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Equinix delivers a global platform for connecting to the most partners while reducing the number and cost of high-speed interconnections.
Equinix interconnects the financial services industry in all leading financial markets worldwide, facilitating proximity hosting and FIX connectivity on a global scale and providing a neutral foundation for online and mobile banking, payments, and insurance systems.
Equinix is home to the largest collection of exchanges and trading platforms, top market data vendors, a myriad of service providers, and hundreds of buy-side and sell-side firms. Together with Equinix’ financial data centers, these form a broad-based marketplace of electronic trading and financial technology services that give you the ability to connect – and adapt – like never before.
Financial technologies are evolving and converging faster than ever. Regulation and globalization only add to the complexity. For some firms, just keeping up can seem almost impossible. The key to success lies, not just in what you deploy, but where you deploy. Equinix financial data centers can help.
“this sort of environment delivers a speed advantage in the traditional latency sense because of the close proximity of all the various components. However, it also applies in the sense of time to market and agility. If a trading firm identifies a new opportunity, then it has the strongest possible motivation to capitalize on it as quickly as possible, before it is also spotted by the competition.”- Automated Trader Magazine, Q4 2012 (read the full article here)
Location directly affects cost trajectories, system performance and your ability to keep up in the perpetual technology arms race. Why spend resources compiling the finest hardware and software systems only to place them in an isolated facility?
In today’s networked world you need to position your systems for maximum connectivity, performance and agility in order to keep ahead of fast moving trends. With the global network of Equinix data centers you can achieve your proximity hosting requirements.
Inside Equinix you’ll find hundreds of financial firms already deployed among thousands of competing networks, cloud services firms, content owners and many other types of businesses.
And They All Benefit from:
At Equinix, we see the big picture. Our unique perspective looks at technology from ground up, beyond any single customer’s deployment. And over the years we’ve gained insights and developed tools that no one else can offer. Meet with one of our Solution Architects today and see what opportunities you may be missing.
In a world where big data and a perpetual technology arms race make it almost impossible just to keep up, Equinix gives you the ability not just to keep up but to stay ahead.
No other provider can match the global reach of Equinix. With over 95 data centers in 31 major business markets, you can rapidly deploy a scalable, global footprint while maintaining Equinix’s premium standards of performance, reliability, security and network choice.
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Optimized Infrastructure for individual trading models
The Equinix Advanced Financial Services team act in a consulting capacity to the participants of the most important European Trading venues. The focal point is the provision of the optimal infrastructure, taking into account the individual trading models. Hence we differentiate between High Frequency Traders (HFT), for whom latency is of significant importance and Low Frequency Traders (LFT), for whom the minimization of cost and optimum stability of their market presence are the most important priorities.
The Equinix Advanced Financial Services Consultancy offering is available irrespective of whether you are an Equinix Colocation Services customer or otherwise
LEARN MOREYour trading operations are mission critical. So when you experience challenging conditions, it’s critical that you don’t sacrifice – anything.
Equinix operates in 38 markets across 13 countries and 5 continents, including strategic locations in all of the top 15 financial markets in the world.
Whether you're looking to offer proximity hosting to your clients, or looking for proximity to specific venues, you can rely on Equinix for our secure and reliable data center facilities.
A consultancy offering for the trading systems of the Deutsche Börse Group
In Their Words“We are constantly increasing volume, expanding across the country, and bringing in new customers. As we do this, we can take advantage of the Equinix global platform which extends across every important metropolitan area aroundthe world. ”
— Jim Bird, CTO, BIDS Trading
IRESS turns to Equinix for a worldwide rollout that supports business agility, rapid and easy deployment, global operational consistency, and a seamless premium service offering around the world.
Learn how presence inside Equinix helps BIDS Trading grow its business and support record trading volumes while reducing operational costs.
When you operate an all-electronic equity options market, security, transaction speed, and the ability to easily connect to other exchanges are paramount to success. These issues were top of mind as Boston Options Exchange (BOX) was evaluating choices for a new data center.
Equinix has enabled Fixnetix to expand rapidly into growing markets with new exchanges, and offer a suite of innovative products globally.
Equinix delivers a consistent global experience and greater flexibility.
In Their Words“Our presence in an Equinix data center opens up new geographical and market opportunities for BOX.”
— Alan Grigoletto, Senior Vice President, Boston Options Exchange
Maximize connectivity while minimizing risk in an ever-evolving market - on Platform Equinix.
Learn how you can maximize connections while minimizing risk in a dynamic market.
Find out why Gartner is placing so much emphasis on the "platform effect" and how you can leverage it to speed growth.
What are the significant financial data trends? What trading infrastructure innovations are on the horizon? How can you optimize your infrastructure? Read the whitepaper to find out.
Continuing technology and connectivity investments in capital market infrastructure have set off a chain of events that will significantly alter the global trading landscape.
The technology arms race continues, as does the roller coaster ride of global financial markets. Yet the real revolution lies in distributed trading, a new globalized way to do business, being pioneered by the high frequency trading (HFT) community, but increasingly applied by all market participants. We call it next generation machine-to-machine e-commerce (M2M 2.0).