Linux on Wall Street (2008)
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| 2008 Linux/Open Source on Wall Street will focus on enterprise Linux and open
| source technologies, and their adoption in the datacenters of financial
| markets firms. Killer applications, including virtual appliances and
| virtualization, Linux-as-a-Service and realtime/low latency Linux will be
| explored, as will the practicalities of deploying open source stacks in
| business-critical, high availability scenarios.
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http://www.linuxonwallstreet.com/
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Linux steps up to power NZ Stock Exchange
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| The New Zealand Stock Exchange is moving to a Linux platform for its
| settlement and clearing system, replacing its existing HP NonStop platform
| and applications in order to reduce cost and increase flexibility.
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/F586239BCCA7593FCC2573F00001488E
HP Linux servers bolster NYSE trading app
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| "We favor Linux for what we do. We don't want to be beholden to any one
| [hardware or software] supplier, even if it is very good. We want the freedom
| to be vendor-independent, so Linux was a good choice," said Rubinow.
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http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1285921,00.html
SEC goes after stock spammers, hackers
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| The SEC action to freeze the assets is the third filed in as many
| months involving market manipulation schemes conducted through
| online account intrusions. In the past the SEC has also taken
| action against individuals who allegedly broke into financial
| news Web sites or news release services.
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| [...]
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| "When spam clogs our mailboxes, it's annoying. When it rips
| off investors, it's illegal and destructive," SEC Chairman
| Christopher Cox said in a statement.
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http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6165804.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
London Stock Exchange blames outage on Infolect
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| She said the problem appeared to lie with Infolect’s three interactive
| gateways, which send out about 10 million separate pieces of market
| information daily, including share prices, to about 100,000 terminals.
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| Infolect was launched two years ago in place of the exchange’s London Market
| Information Link platform. It uses Microsoft .net technology and a SQL Server
| database, and runs on more than 100 Intel-based 32-bit Proliant servers.
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http://www.cio.co.uk/concern/security/news/index.cfm?articleid=2248&pagtype=allchantopdate
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