6WIND Announces Low-Latency Packet Processing Software for High-Frequency Trading Equipment
6WIND Announces Low-Latency Packet Processing Software for High-Frequency Trading Equipment
PARIS, France (PRWEB) November 14, 2011
6WIND, the industry standard for commercial multicore packet processing software, today announced the availability of a low-latency network layer as part of its 6WINDGate™ software solution. Optimized for high-frequency trading (HFT) applications, 6WINDGate provides low-latency protocols such as TCP Proxy (Termination and Retransmission), IP Forwarding and firewall. Along with 6WINDGate’s high-performance routing capabilities, these enhancements allow HFT Networking Equipment manufacturers to provide solutions without difficult-to-maintain, custom hardware technologies based on FPGAs or ASICs.
On GE’s WANic 56512 IP packet processor board, configured with a 750MHz Cavium OCTEON processor, 6WINDGate provides a latency of below 10 microseconds on the TCP Proxy function, compared to a typical latency in the millisecond range on an off-the-shelf server platform running a standard Linux distribution.
The HFT market involves the use of sophisticated tools for trading securities such as stocks and options. This requires the automated analysis of market parameters to capture trading opportunities that may open up for as little as a fraction of a second. With high-frequency trades executing in microseconds, minimizing the delay between market data analysis and trade submission increases the effectiveness of trading algorithms and maximizes the probability that a trade generated using that data will be executed.
HFT networking equipment must provide ultra-low latency performance, which implies the use of boards that leverage the latest multicore processors in order to maximize system-level performance. Off-the-shelf servers running standard operating systems are too slow and their performance is not deterministic. Networking software used in HFT equipment must be quickly deployable on a selected multicore processor with the confidence that it will deliver optimized performance on that platform.
“We have extended our 6WINDGate software solution to deliver a complete, turnkey low-latency networking layer with complex protocols optimized for HFT networking equipment, such as TCP Proxy and firewall,” said Eric Carmès, CEO of 6WIND. “OEMs developing HFT solutions benefit not only from the best-in-class performance delivered by 6WINDGate but also from its support of open APIs, which enable the efficient integration of custom, proprietary financial applications together with the low-latency 6WINDGate networking layer. By supporting a wide range of industry-leading multicore architectures, this new release provides our customers with maximum flexibility in their selection of hardware platforms.”
“6WIND’s low-latency network layer is highly complementary to our WANic PCI Express packet processor boards,” said Vibhoosh Gupta, Telecom Segment Leader at GE Intelligent Platforms. “The combination of 6WIND’s high-performance TCP Proxy function and GE’s optimized hardware solution results in a compelling system solution for HFT equipment manufacturers.”
The 6WINDGate low-latency TCP Proxy function will be available in Q4, 2011, with additional low-latency functions planned for availability 2012. For more information please visit http://www.6wind.com.
About 6WIND
6WIND provides packet processing software used by leading OEMs to meet both the wire-speed performance and time-to-market requirements of mobile infrastructure, network security, high-frequency trading and deep packet inspection applications. The company’s 6WINDGate™ technology is a portable software platform available on industry-leading multicore processor architectures and fully optimized to leverage the capabilities of on-chip accelerators such as security offload. Using 6WINDGate can eliminate up to twelve months from product development cycles, speeding an OEM’s time-to-market and meeting the exploding demand for high-performance video and data-intensive applications. 6WIND is a privately owned company based near Paris, France with offices in Mountain View, California, Seoul, South Korea and Beijing, China. For more information, visit http://www.6wind.com.
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6WIND Announces Low-Latency Packet Processing Software for High-Frequency Trading Equipment
6WIND Announces Low-Latency Packet Processing Software for High-Frequency Trading Equipment
PARIS, France (PRWEB) November 14, 2011
6WIND, the industry standard for commercial multicore packet processing software, today announced the availability of a low-latency network layer as part of its 6WINDGate™ software solution. Optimized for high-frequency trading (HFT) applications, 6WINDGate provides low-latency protocols such as TCP Proxy (Termination and Retransmission), IP Forwarding and firewall. Along with 6WINDGate’s high-performance routing capabilities, these enhancements allow HFT Networking Equipment manufacturers to provide solutions without difficult-to-maintain, custom hardware technologies based on FPGAs or ASICs.
On GE’s WANic 56512 IP packet processor board, configured with a 750MHz Cavium OCTEON processor, 6WINDGate provides a latency of below 10 microseconds on the TCP Proxy function, compared to a typical latency in the millisecond range on an off-the-shelf server platform running a standard Linux distribution.
The HFT market involves the use of sophisticated tools for trading securities such as stocks and options. This requires the automated analysis of market parameters to capture trading opportunities that may open up for as little as a fraction of a second. With high-frequency trades executing in microseconds, minimizing the delay between market data analysis and trade submission increases the effectiveness of trading algorithms and maximizes the probability that a trade generated using that data will be executed.
HFT networking equipment must provide ultra-low latency performance, which implies the use of boards that leverage the latest multicore processors in order to maximize system-level performance. Off-the-shelf servers running standard operating systems are too slow and their performance is not deterministic. Networking software used in HFT equipment must be quickly deployable on a selected multicore processor with the confidence that it will deliver optimized performance on that platform.
“We have extended our 6WINDGate software solution to deliver a complete, turnkey low-latency networking layer with complex protocols optimized for HFT networking equipment, such as TCP Proxy and firewall,” said Eric Carmès, CEO of 6WIND. “OEMs developing HFT solutions benefit not only from the best-in-class performance delivered by 6WINDGate but also from its support of open APIs, which enable the efficient integration of custom, proprietary financial applications together with the low-latency 6WINDGate networking layer. By supporting a wide range of industry-leading multicore architectures, this new release provides our customers with maximum flexibility in their selection of hardware platforms.”
“6WIND’s low-latency network layer is highly complementary to our WANic PCI Express packet processor boards,” said Vibhoosh Gupta, Telecom Segment Leader at GE Intelligent Platforms. “The combination of 6WIND’s high-performance TCP Proxy function and GE’s optimized hardware solution results in a compelling system solution for HFT equipment manufacturers.”
The 6WINDGate low-latency TCP Proxy function will be available in Q4, 2011, with additional low-latency functions planned for availability 2012. For more information please visit http://www.6wind.com.
About 6WIND
6WIND provides packet processing software used by leading OEMs to meet both the wire-speed performance and time-to-market requirements of mobile infrastructure, network security, high-frequency trading and deep packet inspection applications. The company’s 6WINDGate™ technology is a portable software platform available on industry-leading multicore processor architectures and fully optimized to leverage the capabilities of on-chip accelerators such as security offload. Using 6WINDGate can eliminate up to twelve months from product development cycles, speeding an OEM’s time-to-market and meeting the exploding demand for high-performance video and data-intensive applications. 6WIND is a privately owned company based near Paris, France with offices in Mountain View, California, Seoul, South Korea and Beijing, China. For more information, visit http://www.6wind.com.
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Avalara Partners with Magento Becoming A Gold Industry Partner
Avalara Partners with Magento Becoming A Gold Industry Partner
Bainbridge Island, WA and Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 28, 2011
Avalara (http://www.avalara.com), the leading provider of web-based sales tax automation solutions for businesses of all sizes, today announced becoming a Gold Industry Partner with Magento (http://www.magentocommerce.com), the world’s fastest-growing eCommerce platform. Avalara joined a select group of trusted providers that deliver fully-integrated technology solutions to Magento’s more than 100,000 online merchants.
Over the past year, in tandem with new and proposed legislation related to the taxability of online sales, Magento customers have rapidly adopted Avalara’s web-based sales tax module, AvaTax, which offers the fastest, easiest, most accurate and affordable way to calculate sales tax, manage exemption certificates, file returns, and remit payments across multiple tax regions, all within the Magento platform. AvaTax includes functionality to protect against audits, obsolete data, and changing tax laws. Sales tax calculations are delivered instantly, and AvaTax offers the most accurate calculations available anywhere, utilizing next-generation latitude and longitude geolocation technology.
Avalara provides one of the best technology solutions to an overly complex, time-consuming statutory tax requirement facing all online retailers, with AvaTax applying over 100,000 taxability rules across more than 11,000 sales tax jurisdictions at the point of transaction.
“We’re thrilled to be recognized as a Gold Partner by the world’s fastest-growing eCommerce platform, and very pleased to be playing a key role in serving Magento’s rapidly-expanding roster of valued customers,” said Scott McFarlane, CEO and co-founder at Avalara. “Our mutual customers are taking advantage of the most accurate sales tax calculation engine available today, and they’re always up-to-date with constantly changing sales and use tax rates, boundaries, and taxability rules across thousands of taxing jurisdictions nationwide. We look forward to serving an even broader segment of Magento customers who are ready to focus on core business-building activities, and outsource their sales tax burden to Avalara.”
“Avalara’s technology solution helps our customers automate and simplify the complex tax process,” said Bob Schwartz, President at Magento. “Our customers have fast growing on-line businesses and are many of the world’s best brands, retailers and innovators, as well as tens of thousands of small and medium companies. Avalara’s ability to serve this entire business continuum with their solution should be well received.”
“5dk is very pleased to be building an even stronger partnership with Avalara to make tax compliance easier for online businesses of all sizes,” said Chris Prescher, Managing Director of 5dk (http://5dkdigital.com/). “Their automated sales and use tax solutions enable us to provide our Magento clients with end-to-end, cloud-based solutions that are easy to use, install and integrate. Our solution partner affiliations with Magento underscore our mutual commitment to the open-source platform and to evolving our solutions with this e-commerce leader.”
For more information on AvaTax for Magento’s eCommerce platform, go to http://www.avalara.com/e-commerce/magento.
About Avalara
Based near Seattle, WA, Avalara, the market leader in web-based sales tax solutions, continues to transform and enhance the sales and use tax compliance process for businesses of all sizes. With point-and-click ease, Avalara provides the fastest, easiest, most accurate and affordable way for companies to address their statutory tax requirements. Avalara is the industry’s most trusted provider of sales and use tax automation solutions, serving more than 40,000 registered users located throughout the U.S., Canada, and abroad, delivering more than 350 million sales tax transactions, and filing and remitting more than $ 10 billion in sales & use tax collections per year. Avalara is one of America’s fastest growing companies and Microsoft’s SaaS Partner of the Year for 2010. For more information, please visit http://www.avalara.com.
About Magento
Magento (http://www.magentocommerce.com/) is a feature-rich, open-source, enterprise-class ecommerce solution that offers merchants a high degree of flexibility and control over the user experience, catalog, content, and functionality of their online store. In August 2011, Magento was acquired by eBay Inc., and is now part of the X.commerce division (http://www.x.com). Launched in 2007, the Magento platform now serves tens of thousands of merchants worldwide, and is supported by a global community of solution partners and third-party developers. Magento Go is a hosted, software-as-a-service solution that provides small and growing merchants with the ecommerce tools they need to succeed online. Based in Los Angeles, Magento, Inc. is a fast-paced, entrepreneurial organization dedicated to the mission of enabling the eCommerce ecosystem. http://www.magentocommerce.com
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Avalara Partners with Magento Becoming A Gold Industry Partner
Avalara Partners with Magento Becoming A Gold Industry Partner
Bainbridge Island, WA and Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 28, 2011
Avalara (http://www.avalara.com), the leading provider of web-based sales tax automation solutions for businesses of all sizes, today announced becoming a Gold Industry Partner with Magento (http://www.magentocommerce.com), the world’s fastest-growing eCommerce platform. Avalara joined a select group of trusted providers that deliver fully-integrated technology solutions to Magento’s more than 100,000 online merchants.
Over the past year, in tandem with new and proposed legislation related to the taxability of online sales, Magento customers have rapidly adopted Avalara’s web-based sales tax module, AvaTax, which offers the fastest, easiest, most accurate and affordable way to calculate sales tax, manage exemption certificates, file returns, and remit payments across multiple tax regions, all within the Magento platform. AvaTax includes functionality to protect against audits, obsolete data, and changing tax laws. Sales tax calculations are delivered instantly, and AvaTax offers the most accurate calculations available anywhere, utilizing next-generation latitude and longitude geolocation technology.
Avalara provides one of the best technology solutions to an overly complex, time-consuming statutory tax requirement facing all online retailers, with AvaTax applying over 100,000 taxability rules across more than 11,000 sales tax jurisdictions at the point of transaction.
“We’re thrilled to be recognized as a Gold Partner by the world’s fastest-growing eCommerce platform, and very pleased to be playing a key role in serving Magento’s rapidly-expanding roster of valued customers,” said Scott McFarlane, CEO and co-founder at Avalara. “Our mutual customers are taking advantage of the most accurate sales tax calculation engine available today, and they’re always up-to-date with constantly changing sales and use tax rates, boundaries, and taxability rules across thousands of taxing jurisdictions nationwide. We look forward to serving an even broader segment of Magento customers who are ready to focus on core business-building activities, and outsource their sales tax burden to Avalara.”
“Avalara’s technology solution helps our customers automate and simplify the complex tax process,” said Bob Schwartz, President at Magento. “Our customers have fast growing on-line businesses and are many of the world’s best brands, retailers and innovators, as well as tens of thousands of small and medium companies. Avalara’s ability to serve this entire business continuum with their solution should be well received.”
“5dk is very pleased to be building an even stronger partnership with Avalara to make tax compliance easier for online businesses of all sizes,” said Chris Prescher, Managing Director of 5dk (http://5dkdigital.com/). “Their automated sales and use tax solutions enable us to provide our Magento clients with end-to-end, cloud-based solutions that are easy to use, install and integrate. Our solution partner affiliations with Magento underscore our mutual commitment to the open-source platform and to evolving our solutions with this e-commerce leader.”
For more information on AvaTax for Magento’s eCommerce platform, go to http://www.avalara.com/e-commerce/magento.
About Avalara
Based near Seattle, WA, Avalara, the market leader in web-based sales tax solutions, continues to transform and enhance the sales and use tax compliance process for businesses of all sizes. With point-and-click ease, Avalara provides the fastest, easiest, most accurate and affordable way for companies to address their statutory tax requirements. Avalara is the industry’s most trusted provider of sales and use tax automation solutions, serving more than 40,000 registered users located throughout the U.S., Canada, and abroad, delivering more than 350 million sales tax transactions, and filing and remitting more than $ 10 billion in sales & use tax collections per year. Avalara is one of America’s fastest growing companies and Microsoft’s SaaS Partner of the Year for 2010. For more information, please visit http://www.avalara.com.
About Magento
Magento (http://www.magentocommerce.com/) is a feature-rich, open-source, enterprise-class ecommerce solution that offers merchants a high degree of flexibility and control over the user experience, catalog, content, and functionality of their online store. In August 2011, Magento was acquired by eBay Inc., and is now part of the X.commerce division (http://www.x.com). Launched in 2007, the Magento platform now serves tens of thousands of merchants worldwide, and is supported by a global community of solution partners and third-party developers. Magento Go is a hosted, software-as-a-service solution that provides small and growing merchants with the ecommerce tools they need to succeed online. Based in Los Angeles, Magento, Inc. is a fast-paced, entrepreneurial organization dedicated to the mission of enabling the eCommerce ecosystem. http://www.magentocommerce.com
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GalaxyVisions Launches Optimized VPS for Forex Trading
GalaxyVisions Launches Optimized VPS for Forex Trading
New York, NY (PRWEB) December 02, 2011
GalaxyVisions, the New York metropolitan region’s leading provider of VPS and Dedicated hosting services, announced today the availability of Forex Virtual Private Server Plans designed specifically for the speed and reliability demanded by Forex traders using MetaTrader (MT) and Expert Advisor (EA) platforms.
GalaxyVisions’ Forex VPS plans include Dual Quad core machine, 64GB RAM with Raid 5 array sets for HDD Protection for the consumer. These high-powered nodes are perfectly architected for today’s tech-savvy Forex traders, who can access these machines remotely from their homes or offices, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Once a trade is executed – either manually or through automated Expert Advisor (EA) programs – it is transmitted via the GalaxyVisions’ Tier 1 network, which has fast, direct and low-latency connections to locations around the world. The FX segment is an emerging market with a predicted trading volume of up to $ 50 billion per day. GalaxyVisions has partnered with Forex banks for trades with minimal latency (1-2ms).
“GalaxyVisions understands traders’ frustration about the lack of affordable and reliable hosting solutions,” said Ray Sidler, GalaxyVisions’ CEO and co-founder. “Our plans deliver on both fronts – and will deliver trades anywhere in the world with less latency than any competitor. We understand the Forex trader’s need for speed.”
GalaxyVisions also unveiled GalaxyVisions Forex Affiliates Program, which enables trading firms to offer their clients GalaxyVisions reliability and fast network connections at a discount. Partners also receive a monthly commission on all Forex VPS accounts that are activated.
GalaxyVisions’ state-of-the-art data center offers fast, direct routes to destinations around the globe, including the world’s major financial centers. The 15,000-square-foot facility is less than 5 miles from Wall Street, and GalaxyVisions’ network routes can reach most foreign countries in under 10 hops. GalaxyVisions also offers a 99.9% uptime guarantee, uninterruptable power and top-notch customer service around the clock.
“GalaxyVisions offers the BEST VPS for Forex trading!” said one trader who was among the 200 who participated in GalaxyVisions’ Forex pilot program. “I tried two others first and both way over promised and underperformed. What a nightmare! Then came GalaxyVisions! Their support and knowledge is unmatched! Their pricing, reliability and servers speeds are fantastic. All around I’ve been very impressed.”
About GalaxyVisions
GalaxyVisions was founded in 2003 and is a privately held managed services provider located in the heart of Brooklyn, NY. It provides affordable hosting solutions for companies of all sizes. GalaxyVisions supplies the servers, software, bandwidth and management tools needed to run almost any web-based application. From small projects to enterprise server solutions, GalaxyVisions will meet or beat the price of any competitor. GalaxyVisions is committed to excellent quality service 24/7/365.
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