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Application performance monitoring (APM): aligning business and technology in financial services
Today, almost every activity in a financial services business – trade execution, settlement, clearing etc. – is linked to at least one application and an underlying IT infrastructure. Aligning the two, business and technology, is therefore central to the success of market participants, from stock exchanges to broker-dealers.
Let’s implement ITOA this year!
The New Year has begun and IT Managers are back at their desk, fresh from a well-deserved vacation. On the top of their minds is preparing a to-do list for their departments and organisation. On top of many of them is implementing ITOA this year!
Stock Exchange – Market Data Monitoring
In financial markets, market data is the electronic streaming of data, which contains price and volume related trade data for a financial instrument traded by a trading venue. This data may be real-time or historical.
Stock exchange real-time monitoring: from silos to enterprise wide
Typically, stock exchanges around the world have grown organically. They start with a stock exchange business unit and then a systems department. This systems department caters to all the IT needs of the business unit. It usually consists of a team made up of network and hardware engineers, system administrators and application teams who perform development, as well as operations tasks (DevOps).