Kx Systems - Announcements, Interviews & News Stories

Cantor Fitzgerald moves to real-time data analysis with Kx Systems

Kx Systems, leader in high-performance databases and timeseries analysis, today announced that Cantor Fitzgerald has completed a comprehensive system to handle historical data analysis and immediate querying of streaming market data based entirely on the Kx kdb+ database and "q" programming language. Cantor's traders use the solution to integrate their risk management and trading strategies and optimize short-term opportunities.

18 September 2006

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Kx Systems names Janet Lustgarten president

Kx Systems, leader in high-performance databases and timeseries analysis, today announced that Janet Lustgarten, Chairman and former CEO, has been appointed to the role of President.

06 September 2006

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Kx Systems upgrades kdb+tow application

Kx Systems, leader in high-performance databases and timeseries analysis, today announced worldwide availability of the latest version of their kdb+tow application.

20 June 2006

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Kx Systems releases kdb+ v2.3 for Linux, Windows and Solaris OS

Kx systems, leader in high-performance databases and timeseries analysis, today announced worldwide availability of the kdb+ v.2.3 database for Linux, Windows and Solaris operating systems.

07 March 2006

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Baden-Württemberg Bank implements Kx Systems' kdb+tick application

Kx Systems, leader in high-performance databases and timeseries analysis, today announced that the proprietary trading division of Baden-Württemberg Bank (BW-Bank) has selected kdb+tick to enhance their multi-asset trading capabilities by adding realtime data capture and complex analytics.

06 December 2005

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Kx Systems upgrades kdb+tick application

Kx Systems today announced new speed gains for its kdb+tick application, achieved by eliminating the latency between data capture and data analysis.

07 November 2005

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Kx Systems touts kdb+ 2.2 database

Kx systems, leader in high-performance databases and timeseries analysis, today announced worldwide availability of the kdb+ v.2.2 database for Linux, Solaris, and Windows 64-bit operating systems.

02 August 2005

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Kx Systems shuffles executive board

Kx Systems, leader in high-performance databases and timeseries analysis for finance, today announced several executive changes and promotions. Effective July 1, Janet Lustgarten, a co-founder who served as Kx CEO since 1993, assumes the role of Chairman of the Board.

01 June 2005

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First Derivatives extends Kx Systems partner agreement

First Derivatives plc (FDP), the leading provider of systems support and development services to the capital markets technology sector, announces the signing of a new, extended partner agreement with Kx Systems, the global leader in high-performance databases and time-series analysis technology.

04 May 2005

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Kx Systems expands trading analysis capabilities

Kx Systems, leader in high-performance databases and time-series analysis, today extended its portfolio of financial products by announcing kdb+tow, an application that enables traders to test sophisticated algorithms by replaying historical ticks through their models.

20 April 2005

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FutureSource Workstation deploys Kx database for real-time data management

Kx Systems, leader in high-performance databases and time-series analysis, and FutureSource, leader in the real-time futures, commodities and foreign exchange industry, today announced that the two companies are working together to provide an industry-leading Internet database infrastructure for delivery of real-time market data and analysis.

29 June 2004

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KX Systems extends family of stock exchange data loaders

Kx Systems, leader in high-performance databases and time-series analysis, today extended its portfolio of products by announcing kdb+x for LSE Tick and Best Price Data, an application that loads London Stock Exchange data into kdb+, and kdb+32, a 32-bit version of its next-generation Kx kdb+ database. Both products were released in response to the financial industry's growing requirement for technology to handle skyrocketing volumes of market data, as well as the expanding use of data from global markets.

01 June 2004

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