Wall Street Letter Volume XLV Issue 14 | страница 3

NEWS 25 APRIL – 1 MAY 2013 TECHNOLOGY Published by Pageant Media London Thavies Inn House London EC1N 2HA T [phone] F [phone] EDITORIAL Jeanene Timberlake Managing editor [phone] [email protected] Ryan Gorman Reporter [phone] [email protected] Gwyn Roberts Group head of content [phone] [email protected] Indira Peters-DiDio Data manager [phone] [email protected] PRODUCTION Claudia Honerjager Head of production c.honerjager@ pageantmedia.com New York 240 W 37th St. Suite 302, NY 10018 T [phone] F [phone] COMMERCIAL Lucy Guest Group commercial manager [phone] [email protected] Stefano Giacoia Content Sales Manager [phone] [email protected] EVENTS Beth Hall Head of events [phone] [email protected] DISTRIBUTION Fay Muddle Circulation manager [phone] [email protected] PAGEANT MEDIA Charlie Kerr Chief executive Printed by The Manson Group FSMLabs rolls out time synch hardware FSMLabs, a New York-based vendor of time synchronization software for financial services, is branching out into hardware and is rolling out its first piece of technology, according to Victor Yodaiken, CEO. The appliance, called the TimeKeeper Multi-Protocol GrandMaster Clock, is designed to be an add-on to users of FSMLabs’ software, or others, and to provide more accurate information about the time faster and to more network locations, he said. The device is manufactured and distributed by privately held Colfax International, a Sunnyvale, Calif.based provider of high performance computing solutions founded in 1987. The system helps companies solve the problem of needing to synchro- nize trading systems across a firm for the purposes of reporting or auditing. The GrandMaster Clock communicates with GPS satellites to determine the time, then distributes the time to multiple locations on the network, he explained. All firms use some method to synchronize systems across their banks, said Yodaiken, and FSMLab’s offering is one of several that uses a dual hardware/software model. But he said the value proposition for users of FSMLabs technology is the speed of the distribution, which is 10 Gb per second (via Ethernet connection), and the cost, which he said is low compared to competitors due to the vendor’s mostly software offering. Jo Kinsella, executive vice president at the vendor, said the other factor relates to the plug-and-play nature of the technology. “The value proposition is the time to value – you install it, plug it in and it works,” she added. The launch comes at a time when 03 01 CONTINUED... Sub-editor Eleanor Stanley Sub-editor ISSN# 726-98790 © 2013 Pageant Media Ltd. All rights reserved. COPYRIGHT NOTICE: No part of this publication may be copied, photocopied or duplicated in any form or by any means without Pageant Media’s prior written consent. Copying of this publication is in violation of the Federal Copyright Law (17 USC 101 et seq.). Violators may be subject to criminal penalties as well as liability for substantial monetary damages, including statutory damages up to $100,000 per infringement, costs and attorney’s fees. The next will be available the week of WALL STREET LETTER 04/29/13 The upcoming issue will feature our regular industry news coverage. Until then, news items will be available on our website at www. wallstreetletter.com “We have concluded there are probably mor ????????????????????????????????????????t??????????q]??e?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????t? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????A?????A????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????qQ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????()?????????????????t??????????qQ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????t? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????e?A?????A????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)????]??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????!????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????q%??????e????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????t????????((0