Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank, with 20,000 employees around the world. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients with a comprehensive set of solutions to their strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs. In 2009 Barclays Capital announced a multi-year partnership establishing Solace equipment as the global standard for Barclays Capital’s new, enterprise-wide high-speed messaging platform. Barclays Capital uses Solace appliances to integrate applications spanning the front, middle and back office. By consolidating all messaging needs onto the new platform Barclays Capital has simplified their infrastructure while saving on development, datacenter and support costs.

CSE is an alternative stock exchange that provides a more efficient way for companies to access the Canadian public capital markets. CSE relies on Solace appliances to manage the distribution of its high speed data feeds to clients. CSE selected Solace’s technology based on its ability to improve the company’s infrastructure without client impact or application changes, enabling them to capitalize on the benefits of the new system quickly and with minimal risk.

Connectivity in a Box offers a hosted FIX connectivity service that makes it easier and less expensive for buy side and sell side firms to connect. Connectivity in a Box turned to Solace for the messaging layer of their infrastructure because Solace appliances give them a turnkey, high-performance infrastructure that offers high-availability, sophisticated management and monitoring, and elastic scalability so they can keep up with traffic spikes and growing customer demand. Connectivity in a Box also uses Solace’s virtualization capabilities to enable the secure multi-tenant operation that lets them cost-effectively meet the needs of their wide range of customers.

Crédit Agricole CIB is the Corporate and Investment Banking arm of the Crédit Agricole Group, the world’s fifth largest bank by total assets.Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB) has implemented Solace messaging appliances as the data distribution backbone as part of its continuous investment in low latency electronic trading in FX, Rates and Bonds. Unifying all messaging on Solace simplifies the management of the different systems and improves reliability, flexibility and scalability. Crédit Agricole CIB sees significant growth opportunities in eBusiness in its chosen segments and geographies, and uses technology as a key differentiator.

The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) of the United States Department of Homeland Security is a jointly staffed office established to improve the Nation’s ability to detect and report unauthorized attempts to import, possess, store, develop, or transport nuclear or radiological material for use against the Nation. The DNDO uses Solace’s technology to enhance threat monitoring and response capabilities of local, state and federal emergency organizations in urban areas. Solace appliances work in conjunction with strategically placed sensors, as well as applications responsible for recognizing threats and coordinating responses, to improve the country’s ability to protect population centers and critical infrastructure. Solace’s appliances are compliant with the Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) suite of standards, which the DHS has adopted to improve communication between government agencies and non-governmental organizations. The solution also supports other relevant standards such as OASIS Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), NIEM N.25 and Suspicious Activity Reports, USAF Cursor-On-Target, and the IEEE 1512 family of standards.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club (the Club) is recognized around the world as a leading innovator in the field of online sports entertainment. The Club is using Solace message routers to improve the distribution of real-time odds and other information to their customers. The message routers have been implemented in collaboration with Sonivy, a provider of integrated technology services for the financial services sector in Hong Kong and Mainland China. The Club’s adoption of Solace is consistent with their commitment to delivering the best customer experience in horse racing, sporting and betting entertainment. The Solace message routers enable real-time distribution of large sets of odds data across multiple datacenters to give customers access to the most up-to-date odds and race results from their preferred channels.

Korea Exchange (KRX) is the sole securities exchange operator in South Korea, the result of consolidating the Korea Stock Exchange, Korea Equities Exchange and KOSDAQ. KRX has selected Solace’s messaging appliances as the core data delivery infrastructure for their new high-speed exchange platform. The new system, called EXTURE+, is the KRX’s next-generation trading system that offers low latency trading across many asset classes including equities, bonds, and derivatives. Solace makes it easier for the KRX to secure extra data copies onsite as well as for DR site to enable rapid disaster recovery. Solace will be used across all major markets offered by KRX including equities (KOSPI, KOSDAQ, and KONEX), derivatives and bonds.

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) is one of Europe’s largest institutional asset managers, managing over £362 billion for over 3,000 clients. Solace’s technology will complement LGIM’s existing EAI/SOA technology platform and provide the flexibility to adapt and scale their infrastructure as they address new business requirements and markets. LGIM conducted an extensive evaluation of the market and found that Solace offered the best technology and support of all the choices we considered.

Standard Chartered PLC is a leading international bank, listed on the London, Hong Kong and Mumbai stock exchanges. It has operated for over 150 years in some of the world’s most dynamic markets and earns around 90 per cent of its income and profits in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. As one of the world’s largest foreign exchange traders, Standard Chartered required a scalable next-generation infrastructure capable of low-latency data distribution across trading locations. After a rigorous evaluation and testing process, Standard Chartered selected Solace to provide the messaging infrastructure for their next-generation foreign exchange trading platform, and as their new standard for high performance messaging. Solace appliances were initially deployed in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, London and New York to provide both reliable and guaranteed messaging between Standard Chartered trading venues. Additional appliances will be added to Standard Chartered’s network as more applications are migrated to the new platform, which SCB has selected as their new standard for high performance messaging.

Two Sigma Investments is a leader in process-driven, systematic trading that manages several billion dollars worth of assets. In 2010 Two Sigma implemented Solace’s JMS messaging solution in its core trading infrastructure. The platform supports numerous application-based messaging functions within Two Sigma. Two Sigma conducted extensive research and testing of competitive messaging solutions before selecting Solace for its consistently fast performance and high reliability. Since deployment in 2010, Solace’s appliances have reduced the datacenter footprint of Two Sigma’s messaging infrastructure while improving monitoring and management.

The University of Aizu was established in 1993 as the first university in Japan solely dedicated to computer science and engineering. The University of Aizu has selected Solace’s messaging solution to collect and distribute sensor data as part of a system that will monitor roads, bridges and buildings across Japan. The platform, called “Public Cloud System for Monitoring and Maintaining Public Infrastructure,” led by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of the Government of Japan, has been developed to support the reconstruction of the region that was devastated by the earthquake that hit eastern Japan on March 11, 2011. The project was carried out in Fukushima jointly by government, industries and academia including the University of Aizu during the period of March 2012 to March 2013. The project aimed to build and evaluate a machine-to-machine (M2M) network system that collects data from sensors installed within the public infrastructure (such as roads, bridges and buildings) and delivers it to relevant parties (such as government agencies, public services and academic researchers). With the success of this project, the system will be packaged for production implementation across the region as the standard for public infrastructures for disaster management.