NYSE Euronext

Challenge

To meet and anticipate the evolving demands of the global trading community NYSE Euronext has made significant investments in technology.

NYSE Euronext recognizes the value of providing a superior data center asset, as well as superior technology platform in order to provide a consolidated, but diverse product offering to the market place. In 2010, NYSE Euronext established two state-of-the-art data centers in Mahwah, NJ, and Basildon, UK, designed to ensure the highest level of availability is delivered for the world's largest leading financial exchange.

CS Technology (CST) and KLG Advisors (KLG), provided strategic advisory support and project management in the delivery of the complex configuration of physical and technical assets.This began when NYSE Euronext contracted with KLG Advisors to assist with site selection for a new liquidity center facility in the New York City metropolitan area. The initiative intends to produce operational synergies and efficiencies and create new business and client opportunities through a consolidation and an enhanced application of its data center footprint.

CST was engaged to provide advisory services focused on site selection. NYSE Euronext leveraged both firms specialized expertise to enable the global-exchange operator to deliver operational efficiencies, cost savings, and revenue-generating opportunities from its portfolio of assets. To that end, NYSE Euronext engaged CST and KLG to provide advisory services, project management, technical oversight, financial analysis, and migration planning and execution services to support the delivery of the two strategic assets.

Solution

CST and KLG conducted a comprehensive market analysis in the U.S. and Europe on NYSE Euronext’s behalf identifying an increasing propensity for financial services firms to co-locate their trading assets in close proximity to trading venues’ matching engines. Moreover, this research revealed that many financial services firms expressed the value of concentrating liquidity venues at one geographic location where they could deploy low-latency trading capabilities across variety of asset classes.

From these findings, NYSE Euronext further enriched its business and technology platforms and strengthened its unique co-location business. NYSE Euronext has now delivered on a its strategic vision and emerged as the leading exchange groups to market proprietary data center capabilities to financial services companies based on a co-location model, with greater effectiveness and access than ever before.

Result

Moving forward, CST and KLG have formed a joint venture, CSTK InVenture, which brings together a range of expertise from enterprise infrastructure to real estate, creating a positive disruption in the traditional trading market environment.

By working in collaboration with NYSE Technologies, CSTK InVenture provides a strong case study for financial services firms in how to best aggregate the value of a firm’s assets and business operations. This relationship leverages NYSE Technologies market leading technology solutions and CSTK InVenture’s consulting and advisory expertise in the capital markets.

WHAT WE DO

Data CentersDesign, implement, and manage all aspects of data center facilities, technologies, and operations
WorkspacesCreate workspaces that are designed to support current and future IT requirements and business needs
Infrastructure OperationsDeliver cost-optimized management services that simplify the existing and future technology infrastructure
Technology ManagementCreate run-book operations programs for existing or new technology initiatives that effectively leverage IT platforms, practices, and processes across the enterprise
Strategy: Capacity & Demand PlanningExamine complex data sets to provide forward-looking demand projections
Strategy: Business Continuity PlanningDefine, review, and refine appropriate BCPs that support business needs while minimizing cost and complexity
Strategy: Site Selection ServicesApply our unparalleled knowledge of retail and wholesale data center markets and our subject matter expertise in identifying locations for greenfield data centers
Strategy: Owner’s Rep ServicesAssume responsibility for project success through a cohesive approach to data center design, development, and implementation that reflects the owner’s best interests
Strategy: Data Center Infrastructure ServicesEvaluate, conduct design reviews, and assess the reliability of mission-critical facilities
Implementation: Cable Plant Design & ImplementationOversee all aspects of structured cabling implementation, design, and build to address client needs based on industry best practices
Implementation: Migration Planning & ImplementationManage all aspects of migration programs across a three-phased approach that includes detailed planning, implementation, and execution
Implementation: Network & Telecom Carrier ServicesDesign and support cost-effective and practical telecommunication solutions
Implementation: Distributed InfrastructureDevelop and implement appropriate solutions that support business needs for both greenfield deployments and refreshes of existing technology
Optimization: Capacity Monitoring & ManagementDevelop and implement effective capacity management strategies to monitor consumption characteristics and Day 2 capacity forecasts
Optimization: Green InitiativesProvide thought leadership for green programs including carbon offset, free cooling, technology and building efficiencies, and LEED certification

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