Please join us at the FIX Trading Community EMEA Trading Conference next week.  Connamara is delighted to be sponsoring the all virtual event on September 18, 2020. 2020 EMEA Trading Conference Friday, September 18, 2020 Virtual | Worldwide The EMEA Trading Conference will cover the most pressing issues facing the institutional trading community and provide a neutral platform for buy-side, sell-side,
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Executive Summary By migrating its virtual machines (VMs) from a locally-hosted data center to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Eris Innovations (Eris) increased platform availability and reduced monthly costs. Eris worked with its software solutions provider, Connamara Systems, and data offering provider, Bloomberg, to successfully migrate their platform. The new platform was completed in less than
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By Wendy Lisney The closure of trading floors amid COVID-19 has boosted demand for request for quote (RFQ) functionality to replicate the floor experience, Chicago tech firm Connamara has said. “The floor was essentially an RFQ model for complex strategies and products, be it options strategies or swaps or strips,” Jim Downs, Connamara’s chief executive
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By Jim Downs, CEO I’ve run a software engineering firm in Chicago for over two decades now.  We have talented engineers who develop exceptional products with cutting edge technology. I’d like to think that our work speaks for itself and our reputation is enough to grow our business.  Over time, however, I’ve come to realize
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