This year at SIFMA IBM will demonstrate record-breaking low-latency performance with a demonstration of high speed multicast messaging.
In tests the IBM research team has achieved latency as low as 7 microseconds using reliable multicast messaging over Infiniband (compared to about 30 microsecond on infiniband in previously published IBM test results). In other testing we have verified sending over 20 million messages per second using reliable multicast messaging over Infiniband, as compared to 8 million in previously announced IBM tests. Also with IBM’s Stock Exchange Reference Architecture (SXRA) the team has achieved over 1.2 million orders per second and latency as low as 60 microseconds for a round trip from Gateway to matching engine and back to Gateway — this configuration which will be demonstrated on the floor of the SIFMA Technology Exhibit
Also at the show IBM will be addressing emerging computing infrastructures in a joint presentation with Merrill Lynch and will be showing how it can help financial markets companies by delivering low latency, enabling business value and driving high performance — all of which will be shown in 12 demonstrations on IBM’s stand – stand number #2213.
Jeffrey M. Birnbaum, Managing Director, Chief Technology Architect and Global Head of Architecture and Engineering at Merrill Lynch, and Dr. Tom Bradicich, IBM Fellow and VP Systems Technology at IBM, will give a joint presentation on “Emerging Computing Infrastructures — Supply Side and Demand Side Perspectives”. New and emerging virtual IT infrastructures are generally built with standard computing and storage components — hundreds of thousands going to millions — and will connect to billions of user devices, sensors and existing IT infrastructures and other types of platforms. The presentation by Jeffrey M. Birnbaum and Dr. Tom Bradicich will address several emerging computing infrastructures and platforms such as containers, cloud computing, stateless systems, ensembles, and low-power/high-density blades. The opportunities and characteristics of each infrastructure will be discussed as well as the challenges in realizing their full potential in the financial markets.
Demonstrations at the show include:
- Accelerating financial analytics featuring Cell Broadband Engine™ technology*
High performance, low-latency and energy efficiency in a standard blade server. See how quickly the QS22 can accelerate single- and double-precision financial analytics calculations.
- Enhanced virtualization featuring ibm system z10™
accelerated with Cell Broadband Engine technology* Live demonstrations featuring the IBM System z10 mainframe with extreme Linux® virtualization and a state-of-the-art prototype incorporating Cell Broadband Engine technology to calculate European option prices.
- Revolutionizing data center economics with IBM System x™ iDataPlex™
Right-size your data center by packing more servers into the same power/cooling envelope. Learn about this flexible and affordable solution featuring Intel® technology and IBM innovation.
- Enterprise storage reinvented featuring XIV®, an IBM company Diligent™ Technologies, an IBM company
See how storage has been reinvented. IBM XIV grid-based design helps provide excellent performance scalability and extreme ease of management through single-tier storage architecture. * Cell Broadband Engine, Cell Broadband Engine Architecture, Cell/B.E., are trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment in the United States, other countries, or both.
- Ultra-low latency trading featuring IBM WebSphere® MQ Low Latency Messaging, IBM solidDB™ & XIV, an IBM company
An ultra-high performance, highly available and scalable trading solution using IBM WebSphere MQ Low Latency Messaging, SolidDB and XIV.
- High speed messaging appliance featuring IBM WebSphere DataPower® & WebSphere MQ Low Latency Messaging
Combining IBM WebSphere DataPower appliance with WebSphere MQ Low Latency Messaging accelerates transformation and routing of FAST/FIX messages generated by Pantor’s high speed FAST/FIX engine
- Market data delivery with InfoDyne™, an IBM company
InfoDyne’s rich feed-handler portfolio integrates with IBM's low latency messaging transport to provide ultra-low latency connectivity to exchanges and electronic markets.
- Next generation trading with Stream Computing from IBM
IBM demonstrates stream computing software that consumes both structured and unstructured data in real time, and that allows analysts to rapidly develop new trading strategies.
- Unleashed IBM power6™ TRADING PERFORMANCE featuring Systems Integration by iSys™, a Premier IBM Business
Partner iSys is demonstrating a new FIX engine service approach for the securities markets. This architecture provides very high communications between the various functions — producing low micro-second round trips within an algorithmic environment.
- OTC derivatives: operations monitoring featuring Business Process Management from IBM
Business Process Management from IBM offers real-time visibility into core trading processes with feedback on business dashboards displaying trading lifecycle metrics, SLAs and status changes.
- OTC derivatives: automating confirmations with IBM FileNet®, DB2® pureXML™ & Thunderhead®, an IBM Business Partner
Reduce risk, manage increased trade volumes and improve operational efficiency with a new standards-based OTC derivatives confirmation solution. Leverage FpML to streamline trade confirmation process.
- Business intelligence & performance management featuring Cognos®, an IBM company
Cognos, an IBM company, provides world-class enterprise planning and BI software and services to help companies plan, understand and manage financial and operational performance.
- IBM new enterprise data center featuring Capacity on Demand, Blue Cloud & Green Computing
Learn how featured IBM New Enterprise Data Center initiatives can help you dynamically virtualize computing resources, reduce fixed costs, energy consumption and drive efficiency.
