04/13/2010
“High-speed, fragmented markets and cross-asset trading have together focused the spotlight on latency,” says Bob Giffords, an independent banking and technology analyst based in the UK. “Successful low-latency operations demand an ability to synchronize clocks across server clusters in proximity trading hubs. FSMLabs TimeKeeper appears to have significantly raised the bar, increasing confidence in cross-server software metrics in the low microsecond range. Anyone who is serious about high frequency trading should take note.”