Reason 3: Appliances deliver huge performance gains

Posted by Larry Neumann on Feb 15, 2011

This is part 3 in a 10 part series: 10 reasons for the growth in middleware appliances. The series summarizes what we’ve learned from our clients about what they value in appliances and why they selected Solace. So far I’ve talked about saving money and making life easier. The third leg in the stool of commonly recognized advantages of appliances is higher performance. There is no one...
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Filed under Appliances, Cross Industry, Financial Services, Hardware, Messaging
Tagged with Haile Gebrselassie, latency, Lebron James, low-latency, Michael Johnson, performance, top 10, Usain Bolt

Hardware vs. software solutions – the parasite drag analogy

Posted by Stephen Hoogasian on Feb 1, 2011

Stephen Hoogasian is a former US Air Force pilot with extensive experience in application of C2 information systems.  He has reviewed the utility of hardware routers such as Solace’s application within the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense. Mr. Hoogasian flew aircraft including the U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and T-38 jet shown here. What is the potential...
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Filed under Government, Hardware, Messaging
Tagged with low-latency, Messaging, performance

Kernel bypass – revving up linux networking

Posted by Larry Neumann on Mar 30, 2010

In Formula One racing, all cars must comply with a defined set of rules (the formula) and find ways to differentiate with a car, driver and support team that all follow the basic guidelines. The same is true of automated trading systems. The formula is simple: each trading system consumes market data and produces orders. What happens in between is how each firm differentiates themselves. Just...
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Filed under Capital Markets, Messaging, Partners
Tagged with algo trading, low-latency, Messaging, performance

Latest financial meme: consistent latency

Posted by Larry Neumann on Mar 24, 2010

Let’s face it, if you want to get attention on the Internet, you have to fall in line with the concept of memes. These are the ideas that take on a life of their own, such as the dramatic prairie dog or the VP dropping an F-bomb. Twitter’s version of memes is the concept of trending topics based on frequently tweeted keywords. This lets you see what topics people are talking about...
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Filed under Capital Markets, Financial Services
Tagged with algo trading, High frequency trading, low-latency, Messaging, performance

MetaBit chooses Solace for FIX-based services

Posted by Larry Neumann on May 26, 2009

Today, we are pleased to add MetaBit to the ever growing list of financial service providers that have chosen Solace to be their routing and delivery platform of choice. They’re using our hardware as the foundation of their FIX-based DMA and liquidity hubs to efficiently distribute information to customers. Financial service providers have a common set of requirements that map very well...
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Filed under Company, Customers, News Release, Uncategorized
Tagged with Financial Services, FIX, market data, Messaging, MetaBit, performance

Transparency in performance testing = benchmarks that work for buyers

Posted by Larry Neumann on Nov 14, 2008

Earlier this week, Solace in partnership with Arista and NetEffect released the test results of a collaboration to drive latency out of high-volume, high-speed market data configurations. These test results generated a lot of attention in the financial services sector not just because of the excellent results but also for the way we reported the benchmark by providing the statistical...
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Filed under Capital Markets, Financial Services, Hardware, Information Providers, Messaging
Tagged with benchmark, latency, performance, STAC, testing, transparency