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When is Dedicated Infrastructure not Dedicated?
Remember that bit in Matilda where Danny Devito sells the piece-of-junk cars as good as new? Yes, it might be a clever … Continued
The subscription era
Who doesn’t love a subscription? It’s 2018, and people want things faster, simpler, and indefinitely. One cannot argue that the internet has made … Continued
Creating Signal Integrity – what is signal and what is integrity?
Financial systems are drowning in data. Complex, multiple and legacy systems, regulatory requirements, the proliferation of electronic trading – all these factors conspire … Continued
“Tick to Trade” – is it the new must have metric in trading performance?
The saying ‘time is money’ means more in the world of trading than it does anywhere else. And that’s time in its teeniest … Continued
Identifying where a major bank lost millions during an IPO
Market maker unable to publish stock price… Our client, a leading international retail and investment bank, was acting as a market maker – … Continued
Women in Tech – The Female Engineer
My Experience I’m proud to say I’m a Woman in Tech. I was the sole female on my Network Engineering course at college, … Continued
Ex Senior Goldman Sachs Banker to Help Shape Future of Fintech Firm Beeks Analytics (formerly Velocimetrics)
Ex GS COO of Research sees value of data as key to success for financial firms Beeks Analytics (formerly Velocimetrics), a leading provider … Continued
The Insight – news and views from Beeks Analytics
Word from the head of Beeks Analytics As 2018 hurtles along, we – in the trading technology world – are already way past … Continued
Beeks over the years – Internet Capacity
It’s pleasing to see how far we’ve come since Day 1. Following our launch in 2011, Beeks has developed and flourished by expanding … Continued
Clock Synchronization and Time Stamping – a stitch in time, saves time (and money)
Time is a precious thing. In the trading environment, the difference between microseconds, nanoseconds, picoseconds and femtoseconds – the smallest quantifiable units of … Continued
Banks Shift From Attitude Of Regulation And Compliance To Growth And Profitability In 2018
The global financial services industry will witness a wholesale move from an attitude of regulation and compliance to one of growth and profitability … Continued
Hello 2018, a big year for Fintech
2018 looks like it’s shaping up to be a big one in the fintech industry, what with the continued explosion of the cryptocurrency … Continued
Merry Christmas
‘Tis the season to be connected! We have continued to grow our client base, providing more infrastructure and obtaining more cross-connections than ever. … Continued
Our many Cross-Connects
At Beeks, we pride ourselves on keeping you connected. As the company continues to grow, so too do the number of connections we … Continued
Merrill Lynch transaction reporting fine – Could it have been avoided?
News broke this week that Merrill Lynch has been fined £34.5million by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for a failure to report various … Continued
Effective system and algorithmic testing: Why using real-world data really should be a pre-requisite
There will always be edge cases that weren’t considered when a system was originally tested. You probably know what I mean, those cases … Continued
Assessing market data quality – The risky business of focusing on the channel and ignoring the data traversing it
I often find it helpful to think of market data quality assessment in the context of a highway. You have the actual road … Continued
New white paper – Why effective payment incident management now demands real-time, actionable insight
Every year banks spend millions managing incidents that occur in their payment platforms. These costs are largely swallowed up resourcing the process of finding, … Continued
The events that shook Forex Markets for Treasurers
The corporate treasurer at the multinational corporation is facing a particularly fierce global market today. Corporate hedging, key for businesses that need to … Continued
New White Paper – Beyond Monitoring: Where is your solution on the business value spectrum?
Over recent years, the technology available to support IT monitoring for trading and payment processing environments has matured at a considerable rate. Whilst … Continued
Are you sending and receiving all electronic trade communications? – The perils of assumption
Operating an element management system to check your FIX engines are up and running is one thing, but knowing for sure they’re actually … Continued
Assessing market data quality – Taking it to the next level
Assessing market data quality often splits into two levels. At a basic level there is examining the quality of the channel itself, by … Continued
Applications: Why a view inside is so valuable
There’s no doubt in my mind, being able to look into what is happening inside a server, blade or stack of servers and … Continued
MiFID II: Clock synchronisation and meeting the divergence challenge
MiFID II will introduce the requirement for trading venues, their members and participants to synchronise the business clocks used to record the date … Continued