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Barchart Expands Web Services Data
Chicago-based data vendor Barchart.com has released a number of new web services APIs for commodity futures data via its Barchart OnDemand service, which leverages Amazon Web Services' cloud.
Opening Cross: Everything Comes at a Cost, Even Cloud
Any discussion of return on investment relies on the ability to measure two things: the return generated, and the amount spent to achieve it. In the world of market data, the question is, “How much money can I make as a result of buying and using dataset…
Nasdaq Guts FinQloud, Amazon Web Services Gets Clients
Nasdaq OMX is scrapping parts of its FinQloud financial services-dedicated cloud computing service, handing off some components to partner Amazon Web Services—which provides the underlying cloud infrastructure—and ending support for other key aspects of…
Volta, Venus Offer Co-Lo with AWS
Datacenter provider Volta Data Centres and fiber network vendor Venus Business Communications have partnered to offer enhanced hybrid co-location solutions via Amazon Web Services at Volta's Great Sutton Street datacenter in London, in a move to provide…
Opening Cross: Market Data Meteorologists: Forecasting the Many Faces of Cloud
Over 200 years ago, British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard laid the foundations for the classification of clouds used today, which, in their various forms, can resemble anything from gauzy material shrouding the sky, to flying saucers,…
Xignite Taps Nasdaq FinQloud to ‘Accelerate’ Data Cloud Adoption
San Mateo, Calif.-based on-demand data provider Xignite has migrated its entire web services data infrastructure to Nasdaq OMX’s FinQloud hybrid financial services-dedicated cloud computing environment, to accelerate cloud acceptance and adoption among…
Xignite Grows Market Data Cloud Cover
San Mateo-based on-demand data provider Xignite has added two new services-CloudFiles and CloudStreaming─to its Market Data Cloud service, in addition to its existing CloudAPIs for applications and developers to access the vendor's data.
Consultant J&J Helps Build FinQloud's Reputation
In these early months of its existence, Nasdaq OMX FinQloud benefits as much from the reputational boost its clients provide as from the profits they bring in.
Nomura Partners Amazon for Cloud Services
Nomura Research Institute (NRI) has announced that it is now a premier consulting partner with Amazon Web Services (AWS), and will be building out a dedicated team to support development of secure cloud models.
Tick Data Bought Out by Management, VC
Former Penson data business is sold to management team and ex-Pension execs by Desjardins brokerage subsidiary.
Torstone Makes Inferno Available In Virtual Private Clouds
The software vendor has migrated its clearing, settlement and accounting system's reliance on non-standard operating system libraries to standard libraries
Nasdaq, Amazon Launch Data Management Platform
The cloud service is intended to ease the burden of regulation-mandated data storage and granularity.
StatPro Plots Revolution in the Cloud
New cloud-based platform scheduled for rollout over the next two years will provide more powerful analytics and flexibility, officials say.
Rob Daly: It's the SLA, Stupid
When it comes to cloud computing, financial services firms are looking for a tailored fit from an off-the-rack world. Rob looks at what the industry needs to be able to create the perfect services.