 of eXtremeDB Financial Edition to Tackle Regulatory Data Demands
The enhancements in version 7.1 position McObject as a provider of underlying technology to help firms meet MiFID II's best execution requirements and the demands of FRTB.
Millistream Begins Carrying Nasdaq Baltic Data
Millistream is distributing market data from the Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius (in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, respectively) exchanges now owned by Nasdaq.
BvD Unveils Next-Gen Database Interface
The new interface will make it easier for users to find data on companies listed in BvD's Fame and Orbis databases, officials say.
Chinese Vendor Shenzhen Kingdom Technology Integrates McObject
Incorporating McObject's database platform will support low latency, high performance and resiliency.
McObject Unveils V7 of eXtremeDB Financial Edition
The changes in version 7.0 improve the platform's speed and scalability, officials say.
EMIS Redesigns Website, Brings Data Into Focus
The redesign will make it easy users to find information
Kx Systems Embarks on Middle-Office Expansion
The vendor is pushing its kdb+ database for middle office applications including real-time portfolio risk modelling, monitoring traders' behavior, and reacting instantly to regime-changing market events
Kx Hires Data Analytics Vet Sykes to Expand kdb+ Uses
Sykes, a long-time kdb+ user in previous roles at banks, will help expand the tick database's use to new industries.
Database Vendor Quasardb Targets Wider Financial Reach with Keys, Tags for Market Data Search, Storage
The latest version of Quasardb's in-memory database uses keys and tags fro more granular search.
CoreOne Taps Kx Systems for Big Data Analytics
CoreOne is licensing Kx's kdb+ database to handle growing volumes of client data.
Carbon Market Data Expands S. Korea Emissions Data
Database will provide information about companies' carbon exposure risk for investors in South Korean companies.
McObject, Lucera Offer eXtremeDB Database in Cloud
Federal Way, Wash.-based in-memory database provider McObject will make its high-performance eXtremeDB Financial Edition database available on an as-a-service basis in the cloud to clients of New York-based high-performance infrastructure provider Lucera…
Thomson Reuters Bows M&A Arbitrage Data
Thomson Reuters has unveiled a new collection of mergers and acquisitions data within its Deals database targeting the needs of event-driven hedge fund managers.
Kx Names Quill Global Head, Sales Engineering
Tick database provider Kx Systems has promoted Fintan Quill from senior engineer to global head of sales engineering, expanding his prior role beyond just North America and to cover more technical sales and support the vendor's push into new industries,…
Kx Debuts Newer, Faster Kdb+ Tick Database
Tick database provider Kx Systems has released version 3.2 of its Kdb+ database application that leverages improvements in commodity hardware processing to deliver greater speed and processing power, shortening the time taken to run queries on data,…
Millistream Database Application Upgrade Targets Performance Gains
Swedish market data vendor Millistream has released an upgraded version of its Millistream Database Application (MDA), to provide clients with quicker access to market data and to simplify future upgrades, officials say.
Altibase, Microstrategy Ally for In-Memory/Disk Hybrid Data ‘Marts'
In-memory database provider Altibase has unveiled a partnership with business intelligence and analytics software provider MicroStrategy that creates a high-performance business intelligence environment for data availability and analysis in real time,…
Updata Launches ‘Integrate’ Database Tool for Firms to Chart In-House Data
UK-based technical analysis software provider Updata has released a new tool, dubbed Updata Integrate, which maps data from client firms’ in-house databases to the vendor’s Professional analytics workstation, enabling users to display their own data in…
Altibase Looks to NFV, SDN for Data Security Uses
In-memory database provider Altibase is working to incorporate Network Functions Virtualization and Software-Defined Networking to its products to serve a range of use cases, including data security.
Kx Launches Developer Site, Offers Free Software Access
Tick database and time-series analytics provider Kx Systems has unveiled a developer community website to support developers using the vendor's Kdb+ database.
Altibase Taps Red Hat for Cloud Database
Fort Lee, NJ-based in-memory database provider Altibase has switched the operating system for its Amazon Web Services deployment of its Altibase HDB Cloud database platform from running on SUSE Linux to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which officials say will…