Web Assembly & Streaming Data for Financial Markets (HTML5, OMS, EMS, Market Data): proof-of-concept code on GitHub

Using https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly/C_to_wasm and a very simple node.js/express set up we have created a very simple proof-of-concept:

https://github.com/JohnGreenan/WebAssemblyPOC

Windows equivalent of UNIX "touch" command

A fairly standard operation in *nix world is the command touch.  Touch changes file dates, so it's an easy way to kick off backup jobs or similar that use file modification times. Windows doesn't have an exact analogue, but the same feature exists within PowerShell.

Fintech: Blockchain bake-off

Option (A)

Ubuntu + Ethereum C++

Virtual Box: Restoring a back-up alongside the original

The use of VirtualBox is perfect for consultants, where each client environment can be created on a dedicated VirtualBox environment. No embarrassing moments when client A sees something related to client B...

Haskell

Glasgow's finest...

Fintech: Vendor Relationship Management: Follow the white rabbit...

Vendor Relationship Management - what is it and why does it matter?
[This is a summary of one topic within a white paper prepared for a client.  With their permission it has been summarised and reproduced here.]

Julia

Interesting language for quantitative analytics...

FIX Training in Singapore 2018

Further to a client request, we are now offering custom FIX training in Singapore in 2018 and in other locations.  Sample agenda below, we can work with you to refine and focus on areas of interest.  Contact us at enquire@alignment-systems.com

FIX Training in Paris 2018

Further to a client request, we are now offering custom FIX training in Paris in 2018 and in other locations.  Sample agenda below, we can work with you to refine and focus on areas of interest.  Contact us at enquire@alignment-systems.com

FIX Training in Frankfurt 2018

Further to a client request, we are now offering custom FIX training in Frankfurt in 2018 and in other locations.  Sample agenda below, we can work with you to refine and focus on areas of interest.  Contact us at enquire@alignment-systems.com

FIX Training in Dublin 2018

Further to a client request, we are now offering custom FIX training in Dublin in 2018 and in other locations.  Sample agenda below, we can work with you to refine and focus on areas of interest.  Contact us at enquire@alignment-systems.com

FIX Training in Melbourne 2018

Further to a client request, we are now offering custom FIX training in Melbourne in 2018 and in other locations.  Sample agenda below, we can work with you to refine and focus on areas of interest.  Contact us at enquire@alignment-systems.com

FIX Training in Sydney 2018

Further to a client request, we are now offering custom FIX training in Sydney in 2018 and in other locations.  Sample agenda below, we can work with you to refine and focus on areas of interest.  Contact us at enquire@alignment-systems.com

FIX Training in London 2018

Further to a client request, we are now offering custom FIX training in London in 2018 and in other locations.  Sample agenda below, we can work with you to refine and focus on areas of interest.  Contact us at enquire@alignment-systems.com

FIX Orchestra + SBE + FIXP + SOFH = How FIX joins the 21st Century?

Regular readers will no doubt have read about the joys of FIX Orchestra here, here, here and an overview here. 

FIX has always been a protocol that's not a rigid protocol, started by Fidelity and Salomon Brothers to trade US Equities and then pulled kicking and screaming into other asset classes, workflows and geographies.