Articles by Max Bowie
OTC Markets, Nasdaq Ally on Company News Distribution
New York-based over the counter equities exchange OTC Markets Group has struck an agreement with Nasdaq OMX to integrate its OTC Disclosure & News Service with Nasdaq's GlobeNewswire corporate news distribution platform for Nasdaq-listed companies,…
Equinix Preps Fourth Australian Datacenter
Datacenter and hosting provider Equinix has acquired space close to Melbourne's business district to construct its first IBX datacenter in the city, in addition to its three existing facilities in Sydney, in response to demand for co-location and…
Interactive Data Responds to Asia Demand
The pricing and data services provider rolled out a new version of its Vantage platform responding to Asia-Pacific clients' need for bonds and swaps data from other global regions
Opening Cross: Market Data at the Movies
They say art imitates life. But does the art form of movie-making imitate data?
Interactive Data Deploys Vantage Pricing Platform in Asia
Interactive Data has begun rolling out the latest version of its web-based Vantage fixed income price discovery and evaluated pricing application to clients in the Asia-Pacific region, after adding content during 2013 in response to feedback on client…
Nous Bows Crowd-Sourced Investor Sentiment Data
Startup trading application and data provider Nous will next week unveil a feed of crowd-sourced data aimed at banks and hedge funds that delivers a view of investor sentiment based on the trading decisions of investors using the vendor's mobile app…
Satherlund Hangs her Hat on Hatstand
Martina Satherlund has joined IT consultancy Hatstand as principal market data consultant, serving as a project manager for client engagements, covering market and reference data projects including cost optimization, exchange and vendor audits, desktop…
Solarflare Preps ‘Lockdown' Data Protection Tool for Trading Servers
Hardware-acceleration and data network technology provider Solarflare will later this year introduce a server security product designed to protect servers used to support trading platforms from malicious intrusions designed to access or steal data, to…
CenturyLink Tech Solutions Changes Bandwidth Buying Process to Cut Connectivity Costs for Clients
Network and datacenter hosting provider CenturyLink Technology Solutions, the subsidiary of internet and telecoms service provider CenturyLink formerly known as Savvis, is rolling out a revised commercial model that offers clients more flexible options…
Nasdaq Opens Test Centers Ahead of March Datafeeds Migration
Nasdaq OMX has made test environments available in its Carteret, NJ and Ashburn, VA datacenters for clients to test live data in new versions of its market data feeds that the exchange will roll out next month.
Barchart Adds iPhone Data-Trading App
Chicago-based data vendor Barchart has released a mobile version of its Barchart Trader desktop application for Apple iPhone devices, to accompany the terminal and Android versions unveiled last year (IMD, Sept. 6, 2013; Nov. 6, 2013).
Opening Cross: Want Ketchup and Mustard on Your Data Dog?
What do sausages and market data have in common? A complex mix of ingredients, a balancing act of flavors to satisfy any hunger, a list of tasty add-ons, and a ravenous consumer base. So dig in!
Thomson Reuters Focuses on Search in Latest Eikon
Thomson Reuters will this week roll out the fourth iteration of its Eikon next-generation data desktop, with new features designed to make it easier for users to access the platform’s content and analytics, and to more tightly integrate the product into…
Telx Eyes New York Hosting Space Expansion
Datacenter and hosting provider Telx is expanding its available datacenter space in New York City and the NY metro area, to meet demand for hosting space in the city, with plans to grow its datacenters at 32, Avenue of the Americas and 60 Hudson Street…
Broadridge IM Business Boosts Ref Data Expertise with SmartStream, Paladyne Hires
Former SmartStream exec Lou Longhi and former Paladyne MD Jonathan Cross have joined Broadridge's recently created Investment Management business, where they report to its president, Bennett Egeth
Canadian Doctors' Fund Taps QuoteMedia Data Terminals
MD Physician Services, an asset manager and investment advisory subsidiary of the Canadian Medical Association that serves Canadian doctors and their families has signed a three-year deal with Phoenix, Ariz.- and Canada-based data provider QuoteMedia to…
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…
Max Bowie: This Valentine’s Day, Why Not … Break Up?
Any recipe for success involves a combination of ingredients. But sometimes recipes taste better when a few toxic ingredients are removed. And with everyone looking to be disruptive in 2014, Max notes that you don’t make a disruption omelet without…
DWPBank Extends SIX Data Deal
Frankfurt-based Deutsche WertpapierService Bank (DWPBank) has signed a five-year extension to an existing deal for SIX Financial Information to supply the bank with market data and evaluated prices.
Morningstar Australia Ticker Plant to Cut Latency by 100ms
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar has set up a ticker plant in its Sydney, Australia datacenter to provide lower-latency content via its datafeeds to local trading firms.
Options Hosting Clients Get Microwave CME Data via Quincy
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options is making low-latency microwave connectivity vendor Quincy Data's QED (Quincy Extreme Data) service available to its clients hosted at Options' server cage in Equinix's NY4 datacenter in Secaucus, NJ.
WSNS Adds Another IXnet Vet, Brad Lutz
Wall Street Network Solutions has named Bradford Lutz chief administrative officer, to support the company's next phase of growth and global expansion, officials say.
FSMLabs Bows Cloud Time-Sync App
Precision time synchronization solution provider FSMLabs has released TimeKeeper Cloud, a version of its TimeKeeper appliance running on Amazon Web Services that ensures consistent timing between distributed trading applications for effective trading and…
RapidMiner ‘Mines' Menzies' Experience to Grow Sales, Partners
Cambridge, Mass.-based predictive analytics provider RapidMiner has hired financial technology sales veteran Andy Menzies as chief revenue officer, responsible for the vendor's sales, business development and customer support functions.