COLT MARKET DATA IN THE CLOUD

EASILY MOVE WORKLOADS TO AWS FROM COLO TO CLOUD

As businesses increasingly rely on cloud computing to meet their data processing and storage needs, and as a leading financial services provider, Colt recognises the importance of helping our customers transition their workloads to cloud environments. However, delivering unprocessed multicast market data from exchange colocation sites to the cloud has always posed a significant challenge.

Traditional solutions have often involved converting multicast data to unicast via middleware or software layers, which can be time-consuming and costly for our customers. At Colt Capital Markets, we have developed a solution that eliminates the need for middleware or any data conversion. Our cutting-edge technology allows us to deliver raw multicast market data directly to our customers’ cloud environments in its original format, ensuring seamless integration with their applications.

With our solution, customers can easily move their workloads to the cloud and subscribe to the data in the same way they would at the colocation site.

MARKET DATA IN THE CLOUD AS A SERVICE

Colt has years of experience connecting on-premise sites to multiple cloud providers worldwide and covering 500 buildings. We have honed our expertise in delivering reliable cloud connectivity solutions to our customers.

At Colt, we are uniquely positioned to bundle our connectivity and market data services, enabling us to offer a fully managed solution to our customers. Our solution includes the management of all connectivity from the stock exchange within the colocation site, as well as the transport of data to the closest AWS onramp through our dedicated financial extranet, PrizmNet.

We have deployed virtual distribution points of presence (POPs) within various AWS availability zones, allowing customers to connect their virtual private cloud (VPC) to Colt and receive the data. At Colt Capital Markets, we are committed to providing a hassle-free experience for our customers, managing all aspects of the cloud connectivity solution and ensuring seamless integration with their workflows.

MONITORING AS A SERVICE

Our cloud offering is supported by our Market Data Monitoring Service (MMS), which provides our customers with critical visibility, traceability, and alerting in the event of packet loss.

Market data is monitored at multiple locations within our infrastructure to ensure its cleanliness and integrity. This includes monitoring at source within the stock exchange, in transit as it moves through PrizmNet POPs before entering the cloud, and finally, within our virtual POP before handing it off to customers.

By monitoring the data at multiple points within our infrastructure, we can quickly identify any issues or bottlenecks and calculate latency through the network. Our Market Data Monitoring Service is an essential component of our cloud offering, providing customers with the peace of mind that their data is being monitored every step of the way.

TIME TO MARKET

By adopting our cloud connectivity solution, customers can accelerate their application deployment timelines compared to traditional on-premise setups. Our solution is entirely provided as a service, including connectivity and monitoring, which eliminates the need for customers to deploy any physical infrastructure. This is especially advantageous as hardware timelines continue to be slow, and our solution significantly reduces time to market.

With Colt’s cloud connectivity solution, customers can go live with their applications much faster than before, enabling them to stay ahead of their competitors and capitalise on market opportunities.

FINAL COMMENTS

We are pleased to announce that after a successful proof of concept (POC), we have advanced to full productisation and are excited to offer this state-of-the-art solution to our customers. Our team has worked diligently to ensure that the solution is reliable, scalable, and delivers the performance that our customers require.

We are confident that this solution will help our customers meet their cloud connectivity needs and enable them to operate their business more efficiently.

BENEFITS AT A GLANCE

• Raw multicast data in AWS

• Faster time to market

• Reduced TCO

• Increased flexibility

• Provided as a service

• Built-in monitoring

ABOUT COLT CAPITAL MARKETS

Colt’s financial market solutions are underpinned by the Colt IQ Network – a 100Gbps optimized intelligent network –distributed to more than 31,000 on net buildings, 1,000 data centres and hundreds of data network connection points around the globe. With flexibility and agility to meet the market’s requirements, Colt continues to enhance its connectivity offering to ensure its market leadership across the world.

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