Interxion, a European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, announced an agreement with Fixnetix, the low latency market data provider, trading access and exchange hosting services, to house its platform at Interxions City of London and Paris data centres. Customers colocating at Interxions facilities will now be able to connect to a wide range of European markets from a single location through Fixnetixs shared infrastructure, helping them to reduce operating costs significantly and also fine tune their trading strategies to address changing market conditions.
Interxions data centres provide a highly secure physical location with advanced infrastructure for mission-critical applications. High-density power configurations from 5 kW up to 30 kW are available as standard, with industry-leading service levels and availability and 24×7 secure access to equipment.
Fixnetixs direct ultra low latency trading access and market data feed solutions have been designed to be fast, reliable and flexible, and feature best of breed feed handler technology, unparalleled high bandwidth provision and full redundancy throughout the entire delivery mechanism. Fixnetix feeds integrate easily into an organisations existing architecture, or can be accessed in a dedicated environment such as Interxions carrier-neutral data centres to deliver ultimate end-to-end performance.
At Fixnetix were committed to setting the performance standard, so were delighted to extend our low latency market data and trading infrastructure into Interxions Paris and City of London data centres, says Hugh Hughes, Fixnetixs chief executive officer. One of the key reasons for choosing Interxion was because of its strong existing community of market participants within its data centres. We believe that our powerful range of solutions can deliver real benefits for Interxions growing number of high frequency trading firms, adding value for those organisations already attracted by Interxions leading service level agreements and strategic data centre locations within close proximity to key liquidity venues.
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