QuickFix

Thoughworks has come out with an Open Source Fix Engine, QuickFix, there is both a C++ and Java version of the engine, along with a .Net API, check out also the web site, QuickFix

OpenPrime

Citi offers up OpenPrime, a Prime Brokerage service for hedge funds.  As the likes of Citi, JPMC, and BofA offer up services to the Hedge Fund space, is this the begining of the end for the Fund Administrators like Globop and Citco?

TRACE Corporate Bond Aggregates

NASD – Regulatory Systems – NASD TRACE Corporate Bond Data

Blogged with Flock

And then there where Options

So a new blog is born, into a world full of technical advancements, and interesting Buisiness issues, like when should you build or buy software to solve a problem, always an interesting one to discuss, which along the way this blog will try to answer if and when it can.

Diversity in software is an excellent thing, life is always much more interesting when dealing with diversity.  How do you share data between each of these different systems.  When does it make sence, from an ROI perspective to move to a common language, can each of the systems you are dealing with change to incorporate the common dialect, or do yet more systems need to be built to provide the translation capabilities between system A and System B, futher increasing software diversity.

More to come.