NYSE Technologies Rolls Out SFTI Internet VPN Service

Global market access to less latency sensitive applications via the Internet for users with lower bandwidth requirements.

NYSE Technologies announced the launch of SFTI Internet VPN Service, for firms to connect to SFTI application services and a range of trading destinations over their existing Internet connection.

SFTI Internet VPN is a site-to-site virtual private network services that allows customers to connect to order routing, market data applications and collocated infrastructure over the Internet. [SFTI stands for Secure Financial Transactions Infrastructure].

According to NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology unit of NYSE Euronext, this service provides global market access to less latency sensitive applications for users with lower bandwidth requirements, ranging from 1 to 10MB.

SFTI Internet VPN includes access to all NYSE Euronext markets, other registered exchanges, alternative trading systems and a number of non-displayed or “dark” markets across the industry. The service also provides access to NYSE Technologies’ application services, which include SuperFeed, Risk Management Gateway, Trading Platform on Demand, and Marketplace, in addition to direct connectivity to the NYSE Euronext U.S. Liquidity Center’s colocation facilities.

“In launching our SFTI Internet VPN service, we are offering our customers another useful, highly cost-effective way to manage their access to markets, their important trading information and many of our key services,” commented Stanley Young, CEO, NYSE Technologies, in the company’s news release. “This is a highly resilient connection to our industry-leading SFTI network that ensures a secure environment for order entry, market data and much more with a level of cost savings that will appeal to a broad range of customers.”

SFTI Internet VPN is an end-to-end managed service from procurement to deployment to ongoing maintenance with a turn on time of 10 days or less, according to the company.

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