ITRS Group plc is pleased to announce that ADG Holdings LLP (ADG) has gone live with ITRS Geneos. ITRS is the leading global provider of real-time predictive operational systems management products to the world’s financial community.

London-based ADG is a rapidly growing proprietary trading, market-making and brokerage house with an increasing number of client portfolios. The continued expansion of the company was placing additional requirements on operations and technical support staff to manage all the systems and platforms, resulting in increasing pressure on the IT department. Greg Smart, head of Operations and Technology at ADG, had the almost impossible task of keeping up with the technology requests from his traders while ensuring the smooth operation and availability of all critical applications.

Says Greg: “I had trouble finding a management system capable of covering all the bases until I looked at ITRS Geneos. We are a fast growing company and use a mix of systems: Solaris, Windows, Unix and Linux among others, and I needed something that would help me manage them. Most [monitoring] systems on the market are restricted whereas ITRS’s specialisation in financial markets means that they understand our business needs. Not only do they allow me to manage all ADG’s systems, they also provide me with all the specialist add-ons that I need. Because we can now monitor everything from one place I get a heads up when there’s a problem, so we have more time to fix things before they escalate.”

One of the important things for Greg is the ITRS Geneos unified interface which allows him and his staff to monitor all the systems and applications in real-time, something that was becoming increasingly difficult to manage previously. The traders at ADG derive a lot of reassurance from being able to see the ITRS Geneos dashboard. It is displayed on a large screen strategically positioned within the trading environment, so they can now see at a glance a clear graphical representation of the performance and resilience of their critical real-time systems.

Greg adds: “I am now able to concentrate on longer-term projects and the needs of the business rather than spending so much time manually monitoring real-time systems. It’s a highly scaleable product so I know that it’ll work for us as we grow. ITRS support is excellent and the staff are always very helpful, making themselves available whenever I need their expertise or advice.”

ADG now has proactive monitoring of all systems. The installation took only two days and within just a week the IT team at ADG went live with Geneos, benefiting from full real-time visibility of their trading environment and proactive monitoring and management. With a recent move to larger offices and additional members joining the ADG support team ITRS Geneos has been a vital tool in enabling a smoother transition by automating many of the checks that would have otherwise been manual. The information that is gathered through ITRS Geneos such as exchange connectivity, network reliability and system performance gives the support team a holistic picture of their environment and allows them to easily drill down to the underlying data, when required, for compliance, risk management, audit, etc.

ITRS has been voted "Best Supporting Services Provider" at this year's annual Inside Market Data awards. This was achieved against stiff competition from BT, Savvis, Sun and WestHighland and is the result of an extensive on-line poll conducted by Incisive Media.

Dave Curnow, Chief Services Officer for ITRS Group says: "We are absolutely delighted with this result and would like to thank all of our customers who took the time to vote for us. Providing the best possible service to all of our customers worldwide has always been enormously important to us and will continue to be a priority in the future."

The LDC “HOT 100” annual list of the fastest growth companies sees a new entry this year. ITRS joins the list in 82nd place but what is more notable is that ITRS is the 6^th fastest growth company in the IT sector.

The list is compiled from the performance of each company over a 4 year period and is based on the performance of ITRS between 2004 – 2008. It therefore excludes the performance of ITRS during the Financial Year 08/09 which saw ITRS growth reach a record of 65% year on year.

Collaborative & Proactive Data Management Solution that Analyzes, Predicts Needs and Archives Data

May 5, 2009 – NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology division of NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced that it has partnered with ITRS, a leading provider of specialist management and monitoring products for the global financial community.  The partnership created NYSE Technologies’ Plug-in for ITRS Geneos, a toolset of customizable, real-time management and monitoring plug-ins, which are now available as part of  ITRS Geneos, a de facto standard used by 8 of the world’s top 10 banks.

“By integrating ITRS Geneos into our ultra low-latency Market Data Platform, NYSE Technologies is able to further enhance our comprehensive analysis and predictive monitoring tools for our customers,” said Tony McManus, Head of Trading Solutions at NYSE Technologies.  “The NYSE Technologies’ Plug-in for ITRS Geneos will allow clients to manage their systems proactively, improve capacity planning and latency measurement through a fully customizable, fully-integrated solution.”

Stephen Bates, CEO ITRS Group plc, says: “NYSE Technologies holds a significant share of the high speed/low-latency market and our collaboration on the NYSE Technologies’ Plug-in will deliver substantial benefits to clients. I am delighted that ITRS is working with NYSE Technologies and with the speed and productivity of the relationship.”

NYSE Technologies innovative software portfolio includes the industry’s most robust collection of feed handlers and data management applications, market data products, market leading connectivity, exchange technology, and transaction solutions for trading firms, vendors and financial markets around the world.  Combined with ITRS’s Geneos product set, which is utilized in 80% of the world’s most prestigious financial institutions, NYSE Technologies provides customers with access to real-time management and monitoring across applications, systems and infrastructure within a fully flexible, visual framework.  It allows end users to define the information and level of detail they need to see, whether business or technical, creating a truly proactive monitoring solution.

NYSE Technologies software powers automated market-making systems, electronic-trading infrastructure and tick-capture platforms for many of the world’s financial institutions.  These highly flexible and customizable market data solutions can be offered as fully deployed, hosted, managed or on-demand services.

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