KX Systems
Corvil Embeds Kx Database for Performance Stats Storage
Dublin-based latency management technology vendor Corvil has added connectivity to Palo Alto-based time-series database provider Kx Systems' kdb+ database to its streaming analytics platform, to enable users to store real-time network and application…
First Derivatives Spends £36M to Up Kx Stake
Newry, Northern Ireland-based data technology provider First Derivatives has increased its shareholding in Palo Alto-based time-series database provider Kx Systems, giving the vendor a majority stake in the company.
First Derivatives Takes Majority Stake in Database Vendor Kx Systems
First Derivatives has announced the acquisition of a further 46.47 percent stake in time-series database specialist Kx Systems, bringing its overall interest to a majority share of 65.2 percent on a fully diluted basis.
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,…
Kx Systems Looks to Grow in China
Earlier this week, Kx Systems' kdb+ database was selected by the Laboratory for Financial Innovation at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) to perform trading analytics.
Shenzhen Exchange Taps Kx for Trade Analytics
The Shenzhen Stock Exchange's Laboratory for Financial Innovation-which produces market performance reports on metrics relating to the exchange's operations-is to roll out Palo Alto, Calif.-based tick database provider Kx Systems' database and time…
Kx Systems To Perform Trading Analytics for SZSE
Kx Systems' kdb+ was picked by the Laboratory for Financial Innovation at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) to perform trading analytics.
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.
Bohemian Rhapsody: CIO Michal Sanak Leads Prague's RSJ with Smart Speed
RSJ, tucked on the left bank of the Vltava River in the Czech capital of Prague, has quietly become one of the world’s most active proprietary trading firms, despite its boutique size. As CIO and shareholder Michal Sanak tells Tim Bourgaize Murray, the…
Mini Options' Early Successes Attract Prop Shops, Divert Tech Spend
Introduced in March, five “mini options”—or options tied to a minimum number of 10 shares, smaller than their conventional larger relatives that usually require 100—are steadily attracting proprietary trading shops behind the retail investors they were…
Kx Unveils Higher-Performance Kdb+ Tick DB
Improvements to underlying tick database technology allows users to run analyses on more data, faster.
RSJ Implements Kx Systems' kdb+
The Prague-based proprietary trading shop, among the leaders in derivatives trading on NYSE Liffe, will use Kx's database and time-series analysis platform to support modeling for its algorithmic trading systems.
Sun Trading Expands with Kx Database
Chicago-based proprietary trading shop Sun Trading will use Kx Systems' kdb+ for time series analysis and real-time capture of quantitative trading data.
ASIC Considers Kill Switch Introduction
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), plans to release a new set of rules for automated trading this week, chief among which will be the introduction of circuit breakers for brokers.
Year of the Dragon: China Opens Up
As Europe wanes, China is on the rise. Through joint ventures with big-name banks, regulatory relaxation and the expansion of technology, the sleeping giant of the East is awake and opening up to foreign and domestic trade finance, but its technology…
Kx Systems Updates Data Storage Software
Data analysis provider Kx Systems, headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, has released a new version of its kbd+ software.