high-frequency trading

Cisco acquires ultra-low latency networking specialist Exablaze

Cisco today announced that it has acquired Exablaze, an Australia-based company that designs and builds advanced networking gear based on field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The company focuses on

IEX’s Katsuyama is no flash in the pan

When you watch a commercial for one of the major stock exchanges, you are welcomed into a world of fast-moving, slick images full of glistening buildings, lush crops and happy people. They are typical

Y Combinator Alum BigCalc Makes Hadoop Easier for High Frequency Trading Firms

Wall Street has been dealing with big data since before it was a thing. But the rise of algorithmic and high frequency trading is making big data even bigger and has led many firms to adopt the same f

In Defense Of The High-Frequency Hackers

It's a potential "<a target="_blank" href="http://business.time.com/2012/08/08/high-frequency-trading-wall-streets-doomsday-machine/">doomsday machine</a>." It's "<a target="_blank" href="http://blogs