Intercontinental Exchange Integrates SFTI and 7ticks Networks to Expand ICE Data Services’ Global Connectivity Business
Combined offering includes the new SFTI Wireless, which provides
fastest connectivity between key New York metropolitan data centers
New content and market venues available to customers of the combined
network
ATLANTA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global
exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings
services, has integrated its Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure
(SFTI®) and 7ticks network and hosting businesses into a
combined best-of-breed offering called Connectivity,
a financial transaction network and foundation infrastructure for ICE
Data Services businesses. A key part of the Connectivity portfolio is
the roll-out of SFTI Wireless, provided by Anova Technologies, which
offers the fastest connectivity for market data and order flow between
ICE’s Mahwah Data Center and the co-location facilities in Carteret and
Secaucus, New Jersey.
ICE Data Services’ Connectivity offers customers unparalleled
connectivity solutions to access markets and data. It offers highly
secure, resilient and low latency network options, global co-location
services, the SFTI Direct Market Access (DMA) network of over 150
venues, and 600 market data & news feeds. In addition, it provides
access to 450 normalized real-time data feeds through the ICE
Data Consolidated Feed.
“Our expanded connectivity services build on our secure, resilient and
private SFTI network together with the 7ticks low-latency network to
offer market participants flexible solutions to meet their needs,” said
Lynn Martin, President and COO of ICE Data Services. “We’re delivering
an innovative and comprehensive service for our customers to connect to
over 150 global markets and content service providers including the New
York Stock Exchange, ICE’s global markets, alternative trading systems,
clearing and settlement services, and market data vendors. Connectivity
provides an all-in-one solution across networking, co-location, and
market data and direct execution needs.”
ICE’s Continuous
Evaluated Pricing (CEP) has also been added to the SFTI network,
providing streaming and end-of-day evaluated pricing for 2.7 million
securities, including hard-to-value and thinly-traded securities,
complex derivatives and reference data on over 10 million instruments.
Connectivity is part of ICE Data Services, which offers a robust
end-to-end solution for information, analytics and connectivity, with a
range of proprietary data and tools for global markets across fixed
income, equities, commodities, FX and options.
For more information, please visit https://www.theice.com/market-data/connectivity.
About Intercontinental Exchange
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) operates a leading network of
global futures, equity and equity options exchanges, as well as global
clearing and data services across financial and commodity markets. The
New York Stock Exchange is the world leader in capital raising, listings
and equities trading.
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risk factors in ICE's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2015, as filed with the SEC on February 4, 2016.
SOURCE: Intercontinental Exchange
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