Low-latency networking is critical to the financial services industry, in which competitive differentiation and profitability are often measured in microseconds. Financial firms must react to events faster than their competitors to generate revenues on time-sensitive transactions.

Until recently, efforts to reduce trading delays have focused on optimizing computers, software and storage connections for the lowest possible latency. Now the quest for ultra-low latency is expanding beyond the data center to the Wide Area Network—the miles of optical fiber connecting geographically dispersed trading venues such as New York and Chicago—where reducing data transport latency by fractions of milliseconds can provide the competitive edge traders need.

Join Ciena, Spread Networks and TABB Group for an insightful Webinar and roundtable discussion about new advances in fiber routes and optical technologies that can reduce long-haul network latency. This session provides:

• An overview of market trends and recent developments bringing together the worlds of low-latency electronic trading and optical networking
• An understanding of how fiber routes are optimized, the tradeoffs made when carriers build networks, and other important considerations when planning your trading platform
• The basics of fiber optic transport technologies, identifying the key sources of transport latency and how they can be minimized.

Armed with this information, financial firms will be ready to take control of their network, ensure their specific service requirements are met, and begin trading more efficiently and profitably.