ITG adds TimesTen event processing system to Triton client trading platform

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TimesTen, Inc., a provider of infrastructure software for real-time applications, today announced that Investment Technology Group, Inc., (NYSE: ITG), a leading provider of technology-based equity trading services and transaction research to institutional investors and brokers, has implemented the TimesTen Real-Time Event Processing System within their latest client trading platform, Triton.

Leveraging more than a decade of expertise, Triton utilizes today's most advanced technologies to provide a comprehensive electronic trading system that integrates trade routing, real-time analytics and order management. Triton uses TimesTen for performance critical data management functions in support of quantitative trading strategies and high volume throughput of thousands of messages per second. TimesTen was selected for its proven real-time capabilities and adherence to open standards, providing ITG's clients with a whole new level of speed and efficiency in electronic trading.

Triton incorporates a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 based open architecture for unlimited modular expandability and can be implemented for stand-alone power users, work groups or as a thin client. Triton is designed for list, strategy-driven and quantitative traders by combining ITG's renowned research capabilities, comprehensive market access and algorithmic trading strategies.

"ITG brings a unique combination of advanced technologies and sophisticated quantitative research to the trading process and Triton delivers a full-featured trading environment right to the user's desktop," said Mark Wright, Managing Director of Direct Access and Consulting Services, at ITG. "Execution speed and a flexible infrastructure are extremely important to our clients and TimesTen is one of the products that differentiates our offerings and help us retain our market leadership."

"Today's drivers in capital markets include consolidation, tightening budgets and fewer resources," said Jim Groff, CEO, TimesTen, Inc. "Forward-looking firms know that spending time building software infrastructure below the trading application level is not the path to success. ITG is among the firms who have proven that commercial software like TimesTen can make them more productive, efficient and produce a superior product for their clients," added Groff.

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