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The Adoption of Linux in the Financial Sector

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A Timeline of the Finance Sectorrsquos Linux Adoption

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Stock Exchanges Set the Linux Standard

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NYSErsquos Linux system generateshellip

1500000 quotes

250000 orders

hellipevery second

Open source Linux-based IT architectures offer better security stability and flexibility as well as low networking and transactional latency ndash ideal for stock exchanges engaging in high-frequency trading

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 3

hellipand today nearly all favor Linux-based systems

The worldrsquos largest stock exchanges started converting to Linux a decade agohellip

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 4

When Exchanges Made the Switch

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2002

Merrill Lynch was an early adopter replacing its mainframe servers with IBM boxes running Linux software back in 2002 to achieve cost savings improved stability and better scalability

Merrill Lynch

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After migrating from Sun Solaris UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) saw an immediate doubling of its daily trades from 1 million to 22 million The transition also enabled the CME to cut in half its overall capital expenditure spending on hardware

2004Chicago Mercantile Exchange

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

New York Stock Exchange

copy Opsview Ltd 7

The New York Stock Exchange didnrsquot just adopt Linux in 2007 ndash it went all in NYSE CIO Steve Rubinow said Red Hat Enterprise Linux would be central to operations comparing it to ldquowaterhellippervasive within our architecturerdquo

2007

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In 2009 longtime Linux user Deutsche Borse Grouprsquos launched a new Linux-based platform that made its exchanges the fastest in the world at the time Deutsche claimed its software could execute a million trades per second

2009

Deutsche Borse Group

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NASDAQ2010

In 2010 NASDAQ OMX upgraded its equity derivatives and fixed income systems to the Genium INET trading platform designed to be ldquoone of the fastest and most functionally complete multi-asset trading systemsrdquo

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 10

On September 8 2008 activity on the London Stock Exchange ground to a halt supposedly following the crash of a Windows-based server Three years later the LSE dumped the system in favor of a Novell SUSE Linux-based platform It worked perfectly on its first day and has yet to suffer a major outage

2011

London Stock Exchange

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 11

The stock exchangesrsquo use of Linux has encouraged financial service businesses to consider switching to open source

Sysadmins Are you ready to manage the transition

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Bridging the Gap

copy Opsview Ltd 12

Yoursquoll learnbull What the fastest growing IT architectures are in the

financial industry Hint Its Linux

bull How the biggest exchanges such as NASDAQ are moving forward with their new IT systems and datacenters

bull Learn how to balance solid security and intense reliability with time and cost of new systems

bull How Heartland Systems processes and monitors nearly 11 million transactions in one day with Windows and Linux

Download Our eBook

[eBook] Stay Bullish How Finance Sysadmins Bridge New and Old IT

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Brought to you byhellip

Wersquore Opsview an IT monitoring company thatrsquos helping take finance IT monitoring tools to the next level We work with organizations around the world to deliver enterprise-grade IT monitoring that offers finance sysadmins greater oversight of their IT environments Our highly configurable platform empowers you with everything you need to keep an eye on thousands of devices from a multi-tenant architecture to clean and detailed reports to seamless integrations with the rest of your IT tools We believe that to keep your customers connected around the clock you need a IT infrastructure that is agile and automated Opsview is here to help

wwwopsviewcom

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Sources

1 ldquoHow Linux mastered Wall Streetrdquo Computerworld August 15 20112 ldquoMerrill Lynch banks on Linuxrdquo ComputerWeekly January 20033 ldquoChicago Mercantile Exchange Uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Double Daily Trades and Halve Hardware Costsrdquo Red Hat 20044 ldquoNew York Stock Exchange Runs Trades on Red Hat Linuxrdquo InformationWeek May 14 20085 ldquoLinux powers worldrsquos fastest stock exchangerdquo Computerworld September 1 20096 ldquoNASDAQ OMX Upgrades to Genium Inetrdquo Futures and Options World October 27 20107 ldquoGenium Inet ndash Financial Derivatives Fixed Income Commoditiesrdquo Quartz December 3 2014

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Stock Exchanges Set the Linux Standard

copy Opsview Ltd 2

NYSErsquos Linux system generateshellip

1500000 quotes

250000 orders

hellipevery second

Open source Linux-based IT architectures offer better security stability and flexibility as well as low networking and transactional latency ndash ideal for stock exchanges engaging in high-frequency trading

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 3

hellipand today nearly all favor Linux-based systems

The worldrsquos largest stock exchanges started converting to Linux a decade agohellip

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 4

When Exchanges Made the Switch

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 5

2002

Merrill Lynch was an early adopter replacing its mainframe servers with IBM boxes running Linux software back in 2002 to achieve cost savings improved stability and better scalability

Merrill Lynch

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After migrating from Sun Solaris UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) saw an immediate doubling of its daily trades from 1 million to 22 million The transition also enabled the CME to cut in half its overall capital expenditure spending on hardware

2004Chicago Mercantile Exchange

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

New York Stock Exchange

copy Opsview Ltd 7

The New York Stock Exchange didnrsquot just adopt Linux in 2007 ndash it went all in NYSE CIO Steve Rubinow said Red Hat Enterprise Linux would be central to operations comparing it to ldquowaterhellippervasive within our architecturerdquo

2007

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 8

In 2009 longtime Linux user Deutsche Borse Grouprsquos launched a new Linux-based platform that made its exchanges the fastest in the world at the time Deutsche claimed its software could execute a million trades per second

2009

Deutsche Borse Group

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 9

NASDAQ2010

In 2010 NASDAQ OMX upgraded its equity derivatives and fixed income systems to the Genium INET trading platform designed to be ldquoone of the fastest and most functionally complete multi-asset trading systemsrdquo

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 10

On September 8 2008 activity on the London Stock Exchange ground to a halt supposedly following the crash of a Windows-based server Three years later the LSE dumped the system in favor of a Novell SUSE Linux-based platform It worked perfectly on its first day and has yet to suffer a major outage

2011

London Stock Exchange

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 11

The stock exchangesrsquo use of Linux has encouraged financial service businesses to consider switching to open source

Sysadmins Are you ready to manage the transition

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Bridging the Gap

copy Opsview Ltd 12

Yoursquoll learnbull What the fastest growing IT architectures are in the

financial industry Hint Its Linux

bull How the biggest exchanges such as NASDAQ are moving forward with their new IT systems and datacenters

bull Learn how to balance solid security and intense reliability with time and cost of new systems

bull How Heartland Systems processes and monitors nearly 11 million transactions in one day with Windows and Linux

Download Our eBook

[eBook] Stay Bullish How Finance Sysadmins Bridge New and Old IT

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Brought to you byhellip

Wersquore Opsview an IT monitoring company thatrsquos helping take finance IT monitoring tools to the next level We work with organizations around the world to deliver enterprise-grade IT monitoring that offers finance sysadmins greater oversight of their IT environments Our highly configurable platform empowers you with everything you need to keep an eye on thousands of devices from a multi-tenant architecture to clean and detailed reports to seamless integrations with the rest of your IT tools We believe that to keep your customers connected around the clock you need a IT infrastructure that is agile and automated Opsview is here to help

wwwopsviewcom

copy Opsview Ltd 13

Sources

1 ldquoHow Linux mastered Wall Streetrdquo Computerworld August 15 20112 ldquoMerrill Lynch banks on Linuxrdquo ComputerWeekly January 20033 ldquoChicago Mercantile Exchange Uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Double Daily Trades and Halve Hardware Costsrdquo Red Hat 20044 ldquoNew York Stock Exchange Runs Trades on Red Hat Linuxrdquo InformationWeek May 14 20085 ldquoLinux powers worldrsquos fastest stock exchangerdquo Computerworld September 1 20096 ldquoNASDAQ OMX Upgrades to Genium Inetrdquo Futures and Options World October 27 20107 ldquoGenium Inet ndash Financial Derivatives Fixed Income Commoditiesrdquo Quartz December 3 2014

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 3

hellipand today nearly all favor Linux-based systems

The worldrsquos largest stock exchanges started converting to Linux a decade agohellip

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 4

When Exchanges Made the Switch

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 5

2002

Merrill Lynch was an early adopter replacing its mainframe servers with IBM boxes running Linux software back in 2002 to achieve cost savings improved stability and better scalability

Merrill Lynch

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 6

After migrating from Sun Solaris UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) saw an immediate doubling of its daily trades from 1 million to 22 million The transition also enabled the CME to cut in half its overall capital expenditure spending on hardware

2004Chicago Mercantile Exchange

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

New York Stock Exchange

copy Opsview Ltd 7

The New York Stock Exchange didnrsquot just adopt Linux in 2007 ndash it went all in NYSE CIO Steve Rubinow said Red Hat Enterprise Linux would be central to operations comparing it to ldquowaterhellippervasive within our architecturerdquo

2007

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 8

In 2009 longtime Linux user Deutsche Borse Grouprsquos launched a new Linux-based platform that made its exchanges the fastest in the world at the time Deutsche claimed its software could execute a million trades per second

2009

Deutsche Borse Group

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 9

NASDAQ2010

In 2010 NASDAQ OMX upgraded its equity derivatives and fixed income systems to the Genium INET trading platform designed to be ldquoone of the fastest and most functionally complete multi-asset trading systemsrdquo

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 10

On September 8 2008 activity on the London Stock Exchange ground to a halt supposedly following the crash of a Windows-based server Three years later the LSE dumped the system in favor of a Novell SUSE Linux-based platform It worked perfectly on its first day and has yet to suffer a major outage

2011

London Stock Exchange

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 11

The stock exchangesrsquo use of Linux has encouraged financial service businesses to consider switching to open source

Sysadmins Are you ready to manage the transition

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Bridging the Gap

copy Opsview Ltd 12

Yoursquoll learnbull What the fastest growing IT architectures are in the

financial industry Hint Its Linux

bull How the biggest exchanges such as NASDAQ are moving forward with their new IT systems and datacenters

bull Learn how to balance solid security and intense reliability with time and cost of new systems

bull How Heartland Systems processes and monitors nearly 11 million transactions in one day with Windows and Linux

Download Our eBook

[eBook] Stay Bullish How Finance Sysadmins Bridge New and Old IT

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Brought to you byhellip

Wersquore Opsview an IT monitoring company thatrsquos helping take finance IT monitoring tools to the next level We work with organizations around the world to deliver enterprise-grade IT monitoring that offers finance sysadmins greater oversight of their IT environments Our highly configurable platform empowers you with everything you need to keep an eye on thousands of devices from a multi-tenant architecture to clean and detailed reports to seamless integrations with the rest of your IT tools We believe that to keep your customers connected around the clock you need a IT infrastructure that is agile and automated Opsview is here to help

wwwopsviewcom

copy Opsview Ltd 13

Sources

1 ldquoHow Linux mastered Wall Streetrdquo Computerworld August 15 20112 ldquoMerrill Lynch banks on Linuxrdquo ComputerWeekly January 20033 ldquoChicago Mercantile Exchange Uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Double Daily Trades and Halve Hardware Costsrdquo Red Hat 20044 ldquoNew York Stock Exchange Runs Trades on Red Hat Linuxrdquo InformationWeek May 14 20085 ldquoLinux powers worldrsquos fastest stock exchangerdquo Computerworld September 1 20096 ldquoNASDAQ OMX Upgrades to Genium Inetrdquo Futures and Options World October 27 20107 ldquoGenium Inet ndash Financial Derivatives Fixed Income Commoditiesrdquo Quartz December 3 2014

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 4

When Exchanges Made the Switch

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 5

2002

Merrill Lynch was an early adopter replacing its mainframe servers with IBM boxes running Linux software back in 2002 to achieve cost savings improved stability and better scalability

Merrill Lynch

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 6

After migrating from Sun Solaris UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) saw an immediate doubling of its daily trades from 1 million to 22 million The transition also enabled the CME to cut in half its overall capital expenditure spending on hardware

2004Chicago Mercantile Exchange

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

New York Stock Exchange

copy Opsview Ltd 7

The New York Stock Exchange didnrsquot just adopt Linux in 2007 ndash it went all in NYSE CIO Steve Rubinow said Red Hat Enterprise Linux would be central to operations comparing it to ldquowaterhellippervasive within our architecturerdquo

2007

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 8

In 2009 longtime Linux user Deutsche Borse Grouprsquos launched a new Linux-based platform that made its exchanges the fastest in the world at the time Deutsche claimed its software could execute a million trades per second

2009

Deutsche Borse Group

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 9

NASDAQ2010

In 2010 NASDAQ OMX upgraded its equity derivatives and fixed income systems to the Genium INET trading platform designed to be ldquoone of the fastest and most functionally complete multi-asset trading systemsrdquo

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 10

On September 8 2008 activity on the London Stock Exchange ground to a halt supposedly following the crash of a Windows-based server Three years later the LSE dumped the system in favor of a Novell SUSE Linux-based platform It worked perfectly on its first day and has yet to suffer a major outage

2011

London Stock Exchange

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 11

The stock exchangesrsquo use of Linux has encouraged financial service businesses to consider switching to open source

Sysadmins Are you ready to manage the transition

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Bridging the Gap

copy Opsview Ltd 12

Yoursquoll learnbull What the fastest growing IT architectures are in the

financial industry Hint Its Linux

bull How the biggest exchanges such as NASDAQ are moving forward with their new IT systems and datacenters

bull Learn how to balance solid security and intense reliability with time and cost of new systems

bull How Heartland Systems processes and monitors nearly 11 million transactions in one day with Windows and Linux

Download Our eBook

[eBook] Stay Bullish How Finance Sysadmins Bridge New and Old IT

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Brought to you byhellip

Wersquore Opsview an IT monitoring company thatrsquos helping take finance IT monitoring tools to the next level We work with organizations around the world to deliver enterprise-grade IT monitoring that offers finance sysadmins greater oversight of their IT environments Our highly configurable platform empowers you with everything you need to keep an eye on thousands of devices from a multi-tenant architecture to clean and detailed reports to seamless integrations with the rest of your IT tools We believe that to keep your customers connected around the clock you need a IT infrastructure that is agile and automated Opsview is here to help

wwwopsviewcom

copy Opsview Ltd 13

Sources

1 ldquoHow Linux mastered Wall Streetrdquo Computerworld August 15 20112 ldquoMerrill Lynch banks on Linuxrdquo ComputerWeekly January 20033 ldquoChicago Mercantile Exchange Uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Double Daily Trades and Halve Hardware Costsrdquo Red Hat 20044 ldquoNew York Stock Exchange Runs Trades on Red Hat Linuxrdquo InformationWeek May 14 20085 ldquoLinux powers worldrsquos fastest stock exchangerdquo Computerworld September 1 20096 ldquoNASDAQ OMX Upgrades to Genium Inetrdquo Futures and Options World October 27 20107 ldquoGenium Inet ndash Financial Derivatives Fixed Income Commoditiesrdquo Quartz December 3 2014

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 5

2002

Merrill Lynch was an early adopter replacing its mainframe servers with IBM boxes running Linux software back in 2002 to achieve cost savings improved stability and better scalability

Merrill Lynch

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 6

After migrating from Sun Solaris UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) saw an immediate doubling of its daily trades from 1 million to 22 million The transition also enabled the CME to cut in half its overall capital expenditure spending on hardware

2004Chicago Mercantile Exchange

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

New York Stock Exchange

copy Opsview Ltd 7

The New York Stock Exchange didnrsquot just adopt Linux in 2007 ndash it went all in NYSE CIO Steve Rubinow said Red Hat Enterprise Linux would be central to operations comparing it to ldquowaterhellippervasive within our architecturerdquo

2007

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 8

In 2009 longtime Linux user Deutsche Borse Grouprsquos launched a new Linux-based platform that made its exchanges the fastest in the world at the time Deutsche claimed its software could execute a million trades per second

2009

Deutsche Borse Group

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 9

NASDAQ2010

In 2010 NASDAQ OMX upgraded its equity derivatives and fixed income systems to the Genium INET trading platform designed to be ldquoone of the fastest and most functionally complete multi-asset trading systemsrdquo

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 10

On September 8 2008 activity on the London Stock Exchange ground to a halt supposedly following the crash of a Windows-based server Three years later the LSE dumped the system in favor of a Novell SUSE Linux-based platform It worked perfectly on its first day and has yet to suffer a major outage

2011

London Stock Exchange

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 11

The stock exchangesrsquo use of Linux has encouraged financial service businesses to consider switching to open source

Sysadmins Are you ready to manage the transition

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Bridging the Gap

copy Opsview Ltd 12

Yoursquoll learnbull What the fastest growing IT architectures are in the

financial industry Hint Its Linux

bull How the biggest exchanges such as NASDAQ are moving forward with their new IT systems and datacenters

bull Learn how to balance solid security and intense reliability with time and cost of new systems

bull How Heartland Systems processes and monitors nearly 11 million transactions in one day with Windows and Linux

Download Our eBook

[eBook] Stay Bullish How Finance Sysadmins Bridge New and Old IT

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Brought to you byhellip

Wersquore Opsview an IT monitoring company thatrsquos helping take finance IT monitoring tools to the next level We work with organizations around the world to deliver enterprise-grade IT monitoring that offers finance sysadmins greater oversight of their IT environments Our highly configurable platform empowers you with everything you need to keep an eye on thousands of devices from a multi-tenant architecture to clean and detailed reports to seamless integrations with the rest of your IT tools We believe that to keep your customers connected around the clock you need a IT infrastructure that is agile and automated Opsview is here to help

wwwopsviewcom

copy Opsview Ltd 13

Sources

1 ldquoHow Linux mastered Wall Streetrdquo Computerworld August 15 20112 ldquoMerrill Lynch banks on Linuxrdquo ComputerWeekly January 20033 ldquoChicago Mercantile Exchange Uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Double Daily Trades and Halve Hardware Costsrdquo Red Hat 20044 ldquoNew York Stock Exchange Runs Trades on Red Hat Linuxrdquo InformationWeek May 14 20085 ldquoLinux powers worldrsquos fastest stock exchangerdquo Computerworld September 1 20096 ldquoNASDAQ OMX Upgrades to Genium Inetrdquo Futures and Options World October 27 20107 ldquoGenium Inet ndash Financial Derivatives Fixed Income Commoditiesrdquo Quartz December 3 2014

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 6

After migrating from Sun Solaris UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) saw an immediate doubling of its daily trades from 1 million to 22 million The transition also enabled the CME to cut in half its overall capital expenditure spending on hardware

2004Chicago Mercantile Exchange

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

New York Stock Exchange

copy Opsview Ltd 7

The New York Stock Exchange didnrsquot just adopt Linux in 2007 ndash it went all in NYSE CIO Steve Rubinow said Red Hat Enterprise Linux would be central to operations comparing it to ldquowaterhellippervasive within our architecturerdquo

2007

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 8

In 2009 longtime Linux user Deutsche Borse Grouprsquos launched a new Linux-based platform that made its exchanges the fastest in the world at the time Deutsche claimed its software could execute a million trades per second

2009

Deutsche Borse Group

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 9

NASDAQ2010

In 2010 NASDAQ OMX upgraded its equity derivatives and fixed income systems to the Genium INET trading platform designed to be ldquoone of the fastest and most functionally complete multi-asset trading systemsrdquo

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 10

On September 8 2008 activity on the London Stock Exchange ground to a halt supposedly following the crash of a Windows-based server Three years later the LSE dumped the system in favor of a Novell SUSE Linux-based platform It worked perfectly on its first day and has yet to suffer a major outage

2011

London Stock Exchange

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 11

The stock exchangesrsquo use of Linux has encouraged financial service businesses to consider switching to open source

Sysadmins Are you ready to manage the transition

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Bridging the Gap

copy Opsview Ltd 12

Yoursquoll learnbull What the fastest growing IT architectures are in the

financial industry Hint Its Linux

bull How the biggest exchanges such as NASDAQ are moving forward with their new IT systems and datacenters

bull Learn how to balance solid security and intense reliability with time and cost of new systems

bull How Heartland Systems processes and monitors nearly 11 million transactions in one day with Windows and Linux

Download Our eBook

[eBook] Stay Bullish How Finance Sysadmins Bridge New and Old IT

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Brought to you byhellip

Wersquore Opsview an IT monitoring company thatrsquos helping take finance IT monitoring tools to the next level We work with organizations around the world to deliver enterprise-grade IT monitoring that offers finance sysadmins greater oversight of their IT environments Our highly configurable platform empowers you with everything you need to keep an eye on thousands of devices from a multi-tenant architecture to clean and detailed reports to seamless integrations with the rest of your IT tools We believe that to keep your customers connected around the clock you need a IT infrastructure that is agile and automated Opsview is here to help

wwwopsviewcom

copy Opsview Ltd 13

Sources

1 ldquoHow Linux mastered Wall Streetrdquo Computerworld August 15 20112 ldquoMerrill Lynch banks on Linuxrdquo ComputerWeekly January 20033 ldquoChicago Mercantile Exchange Uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Double Daily Trades and Halve Hardware Costsrdquo Red Hat 20044 ldquoNew York Stock Exchange Runs Trades on Red Hat Linuxrdquo InformationWeek May 14 20085 ldquoLinux powers worldrsquos fastest stock exchangerdquo Computerworld September 1 20096 ldquoNASDAQ OMX Upgrades to Genium Inetrdquo Futures and Options World October 27 20107 ldquoGenium Inet ndash Financial Derivatives Fixed Income Commoditiesrdquo Quartz December 3 2014

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

New York Stock Exchange

copy Opsview Ltd 7

The New York Stock Exchange didnrsquot just adopt Linux in 2007 ndash it went all in NYSE CIO Steve Rubinow said Red Hat Enterprise Linux would be central to operations comparing it to ldquowaterhellippervasive within our architecturerdquo

2007

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 8

In 2009 longtime Linux user Deutsche Borse Grouprsquos launched a new Linux-based platform that made its exchanges the fastest in the world at the time Deutsche claimed its software could execute a million trades per second

2009

Deutsche Borse Group

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 9

NASDAQ2010

In 2010 NASDAQ OMX upgraded its equity derivatives and fixed income systems to the Genium INET trading platform designed to be ldquoone of the fastest and most functionally complete multi-asset trading systemsrdquo

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 10

On September 8 2008 activity on the London Stock Exchange ground to a halt supposedly following the crash of a Windows-based server Three years later the LSE dumped the system in favor of a Novell SUSE Linux-based platform It worked perfectly on its first day and has yet to suffer a major outage

2011

London Stock Exchange

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 11

The stock exchangesrsquo use of Linux has encouraged financial service businesses to consider switching to open source

Sysadmins Are you ready to manage the transition

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Bridging the Gap

copy Opsview Ltd 12

Yoursquoll learnbull What the fastest growing IT architectures are in the

financial industry Hint Its Linux

bull How the biggest exchanges such as NASDAQ are moving forward with their new IT systems and datacenters

bull Learn how to balance solid security and intense reliability with time and cost of new systems

bull How Heartland Systems processes and monitors nearly 11 million transactions in one day with Windows and Linux

Download Our eBook

[eBook] Stay Bullish How Finance Sysadmins Bridge New and Old IT

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Brought to you byhellip

Wersquore Opsview an IT monitoring company thatrsquos helping take finance IT monitoring tools to the next level We work with organizations around the world to deliver enterprise-grade IT monitoring that offers finance sysadmins greater oversight of their IT environments Our highly configurable platform empowers you with everything you need to keep an eye on thousands of devices from a multi-tenant architecture to clean and detailed reports to seamless integrations with the rest of your IT tools We believe that to keep your customers connected around the clock you need a IT infrastructure that is agile and automated Opsview is here to help

wwwopsviewcom

copy Opsview Ltd 13

Sources

1 ldquoHow Linux mastered Wall Streetrdquo Computerworld August 15 20112 ldquoMerrill Lynch banks on Linuxrdquo ComputerWeekly January 20033 ldquoChicago Mercantile Exchange Uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Double Daily Trades and Halve Hardware Costsrdquo Red Hat 20044 ldquoNew York Stock Exchange Runs Trades on Red Hat Linuxrdquo InformationWeek May 14 20085 ldquoLinux powers worldrsquos fastest stock exchangerdquo Computerworld September 1 20096 ldquoNASDAQ OMX Upgrades to Genium Inetrdquo Futures and Options World October 27 20107 ldquoGenium Inet ndash Financial Derivatives Fixed Income Commoditiesrdquo Quartz December 3 2014

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 8

In 2009 longtime Linux user Deutsche Borse Grouprsquos launched a new Linux-based platform that made its exchanges the fastest in the world at the time Deutsche claimed its software could execute a million trades per second

2009

Deutsche Borse Group

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 9

NASDAQ2010

In 2010 NASDAQ OMX upgraded its equity derivatives and fixed income systems to the Genium INET trading platform designed to be ldquoone of the fastest and most functionally complete multi-asset trading systemsrdquo

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 10

On September 8 2008 activity on the London Stock Exchange ground to a halt supposedly following the crash of a Windows-based server Three years later the LSE dumped the system in favor of a Novell SUSE Linux-based platform It worked perfectly on its first day and has yet to suffer a major outage

2011

London Stock Exchange

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 11

The stock exchangesrsquo use of Linux has encouraged financial service businesses to consider switching to open source

Sysadmins Are you ready to manage the transition

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Bridging the Gap

copy Opsview Ltd 12

Yoursquoll learnbull What the fastest growing IT architectures are in the

financial industry Hint Its Linux

bull How the biggest exchanges such as NASDAQ are moving forward with their new IT systems and datacenters

bull Learn how to balance solid security and intense reliability with time and cost of new systems

bull How Heartland Systems processes and monitors nearly 11 million transactions in one day with Windows and Linux

Download Our eBook

[eBook] Stay Bullish How Finance Sysadmins Bridge New and Old IT

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Brought to you byhellip

Wersquore Opsview an IT monitoring company thatrsquos helping take finance IT monitoring tools to the next level We work with organizations around the world to deliver enterprise-grade IT monitoring that offers finance sysadmins greater oversight of their IT environments Our highly configurable platform empowers you with everything you need to keep an eye on thousands of devices from a multi-tenant architecture to clean and detailed reports to seamless integrations with the rest of your IT tools We believe that to keep your customers connected around the clock you need a IT infrastructure that is agile and automated Opsview is here to help

wwwopsviewcom

copy Opsview Ltd 13

Sources

1 ldquoHow Linux mastered Wall Streetrdquo Computerworld August 15 20112 ldquoMerrill Lynch banks on Linuxrdquo ComputerWeekly January 20033 ldquoChicago Mercantile Exchange Uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Double Daily Trades and Halve Hardware Costsrdquo Red Hat 20044 ldquoNew York Stock Exchange Runs Trades on Red Hat Linuxrdquo InformationWeek May 14 20085 ldquoLinux powers worldrsquos fastest stock exchangerdquo Computerworld September 1 20096 ldquoNASDAQ OMX Upgrades to Genium Inetrdquo Futures and Options World October 27 20107 ldquoGenium Inet ndash Financial Derivatives Fixed Income Commoditiesrdquo Quartz December 3 2014

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 9

NASDAQ2010

In 2010 NASDAQ OMX upgraded its equity derivatives and fixed income systems to the Genium INET trading platform designed to be ldquoone of the fastest and most functionally complete multi-asset trading systemsrdquo

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 10

On September 8 2008 activity on the London Stock Exchange ground to a halt supposedly following the crash of a Windows-based server Three years later the LSE dumped the system in favor of a Novell SUSE Linux-based platform It worked perfectly on its first day and has yet to suffer a major outage

2011

London Stock Exchange

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 11

The stock exchangesrsquo use of Linux has encouraged financial service businesses to consider switching to open source

Sysadmins Are you ready to manage the transition

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Bridging the Gap

copy Opsview Ltd 12

Yoursquoll learnbull What the fastest growing IT architectures are in the

financial industry Hint Its Linux

bull How the biggest exchanges such as NASDAQ are moving forward with their new IT systems and datacenters

bull Learn how to balance solid security and intense reliability with time and cost of new systems

bull How Heartland Systems processes and monitors nearly 11 million transactions in one day with Windows and Linux

Download Our eBook

[eBook] Stay Bullish How Finance Sysadmins Bridge New and Old IT

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1 ldquoHow Linux mastered Wall Streetrdquo Computerworld August 15 20112 ldquoMerrill Lynch banks on Linuxrdquo ComputerWeekly January 20033 ldquoChicago Mercantile Exchange Uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Double Daily Trades and Halve Hardware Costsrdquo Red Hat 20044 ldquoNew York Stock Exchange Runs Trades on Red Hat Linuxrdquo InformationWeek May 14 20085 ldquoLinux powers worldrsquos fastest stock exchangerdquo Computerworld September 1 20096 ldquoNASDAQ OMX Upgrades to Genium Inetrdquo Futures and Options World October 27 20107 ldquoGenium Inet ndash Financial Derivatives Fixed Income Commoditiesrdquo Quartz December 3 2014

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On September 8 2008 activity on the London Stock Exchange ground to a halt supposedly following the crash of a Windows-based server Three years later the LSE dumped the system in favor of a Novell SUSE Linux-based platform It worked perfectly on its first day and has yet to suffer a major outage

2011

London Stock Exchange

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The stock exchangesrsquo use of Linux has encouraged financial service businesses to consider switching to open source

Sysadmins Are you ready to manage the transition

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Bridging the Gap

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Yoursquoll learnbull What the fastest growing IT architectures are in the

financial industry Hint Its Linux

bull How the biggest exchanges such as NASDAQ are moving forward with their new IT systems and datacenters

bull Learn how to balance solid security and intense reliability with time and cost of new systems

bull How Heartland Systems processes and monitors nearly 11 million transactions in one day with Windows and Linux

Download Our eBook

[eBook] Stay Bullish How Finance Sysadmins Bridge New and Old IT

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Wersquore Opsview an IT monitoring company thatrsquos helping take finance IT monitoring tools to the next level We work with organizations around the world to deliver enterprise-grade IT monitoring that offers finance sysadmins greater oversight of their IT environments Our highly configurable platform empowers you with everything you need to keep an eye on thousands of devices from a multi-tenant architecture to clean and detailed reports to seamless integrations with the rest of your IT tools We believe that to keep your customers connected around the clock you need a IT infrastructure that is agile and automated Opsview is here to help

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Sources

1 ldquoHow Linux mastered Wall Streetrdquo Computerworld August 15 20112 ldquoMerrill Lynch banks on Linuxrdquo ComputerWeekly January 20033 ldquoChicago Mercantile Exchange Uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Double Daily Trades and Halve Hardware Costsrdquo Red Hat 20044 ldquoNew York Stock Exchange Runs Trades on Red Hat Linuxrdquo InformationWeek May 14 20085 ldquoLinux powers worldrsquos fastest stock exchangerdquo Computerworld September 1 20096 ldquoNASDAQ OMX Upgrades to Genium Inetrdquo Futures and Options World October 27 20107 ldquoGenium Inet ndash Financial Derivatives Fixed Income Commoditiesrdquo Quartz December 3 2014

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom copy Opsview Ltd 11

The stock exchangesrsquo use of Linux has encouraged financial service businesses to consider switching to open source

Sysadmins Are you ready to manage the transition

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Bridging the Gap

copy Opsview Ltd 12

Yoursquoll learnbull What the fastest growing IT architectures are in the

financial industry Hint Its Linux

bull How the biggest exchanges such as NASDAQ are moving forward with their new IT systems and datacenters

bull Learn how to balance solid security and intense reliability with time and cost of new systems

bull How Heartland Systems processes and monitors nearly 11 million transactions in one day with Windows and Linux

Download Our eBook

[eBook] Stay Bullish How Finance Sysadmins Bridge New and Old IT

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Brought to you byhellip

Wersquore Opsview an IT monitoring company thatrsquos helping take finance IT monitoring tools to the next level We work with organizations around the world to deliver enterprise-grade IT monitoring that offers finance sysadmins greater oversight of their IT environments Our highly configurable platform empowers you with everything you need to keep an eye on thousands of devices from a multi-tenant architecture to clean and detailed reports to seamless integrations with the rest of your IT tools We believe that to keep your customers connected around the clock you need a IT infrastructure that is agile and automated Opsview is here to help

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copy Opsview Ltd 13

Sources

1 ldquoHow Linux mastered Wall Streetrdquo Computerworld August 15 20112 ldquoMerrill Lynch banks on Linuxrdquo ComputerWeekly January 20033 ldquoChicago Mercantile Exchange Uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Double Daily Trades and Halve Hardware Costsrdquo Red Hat 20044 ldquoNew York Stock Exchange Runs Trades on Red Hat Linuxrdquo InformationWeek May 14 20085 ldquoLinux powers worldrsquos fastest stock exchangerdquo Computerworld September 1 20096 ldquoNASDAQ OMX Upgrades to Genium Inetrdquo Futures and Options World October 27 20107 ldquoGenium Inet ndash Financial Derivatives Fixed Income Commoditiesrdquo Quartz December 3 2014

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Bridging the Gap

copy Opsview Ltd 12

Yoursquoll learnbull What the fastest growing IT architectures are in the

financial industry Hint Its Linux

bull How the biggest exchanges such as NASDAQ are moving forward with their new IT systems and datacenters

bull Learn how to balance solid security and intense reliability with time and cost of new systems

bull How Heartland Systems processes and monitors nearly 11 million transactions in one day with Windows and Linux

Download Our eBook

[eBook] Stay Bullish How Finance Sysadmins Bridge New and Old IT

wwwopsviewcomwwwopsviewcom

Brought to you byhellip

Wersquore Opsview an IT monitoring company thatrsquos helping take finance IT monitoring tools to the next level We work with organizations around the world to deliver enterprise-grade IT monitoring that offers finance sysadmins greater oversight of their IT environments Our highly configurable platform empowers you with everything you need to keep an eye on thousands of devices from a multi-tenant architecture to clean and detailed reports to seamless integrations with the rest of your IT tools We believe that to keep your customers connected around the clock you need a IT infrastructure that is agile and automated Opsview is here to help

wwwopsviewcom

copy Opsview Ltd 13

Sources

1 ldquoHow Linux mastered Wall Streetrdquo Computerworld August 15 20112 ldquoMerrill Lynch banks on Linuxrdquo ComputerWeekly January 20033 ldquoChicago Mercantile Exchange Uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Double Daily Trades and Halve Hardware Costsrdquo Red Hat 20044 ldquoNew York Stock Exchange Runs Trades on Red Hat Linuxrdquo InformationWeek May 14 20085 ldquoLinux powers worldrsquos fastest stock exchangerdquo Computerworld September 1 20096 ldquoNASDAQ OMX Upgrades to Genium Inetrdquo Futures and Options World October 27 20107 ldquoGenium Inet ndash Financial Derivatives Fixed Income Commoditiesrdquo Quartz December 3 2014

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Brought to you byhellip

Wersquore Opsview an IT monitoring company thatrsquos helping take finance IT monitoring tools to the next level We work with organizations around the world to deliver enterprise-grade IT monitoring that offers finance sysadmins greater oversight of their IT environments Our highly configurable platform empowers you with everything you need to keep an eye on thousands of devices from a multi-tenant architecture to clean and detailed reports to seamless integrations with the rest of your IT tools We believe that to keep your customers connected around the clock you need a IT infrastructure that is agile and automated Opsview is here to help

wwwopsviewcom

copy Opsview Ltd 13

Sources

1 ldquoHow Linux mastered Wall Streetrdquo Computerworld August 15 20112 ldquoMerrill Lynch banks on Linuxrdquo ComputerWeekly January 20033 ldquoChicago Mercantile Exchange Uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Double Daily Trades and Halve Hardware Costsrdquo Red Hat 20044 ldquoNew York Stock Exchange Runs Trades on Red Hat Linuxrdquo InformationWeek May 14 20085 ldquoLinux powers worldrsquos fastest stock exchangerdquo Computerworld September 1 20096 ldquoNASDAQ OMX Upgrades to Genium Inetrdquo Futures and Options World October 27 20107 ldquoGenium Inet ndash Financial Derivatives Fixed Income Commoditiesrdquo Quartz December 3 2014