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Low Latency Global Financial Exchange
Premier Platform Delivered by CFN Services
High capacity circuits do not directly translate into
higher performance; there are many variables to
consider. Obtaining a direct private fiber connection
CFN Financial Exchange Platform between two points is no longer sufficient to ensure
optimal data transfer speeds. There are many
Financial and Trading Institutions operate in a dynamic variables such as fiber footprint, mileage, drops and
environment where reliability and resilience are critical to the firms regenerators and amplifiers. There are many ways to
transport the data such as wavelength, SONET,
bottom line. In an environment such as this, network fluctuations
Ethernet and MPLS. There are many carriers who
cannot be tolerated. As each variable is being addressed to reduce offer varying mileage estimates between similar
the time of the trade execution, latency has moved to the forefront points. Each Carrier is subject to his network footprint.
of the equation.
Network Improvement Guarantee
CFN Global Financial Platform, connects you to 100s of Global
futures, options, equities and FX exchanges and trading venues to The best latency today is not guaranteed to be the
support your geographical and asset class diversity trading best in 6 or 12 months. How many times have you
been tied into a long contract with a latency that is no
strategies. CFN Global Financial Platform is a premier longer a differentiator and now your competition has
infrastructure providing your firm an ultra-low layer 1 dedicated caught up? We understand that issue and the
consistent latency trading infrastructure connecting you to clients, concern of signing contracts based on today's
latency. That is why CFN Services guarantees to
brokers, exchanges, clearing houses, CSDs and market data
provide ongoing evaluatation and improvement of our
providers. Other services available on the CFN Global Financial routes. As a network design firm, we are in the
Platform are: optimized proximity hosting solutions, and full business of building custom network solutions for our
ecosystem to help meet your requirements for pre and post trade clients. We have taken that expertise and translated it
to our own CFN Financial Exchange Platform,
support including: market data feeds, historical data, clearing,
creating specific network improvement plans based
latency monitoring and risk management. on your specific requirements and priorities.
CFN Global Financial Platform is carrier agnostic so we are able to
custom design the network that meets the needs of our clients. We Low Latency Guarantee
combine the premier low latency platform with service level In the world of trading, microseconds can mean
guarantees for achieving a consistent latency and resilience. missed opportunities for additional profits worth
millions of dollars. You need a guarantee that you are
receiving the lowest and consistent latency currently
available. CFN Services offers you a way to keep
Optimized for Trading Execution and Support
protected while we proactively manage and improve
your latency, guaranteed. Layer 1 dedicated
connectivity allows CFN Services offer a
Performance Level Agreement to ensure lowest and
consistent latency. If your algorythm expects a
specific latency as part of it's decision making,
consistent static latency becomes as important as low
latency, CFN solves for both.

2. Custom Fiber Networks
There is an expression in the Electronic Trading World “I
don’t have to be the fastest network, I just have to be
faster then the other traders in my space.” If this is your
motto, you need to consider who and how you are
purchasing your infrastructure solutions. You want to
partner with a company who is flexible enough to provide
you multiple options and diversity for each of your routes.
There may be routes that you deem so mission critical,
you want to customize a network just for your trading
Proximity Hosting Optimization entity. Partnering with CFN Services ensures you always
get the lowest latency network offerings available and
CFN Services specializes in Data Center optimization ensuring the long haul when needed customize proprietary solutions that will
and local networks enhance the Enterprise distributed network strategy. While completely differentiate yourself from any others in the
a firm may be trading a particular asset class and the majority of trades may be market.
directed toward a single venue, the volumes and price-points on related
exchanges play critical roles in execution decisions. This means latency must
be minimized from all data sources, not just the venue the majority of trades are
placed on. World-Class
NOC Employees and Facilities
For instance, having the lowest latency on venue A, but being significantly
behind the market on venue B or C could have disastrous impact on success of You rest assured that your network will be proactively
a trade decision. It’s important then, to reach a delicate balance between the monitored and maintained 24x7x365.
lowest latencies on all data sources and execution venues. Where milliseconds
Available. Reliable. Professional. Proactive. These are
and microseconds make a difference to the success of a trade strategy, terms that are synonymous with CFN Services NOC
Proximity Hosting Optimization will become the key to success. CFN is able to Operations Center and Staff. Our expert Service Desk is
evaluate and design an optimal proximity hosting and network solution taking central to the NOC and is staffed 24x7 with dedicated
into account priorities of exchanges, market feeds, matching engines, your NOC professionals in a variety of roles, working together
priorities in a cross market trading strategy. to provide a personal and hands-on approach to all your
support needs. We have a team geographically
dispersed to provide hands and eyes at our collocation
facilities, operating 24x7.
FiberSource Advisor
We operate a 5,800 square-foot, state-of-the-art NOC
FiberSource® Advisor can provide plans for protected circuits, disaster recovery facility in Richardson, TX and a fully redundant back up
and custom solutions to meet the needs of your firm. facility in Sunnyvale, CA. We provide the highest
possible security and availability by using federated
domains, hot-swap redundancy, geographically
CFN Services differentiation comes from our vast telecom knowledge base and
dispersed back-up operations and four-layer security.
experience in lit and dark fiber network design and implementation. As a spin off of
CSX Corporation, CFN Services carries on a 20-year legacy in fiber network
deployment and management. CFN Services’ proprietary FiberSource®
knowledge-based platform delivers access to over 550 carrier networks globally
including more than 100 submarine systems; providing direct visibility into all Trading Ecosystem Support
available dark and lit fiber options, collocation facilities, and metro fiber rings for
optimal deployment to any global financial center worldwide. CFN Services offers a suite of financial and trading
solutions. When looking for lowest latency solutions,
Through FiberSource Advisor® CFN Services’ combines its vast telecom firms will evaluate both dark and lit fiber solutions. CFN
Services offers fully managed solutions to provide the
knowledge base with extensive experience in lit and dark fiber network design and
lowest latency available, often including a hybrid solution
implementation to provide trading firms with an edge on all aspects of MAN and of dark and lit fiber.
WAN network deployment. CFN’s engineers articulate and provide
recommendations on optimal transport architectures across technologies CFN Network Services available are: latency monitoring
including WDM, SONET, Ethernet, IP, and MPLS. FiberSource Advisor® will help management and reporting; fiber characterization
traders lower latency on their existing routes, while optimizing the overall transport including optical loss, reflection PMD and chromatic
dispersion testing; and benchmarking methodology for
network inclusive of future growth plans.
network interconnect devices including full FRC- 2544
test suite.
CFN also offers full network engineering and project
management including all vendor solutions. Our network
Contact CFN Services Now! design consulting supports the global build of your
571-490-7818 Global Exchange Connectivity Strategy. CFN Services
www.cfnservices.com specialize in consulting, designing, and implementing
lowlatency@cfnservices.com network infrastructures with the ability to place engineers
on your premises integrating seamlessly with your
infrastructure team.