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FEATURES<br />
through only a couple of landing stations (namely<br />
around London and New York waterways), the<br />
<strong>com</strong>pany sought to be sure that its cable would be<br />
better protected by having a unique network<br />
footprint, crossing the Atlantic in a more northern<br />
route than traditional carriers, leaving North America<br />
via Nova Scotia, Canada and entering Europe through<br />
Ireland. The <strong>com</strong>pany also has diverse routes that can<br />
bypass main traffic arteries, if necessary, such as its<br />
terrestrial metro networks in and around New York<br />
City and London.<br />
Hibernia’s cable system is engineered to provide<br />
diversity and security (by offering alternative routes<br />
from other providers) as well as fast connections, with<br />
the lowest latency routing, such as 10.0 milliseconds<br />
round trip from Chicago to Toronto and 66.1<br />
milliseconds round trip from NY/NJ to Slough, UK.<br />
Integration and Deployment<br />
Ok so how does everyone play nicely together so my<br />
network can be integrated securely and efficiently, with<br />
fast, easy deployment? The good news is that there is<br />
a small group of effective providers currently in the<br />
marketplace who are <strong>com</strong>mitted to global financial<br />
trading networks. As such, these pioneers are actively<br />
working together to ensure best-of-breed services for<br />
the key financial houses. Most are already connected<br />
in the top exchange and data centre locations in the<br />
most prominent financial cities in the world.<br />
If you are searching for a network partner that<br />
considers your proximity, latency, bandwidth, quality<br />
and diversity needs, you may not need to cross that<br />
minefield all alone. Many of these providers have<br />
already invented this wheel for you—you just need to<br />
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climb into the driver’s seat. By asking the right<br />
questions, you can be assured that their services are<br />
right for your network considerations.<br />
All the right questions<br />
So what are the key factors to consider when<br />
analysing your <strong>com</strong>munication network performance?<br />
Here’s a list of questions to ask internally and as you<br />
shop around:<br />
1. How important is speed (or notably, lowest<br />
latency) in relation to the type of trades that<br />
we will need to process?<br />
2. Where are our key network points, such as our<br />
financial exchanges where the trades will be<br />
processed?<br />
3. Are these trading points accessible?<br />
4. Which networks provide interconnectivity into<br />
these transaction points?<br />
5. How are these networks designed to<br />
interconnect with these transaction points?<br />
6. How quick can the network provider provision<br />
service and provide us with the speed to<br />
market?<br />
7. Can the provider guarantee fast turn up and<br />
lowest latency?<br />
8. What technology and/or equipment are<br />
utilized on these networks to assist in reducing<br />
my latency?<br />
All of these questions are vital to a financial trading<br />
<strong>com</strong>pany’s ability to transact trades quickly, efficiently<br />
and securely.
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