• Algo Speed HFT Solution Overview (PDF - 1.6 MB)
  A comprehensive solution providing low-latency without data loss serving the intense requirements of high-performance trading clients.
• High-Performance Automated Trading Network Architecture White Paper (PDF - 314 KB)
  Explore considerations to implementing a low-latency network and key misconceptions when evaluating the suitability of network platforms for automated trading businesses.
• The Right Road to High-Frequency Trading (PDF - 850 KB)
  A low-latency trading infrastructure is a must for high-frequency trading. DWT discusses with Cisco how firms can rely on current third-party low-latency infrastructure to bring high-frequency trading within reach.
• Microbursts Present Big Issues for High-Speed Traders (PDF - 828 KB)
  Dow Jones looks at microbursts and how they can temporarily saturate a trading network to the extent that orders are delayed, or worse yet, lost altogether.

Videos

• Platform Testing for Trading (Video - 4:34 min)
  Learn how to choose the right network platform for your trading environment.
• Why Nominal Latency is Not Enough (Video - 16:04 min)
  Cisco Fellow Silvano Gai speaks about the principles of switch architectures, buffer capacity, and platform latency.
• Performance Without Loss (Video - 16:11 min)
  Overview of financial markets trends and demands with a review of Cisco's industry leading high-frequency trading solution and how it addresses real-world low-latency imperatives.
• Ensuring Real-World Low-Latency When it Counts: When You Make Your Real Money (Registration Required)
  Discover how to optimize high-performance trading and help ensure real-world low-latency when it counts. This webcast features representatives from Cisco, Solace, and TowerGroup.

• Feature Comparison for Cisco Nexus 3000, 5500/2000 Series Switches (PDF - 190 KB)
  A matrix comparing features of Cisco Nexus switches to features of competitive products.
• Cisco Nexus 5010 and Arista 7124S Network Switches Comparison conducted by Principled Technologies (PDF - 542 KB)
  Principled Technologies examines how well Cisco Nexus 5010 and Arista 7124S handle a TCP traffic workload that can lead to a severe impact on TCP transmission rates and transaction times.
• Cisco Nexus 5000 and Arista 7100 conducted by Miercom (PDF - 1.3 MB)
  This competitive switch benchmark, performed by Miercom, proves that Cisco delivers low-latency capabilities while supporting over 25 times the burst capacity of the competition. The test includes both 24-port and 48-port switch performance results.
• STAC-M2 Benchmark of Cisco Nexus 5000 and 29West LBM running on Cisco UCS C-Class Server (Registration Required)
  A rigorous industry benchmark, performed by STAC, providing key performance metrics such as latency, throughput, power efficiency, and CPU/memory consumption for market data messaging.
• Cisco Nexus 5010, Solace 3260 Content Router and Solarflare SolarStorm Adapter (PDF - 594 KB)
  This test, conducted by Solace, demonstrates consistent low-latency performance numbers for a market data distribution.
• Cisco Nexus 5000, Cisco Catalyst 4900M and Solace Content Routers (PDF - 1.6 MB)
  This series of tests, conducted by Cisco and Solace, simulates a high frequency trading environment, with "bursty" traffic, variable message sizes, and high message volumes.
• 29West Messaging Performance on Cisco Nexus 5000 10-Gigabit Ethernet (PDF - 357 KB)
  This test, performed by 29West, highlights the latency and throughput performance of the company's Latency Busters Messaging on 10-gigabit Ethernet.
• Cisco Catalyst 4900M 10GigE Switch, SolarFlare NIC, and 29West LBM conducted by STAC
  This test, performed by STAC, shows the latency and throughput characteristics with different numbers of publishers and consumers, variable message rates, message size, and application and networking configurations.
• Cisco Nexus 5000 with Thomson Reuters RMDS on Intel Dunnington conducted by STAC
  This test, performed by STAC, shows the optimal middleware and hardware configurations to improve the throughput of the Reuters RMDS.

• 29West Ultra Messaging IPC Performance with the Cisco Unified Computing System (PDF - 582 KB)
  Investment banking customers are always interested in gaining whatever performance advantage they can in the ultra competitive world of high-frequency electronic trading. Read about a recent testing effort by Cisco and 29West that highlights the kind of next-generation performance that is achievable.
• Managing Performance in Financial Trading Networks White Paper (PDF - 431 KB)
  Performance targets in financial trading networks are more stringent than in any other type of network deployed today. Read about the benefits CorvilNet provides with reference to a market-data dissemination environment.
• Low-Latency Market Data White Paper (PDF - 1.9 MB)
  Comprehensive approach on how to make a rational decision on the purchase of bandwidth for market data.
• Inter-Party Latency Management White Paper (PDF - 240 KB)
  Adopt a joint approach to latency management to allow all parties to overcome the technical obstacles that currently hinder end-to-end visibility.
• Cisco with Mellanox: A Reliable and Low-Latency Data Center Infrastructure White Paper (PDF - 439 KB)
  Cisco UCS Servers with Mellanox ConnectX EN with RoE and the Cisco Nexus family of switches deliver the performance, reliability, lossless and low-latency features demanded by today's data centers.

Below are the technology companies that work with Cisco on the Algo Speed HFT solution:

• 29West (Now a part of Informatica)
  29West offers the most-flexible and lowest-latency messaging solutions in the industry. Whether you require a streaming messaging model or have a need for persistence and delivery confirmation.
    - 29West Messaging Performance on Cisco Nexus 5000 10-Gigabit Ethernet (PDF - 356 KB)
• Corvil
  Recognized as a technology innovator, Corvil offers CorvilNetš, a leading latency management system in financial markets providing always-on monitoring, trouble-shooting and optimization analysis for electronic trading and market data applications.
    - Managing Performance in Financial Trading Networks White Paper (PDF - 431 KB)
    - Low-Latency Market Data White Paper (PDF - 1.9 MB)
    - Inter-Party Latency Management White Paper (PDF - 240 KB)
• NYSE Technologies
  NYSE Technologies Data Fabricš is a leading platform for low-latency, high-throughput market data messaging. By fundamentally changing the approach to middleware, Data Fabric simultaneously benefits from, and maximizes the power of modern, multi-core CPUs with fast memory access.
• Thomson Reuters
  The Reuters Market Data System (RMDS) platform supports huge throughputs of data for automated trading environments and front-office dealing rooms that demand the fastest possible access to up-to-the-minute market data.
    - Thomson Reuters Partner Profile (PDF - 1.8 MB)
• Solace Systems
  Solace Systems is a leading provider of messaging middleware that routes high volumes of messages with very low latency.
    - Ensuring Real-world Low Latency When it Counts: When You Make Your Real Money
    - Cisco Nexus 5000 and Catalyst 4900M with Solace Message Routers (PDF - 1.6 MB)

The Nexus and Catalyst switches provide the connectivity for trading applications and market data infrastructure.

• Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
  The Cisco Nexus® 5000 Series Switches delivers an innovative 10 Gigabit architecture to simplify data center transformation by enabling a high-performance, standards-based, ethernet unified fabric.
• Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches
  The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series is a modular switching system designed to deliver 10 Gigabit Ethernet and unified fabric in the data center.
• Cisco Catalyst 4900M Series Switches
  The Cisco Catalyst 4900M Switch provides the flexibility of deploying a wide range of Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces at wire speed in a two-rack-unit form factor.
• Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches
  The Cisco Catalyst 6500 series is the foundation for secure converged network services, mission critical applications, and provides data, voice, and video integration - securely and with high availability.
• Cisco Unified Computing System
  The Cisco Unified Computing System is a next-generation data center platform that unites compute, network, storage access, and virtualization into a cohesive system designed to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and increase business agility.