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Software AG today announced the acquisition of London based my-Channels. my-Channels provides extremely fast (low latency) messaging software complementing and extending Software AG’s current integration technology. The acquisition of my-Channels will enable Software AG’s customers to integrate their enterprise applications, cloud based applications, and mobile devices through a unique, universal messaging layer. Customers will now have the ability to stream large volumes of critical data to employees, customers and partners anywhere, over any channel and to any device. This is a major step in implementing Software AG’s strategy for the in-memory management of Big Data. my-Channels technology supports modern messaging standards such MQTT and HTML5/webSockets.

BittWare, a provider of fully validated, deployable Altera-based off-the-shelf FPGA and signal-processing boards, announced today that it has entered into a North American distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics, Inc.

"Arrow is a global player in the semiconductor industry, specifically in regards to Altera's FPGA products," said Darren Taylor, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing at BittWare. "This distribution agreement is an opportunity for BittWare to expand our North American business, while giving Arrow's Altera-based customers the option of proven embedded COTS solutions for their FPGA-fueled applications."

"The products and services provided by BittWare will strengthen Arrow's reach in the military/aerospace, communications, high-end instrumentation, and life sciences markets," said David West, Vice President of Supplier Marketing and Asset Management at Arrow Electronics. "BittWare's FPGA designs and products further enable Arrow to provide our customers with valuable technology solutions, deepening our support for the FPGA community."

Vasil Kajcovski, director of messaging for TIBCO's EMEA financial markets business presented this keynote on the role of messaging in low-latency systems.

Sun Microsystems might have coined the the slogan "The Network Is The Computer" but it is Arista Networks that is today delivering on the concept with its first Application Switch, which embeds FPGA processing into a switch so that business logic can really be run in the networking fabric itself with lowest-latency data access.

BittWare, the leader in Altera-based FPGA COTS boards, announced today at the Low-Latency Summit 2012 in London, the introduction of two new PCIe boards to their “S5” family of products. The S5-PCIe-HQ and S5-PCIe-HR are half-length PCIe COTS boards ideal for financial acceleration applications such as high frequency trading. Based on Altera’s Stratix V GX/GS FPGA, the boards provide ultra-low latency performance with 10GigE straight to the FPGA (no external PHY) saving hundreds of nanoseconds in transaction time, all while offering the maximum processing performance per watt

With just a week to go before the London Low-Latency Summit, I thought it was the right time to preview what the agenda will bring.  Space at the new venue - the America Square Conference Centre - is limited but there's room for a few more delegates, so be sure to register today. Now, with the public service announcement/commercial over ...

Not too many traders have heard of Intilop, though its technology is probably widely deployed within the low-latency trading systems they rely on, especially in the areas of network processing.  Low-Latency.com spoke to the company's CEO/CTO Kelly Masood to find out the 'inside' story.

Building systems for low-latency market data integration with trading systems requires a rare combination of technology skills and financial markets understanding.  Low-Latency.com talked to Art Novikov, founder of Trading Physics, which leverages that combination for its customers - whether they be vendors or market participants.

Intilop, a pioneer and a recognized leader in providing highly complex Ultra-Low latency networking Mega IP building blocks, systems and solutions, announced they will showcase their 4th Gen. SX-Series 10G Ultra-Low latency TOE + EMAC + Altera_PHY Mega IP cores running on Stratix IV FPGA. The live demo will be showcased on Feb 22nd 2012 at the Ethernet Summit at Hilton-Double tree in San Jose, CA. This is the first time the Full TOE + EMAC latency barrier of 100 nanoseconds has been shattered which further solidifies Intilop’s leadership position.

Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the world leader in delivering fast, scalable communications software that addresses the challenges of building and integrating real-time operational systems, today introduced RTI Connext, a new family of products designed to connect real-time applications across an enterprise. RTI Connext is the first edge-to-enterprise real-time SOA platform; the products provide seamless, enterprise-wide integration to improve efficiency, responsiveness and real-time business intelligence (BI).

Solarflare, the leader in application-intelligent 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) networking software and hardware, announced today its ApplicationOnload Engine (AOE), a new platform that moves application processing into the network adapter for applications that rely on real-time, high-performance network data. Solarflare's AOE combines a fully featured 10GbE server adapter with a state-of-the-art FPGA (field-programmable gate array) that provides a seamless, low-latency network interface to the host server and application processing. It is an open platform that utilizes applications developed by Solarflare, Solarflare's customers or third-party developers.

Solarflare, the leader in application-intelligent 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) networking software and hardware, announced today the next-generation of its family of branded 10GbE products. Solarflare's SFN6122F dual-port 10GbE server adapter delivers significantly lower latency and higher message rates compared to both prior Solarflare versions and competitive products, making it ideal for handling mission-critical, compute-intensive tasks in high performance, cloud computing and big data environments. The new server adapter features the industry’s first and only field-hardened, full-featured user-level TCP/UDP stack.