Orc Software announced that the Orc System, a platform for advanced market making, trading and brokerage, will now be available for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 operating system for AMD’s Opteron processors.
Orc Software will deliver support for Linux on Hewlett-Packard’s HP ProLiant server systems and the Sun Microsystem’s Sun Fire X4x00 series in version 5.2 of the Orc System, scheduled for release in Q4 2005.
Donna Rubin, senior director, financial services industry, Sun Microsystems, said, “Sun is delighted to be working with Orc to offer our customers a choice of platforms, that leverage our enterprise-class AMD Opteron processor-based x64 systems. Sun’s AMD x64 platform and the Orc solution are well suited to address the demand for low latency and reduced operational risk across the trading floor.”
Joakim Johansson, EvP and CTO, Orc Software, said, “We strive to offer the best performance to our customers and to make sure our technology meets market demands. We decided to support the Linux platform because of its increasing importance in the marketplace and because it will give our customers more choice, allowing them to mix and match platforms according to their requirements.”