Hidden Barriers to Low-Latency|Finance Whitepaper> By Exponential-e

March 9, 2009 at 5:07 pm Leave a comment

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While it is easy to list features such as resilience, reliability, security, scalability and latency as key criteria in the selection of any efficient and robust Network, the best efforts of Network Engineers and Architects can often be undermined by internal systems, site location and ever increasingly legacy networks.

Financial institutions still using leased line network technology are at a significant disadvantage when compared to organisations who have upgraded to Next Generation, Ethernet Technology.

Why is this? Leased line network technology was developed in the mid-1980’s specifically to support Voice communication – not data or IP packets. Many carriers and service providers ploughed huge resources into this technology, failing to anticipate the rapid growth of data and IP communication that would occur in the mid-to-late 1990’s. To overcome this problem, they adopted protocols such as ATM and Frame Relay. This enabled Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) voice networks to support data and IP communications. However, this has negatively impacted customers in a number of ways by leading to:

Very complex network infrastructures requiring substantial network management and support
Inflated costs for end-users
Slow-routed network architecture
Restricted scalability and versatility, leaving them unable to provide client services, including bandwidth-on-demand and differentiated services

For the finance industry this has become even more significant as market volatility, and government regulation, such as The European Union’s MiFID directive, create spiralling data volumes. Network Mangers, Engineers and Architects are confronted with the realisation that they are paying inflated charges for slow, inefficient network connections that cannot adjust to meet the increasing demand.

The choice is simple, financial institutions can either migrate to a Next Generation Ethernet Network or paper over the cracks by bolstering their existing leased line infrastructure.

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Hidden Barriers to Achieving Low-Latency:Whitepaper

1.0 Introduction – Network Needs for Tradding in International Financial Markets

2.0 Is your Network holding you back?

3.0 How can a Next-Generation Network maximise your competitiveness
3.1 The Key Competitive Differentiators in the Finance Industry
3.1.1 Resilience
3.1.2 Network Scalability
3.1.3 Reducing Costs
3.1.4 Low-latency & NGN
3.1.5 Low-Latency & the Optimal Route: Route1™
3.1.6 Network Simplification