Exegy Inc. Deploys Ultra-Low Latency Exegy
Ticker Plant on the Options PIPE® Platform
February 01, 2010 12:59 PM Eastern Time
NEW YORK--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Options IT, a leading provider of high-performance technology
Infrastructure-as-a-Service, ultra-low latency market data and connectivity for buy-side and sell-side firms, today
announced Exegy Incorporated, the ultra-high performance market data appliance company, has deployed its ultra-
low latency Exegy Ticker Plant on the Options PIPE platform.
Both buy-side and sell-side firms may now leverage the Exegy Ticker Plant as a fully optimized and managed
proximity-hosting service powered by the Options PIPE platform. Deploying the Exegy Ticker Plant on the Options
PIPE platform provides clients with a high-performance ticker plant capability that is fully redundant and quickly
deployed in a cost efficient manner.
The Option PIPE platform is a fully optimized and managed, software-vendor-neutral, global technology
infrastructure, providing clients with the efficiencies of a hosted technology service delivered with the scalability,
strength and security of an enterprise solution. The hosted Exegy Ticker Plant is the first hardware-accelerated
market data appliance built from the ground up to ensure high-frequency traders continuously have the best view of
the electronic markets.
“We’re delighted to work with Exegy to provide a managed hosting environment for Options PIPE clients who want
to leverage the Exegy Ticker Plant,” said Nigel Kneafsey, CEO of Options IT. “As the race to reduce latency
continues to build momentum, our clients are increasingly seeking out market data applications like Exegy’s that
provide a competitive advantage.”
Added Jim O’Donnell, Chairman and CEO of Exegy, “As market data rates continue to explode, reducing data
processing latency becomes increasingly important to the success of high-frequency trading strategies. We’re
pleased to add Options IT as one of our technology providers for our mut