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Forex Technology : Cloud Computing Services: meeting more than demand spikes in FX

First Published in e-Forex Magazine January 2011

Roger Aitken

Roger Aitken

Whilst it may still be early days in the evolution and adoption of Cloud Computing technology by financial services firms and other institutions, the hype surrounding it may in five years time have dissipated to such an extent that market participants and end users regard Cloud technology as the norm. Roger Aitken investigates how the Cloud Computing model operates and in what ways the pooled resources of an enterprise Cloud design can assist with the delivery of FX trading applications.

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Many organisations today appear stuck with legacy applications that are handcuffing them from investing in new technologies and applications to deliver competitive advantage, reduce costs and increase revenues. The scenario might be akin to a crash on the highway waiting to happen, which can only be avoided by investing in modernising applications and retiring older IT systems.

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