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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator Q9 Networks announced on Thursday it has been selected by NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology unit of NYSE Euronext, to host a secure financial transaction infrastructure access center.
The agreement will extend the SFTI backbone into Q9′s Toronto data center, enabling Canadian customers to directly access services over the global capital markets network.
Developed in 2002 for the financial services community, SFTI is built to facilitate large quantities of electronic quotes, trades and market data traffic while ensuring reliable, ultra-low latency access to NYSE Euronext’s markets and other global trading venues and firms, including more than 1,300 market participants.
The multi-year agreement will see Q9 provide NYSE Technologies with secure and redundant physical infrastructure in one of its high-availability data centers.
This new installation will provide financial services customers within the Q9 data center with the ability to cross-connect into a suite of low-latency trading services available on SFTI. Customers outside of the facility will also be able to receive SFTI services by connecting into the Q9 access center.
Q9 designs, builds and operates its data centers to meet the most demanding IT infrastructure requirements, including the increased power and cooling demands of today’s high density computing devices.
Customers connect to the Internet via Q9′s unique network and are backed by Q9′s 100 percent, SLA-backed uptime guarantees on both power and network availability.
Customer equipment and data center environmental parameters are monitored around the clock by Q9′s Control Center, staffed by experts versed in all aspects of IT and facilities management.
“We are very pleased to be hosting the NYSE Technologies’ SFTI network at Q9,” says Q9 Networks CEO Osama Arafat. “Our reputation for security and reliability has been instrumental in establishing us as the data center provider of choice for Canada’s financial community. With this announcement, we further extend that reputation and enable Canadian market participants to take advantage of direct access to NYSE Technologies’ high-quality, low-latency trading network.”
A division of NYSE Euronext, NYSE Technologies provides broadly accessible, comprehensive connectivity and transaction capabilities, data and infrastructure services, and managed solutions for a range of customers requiring performance and expertise for trading services.
NYSE Technologies offers advanced integrated solutions for the global capital markets community, and is able to power trading operations for many of the world’s best financial institutions and exchanges.
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