XO Communications has deployed 10 Gbps wavelength services for ACTIV Financial, a leading global provider of fully managed low latency market data solutions, to connect ACTIV’s data centers in Chicago and New York.
ACTIV is one of the only vendors to offer best-in-class ultra low latency and hosted and co-located delivery architectures on top of traditional market data services. The ACTIV platform includes underlying message-oriented middleware for enterprise data aggregation and distribution, hardware acceleration components, and a robust set of value add applications such as news and tick historical database servers.
ACTIV serves over 350 customers worldwide and manages more than 130 feed handlers and nearly 20 data centers spread across five continents.
by Gary Kim