Fixnetix Extends Reach of its Low Latency Market Data and Trading Access
Colocates Fixnetix Platform at Interxion’s London and Paris Financial Hubs
LONDON, 10th November 2009 – Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, today announced an agreement with Fixnetix, a leader in the provision of low latency market data, trading access and exchange hosting services, to house its platform at Interxion’s City of London and Paris data centres. Customers colocating at Interxion’s facilities will now be able to connect to a wide range of European markets from a single location through Fixnetix’s shared infrastructure, helping them to reduce operating costs significantly and also fine tune their trading strategies to address changing market conditions.
Interxion’s data centres provide a highly secure physical location with advanced infrastructure for mission-critical applications. High-density power configurations from 5 kW up to 30 kW are available as standard, with industry-leading service levels and availability and 24x7 secure access to equipment.
Fixnetix’s direct ultra low latency trading access and market data feed solutions have been designed to be fast, reliable and flexible, and feature best of breed feed handler technology, unparalleled high bandwidth provision and full redundancy throughout the entire delivery mechanism. Fixnetix feeds integrate easily into an organisation’s existing architecture, or can be accessed in a dedicated environment such as Interxion’s carrier-neutral data centres to deliver ultimate end-to-end performance.
“At Fixnetix we’re committed to setting the performance standard, so we’re delighted to extend our low latency market data and trading infrastructure into Interxion’s Paris and City of London data centres,” said Hugh Hughes, Fixnetix’s Chief Executive Officer. “One of the key reasons for choosing Interxion was because of its strong existing community of market participants within its data centres. We believe that our powerful range of solutions can deliver real benefits for Interxion’s growing number of high frequency trading firms, adding value for those organisations already attracted by Interxion’s leading service level agreements and strategic data centre locations within close proximity to key liquidity venues.”
“The Fixnetix agreement is further evidence of our continued focus on scaling the Interxion Financial Hubs in the City of London and Paris,” said Anthony Foy, Group MD Interxion. “Our proximity to the most important liquidity markets, the ability to deliver high density power and superior connectivity to financial markets through organisations like Fixnetix makes a compelling proposition for capital markets participants to colocate at these sites.”
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About Interxion
Interxion is a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres. Headquartered in Schiphol-Rijk, The Netherlands, Interxion serves its customers from 25 carrier-neutral data centres located in 13 cities across 11 European countries. Interxion serves network and carrier-based, hosting and enterprise customers who require professionally managed and strictly controlled physical environments within which to operate mission-critical applications and computer systems. Interxion’s data centres offer cost-effective and fast access to multiple local and global communication networks. For more information please visit www.interxion.com
About Fixnetix
Fixnetix is the leading provider of low latency market data and trading infrastructure connectivity to financial institutions such as investment banks and edge funds. Fixnetix solutions deliver proven end-to-end performance without any buffering or loss of data, ensuring minimal latency to all major trading venues in Europe and worldwide. Fixnetix delivers data in multiple formats, with sub-millisecond transformation if required, with services provided on the wire for reduced support costs, delivery times and ease of integration.
Whether co-located as close as possible to any exchange or MTF using Fixnetix's @Source hosting, or connecting via the company's Ethernet and fibre network, financial institutions can leverage Fixnetix's high bandwidth connectivity without routing or hops for lowest latency direct access. For more information about Fixnetix, please visit www.fixnetix.com
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Ali Moinuddin, Marketing Director
Interxion Ltd
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Melanie Budden
Fixnetix PR
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