Keynote: The Need for Speed in Trading Environments

Time is of the essence in today´s rapid business climate. The speed at which signals are transmitted and received at their destination is vital to optimizing the performance of real-time systems, both in hardware and in software. There is an industry shift taking place for mission critical low-latency systems with more functionality moving from software to hardware. In global financial trading environments, every microsecond, and soon every nanosecond, counts and can amount to tens of millions of dollars of lost market opportunities. We will speak about these changes and how predictive technologies are being used to create a competitive edge in today´s markets.