| RNA networks and The 451 Group Announce Webinar on New Performance Options for High Frequency Trade Execution and Historical Tick Data Analytics |
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PORTLAND, Ore. – May 27, 2009 – RNA networks, a leader in memory virtualization software that transforms server memory into a shared network resource, today announced a free Webinar that addresses latency in the trading environment as well as new performance strategies for improving trade execution and analytics. The Webinar will be held on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. ET/ 10:00 a.m. PT. WHAT: Webinar, “Eliminate Trading Platform Bottlenecks” Latency is a complex problem and requires a holistic view of the trading system. Memory Virtualization improves latency sensitive applications by making system memory a shared network resource. John Barr, The 451 Group Research Director, and Clive Cook, RNA networks CEO, will discuss best practices and use cases for improving latency in trading systems including: • Sources of latency across the trading infrastructure • Making huge amounts of ultra fast shared memory available for trade execution and market data analytics • Increasing time sensitive application response with simple to implement, cost-effective solution • Learning how a global hedge fund is driving 5X faster trade execution and 17X faster tick data analytics without changing applications, OS or storage WHEN: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. ET, 10 a.m. PT WHO: Clive Cook, CEO, RNA networks - Clive Cook has a track record of success building and leading technology businesses. Combining expertise in management, strategic business development and technology application, Mr. Cook is an architect of both products and business models. At VeriLAN, Inc., Mr. Cook led the multi-billion dollar consortium of companies seeking to build, own and operate large wireless infrastructure projects. As CEO of Elematics, Clive led the company from business plan development, financing, and deployment. Clive worked in management positions for Nortel Networks, Acterna (now JDSU) and Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman). Clive has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Calgary and earned his master’s degree in Computer and Systems Engineering from Carleton University. He holds an M.B.A. from the Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario. Mr. Cook is on the Board of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). John Barr, Group Research Director, Financial Markets, 451 Group. Barr covers IT early adoption and innovation in the financial markets at The 451 Group. Barr has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, initially writing compilers and development tools for high-performance computing platforms. The bulk of his career has been spent in a variety of technical roles at systems vendors (Intel, Sun, SGI, Meiko, Convex) supporting their technical computing and HPC customers. His core technical skill is application performance analysis, optimization and parallelization. About RNA networks RNA networks' Memory Virtualization Platform (MVP) makes memory a shared, network resource. RNA products scale across commodity hardware, leverage existing data center resources and are implemented without application changes to deliver unmatched performance and transactional throughput. Contact: Frances Bigley, Barokas Public Relations, 206-264-8220, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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