JUNE 15, 2009
Equinix Chosen by NYSE Liffe to Provide Faster Market Access for Frankfurt Customers
Frankfurt, Germany — June 15, 2009 — Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, today announced that NYSE Liffe is now offering cross-connect access from Equinix’s International Business eXchange (IBX®) data center in Frankfurt (FR2). NYSE Liffe customers based in the Equinix Frankfurt-North data center can now leverage the Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure® (SFTI®) European network for lower latency access to the Liffe Connect global derivatives trading platform.
Prior to the launch of SFTI Europe, Frankfurt-based NYSE Liffe customers used traditional telecommunications infrastructures to long-line into London and Paris. This new deal not only enables Equinix Financial eXchange customers within the FR2 data center to directly link in to the European 10G low latency network for NYSE Liffe, but also provides access to additional markets over the same infrastructure, including NYSE Euronext, NYSE Arca Europe and Smartpool.
“Equinix is committed to providing its growing community of financial customers with the quickest routes to as many markets as possible. By enabling these firms to directly connect to key execution venues, and avoid the time consuming process of long-lining to alternate access centers elsewhere in Europe, we are helping them do more business, more quickly,” said Petrina Steele, Equinix’s vice president of business development in Europe. “NYSE Liffe is a key venue for Equinix’s customers and we are delighted that they have chosen to locate at Equinix Financial eXchange in our Frankfurt data center.”
“Equinix has enabled us to offer existing and new customers in Frankfurt the ability to connect directly into NYSE Liffe with the lowest possible latency” said Gary Jones Group Executive Vice President and Head of Global Derivatives at NYSE Liffe. “This is a significant development for the financial services companies located within Equinix’s Frankfurt data center. Not only does this deal make it easier and quicker for them to trade derivatives on NYSE Liffe, it also helps to reduce the cost of trading, which is essential in today’s tough market conditions.”
About Equinix Financial eXchange
Equinix Financial eXchange is a
neutral marketplace consisting of financial markets participants including
execution venues, buy and sell side firms, market data providers, technology
providers and financial networks; that locate servers and infrastructure within
Equinix data centers in order to support highly reliable, low latency
connectivity for a broad range of market participants. Learn more at: http://financial.equinix.com
About Equinix
Equinix,
Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) provides global data center services that ensure the
vitality of the information-driven world. Global enterprises, content and
financial companies, and network service providers rely upon Equinix’s insight
and expertise to protect and connect their most valued information assets.
Equinix operates 42 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers across
18 markets in North America, Europe and
Asia-Pacific.
Important information about Equinix is routinely posted on the investor relations page of its website located at www.equinix.com. We encourage you to check Equinix’s website regularly for the most up-to-date information.
About NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext (NYX) is the world’s most diverse exchange group, offering a broad and
growing array of financial products and services in Europe and the United
States that include cash equities, futures, options, exchange-traded products,
bonds, market data, and commercial technology solutions. With over 8,000 listed issues globally, NYSE
Euronext's equities markets -- the New York Stock Exchange, Euronext, NYSE
Arca, and NYSE Amex -- represent nearly 40% of the world's cash equities
trading volume, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, the
leading European derivatives business and the world’s second largest
derivatives business by value of trading. NYSE Euronext offers comprehensive global commercial technology,
connectivity, and market data products and services through its innovative
trading solutions unit, NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is part of the S&P 500 index and the only exchange
operator in the S&P 100 index. For
more information, please visit: www.nyx.com.
About NYSE Liffe
NYSE Liffe is the global derivatives business of NYSE Euronext. In Europe, NYSE
Liffe runs futures and options markets in Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London
and Paris and offers a broad choice of derivatives products including
short-term interest rates, single stocks, indices, swaps, government bonds, commodities
and currencies. In the U.S., NYSE
Liffe operates a futures market which incorporates LIFFE CONNECT® technology,
advanced futures clearing and a range of precious metals contracts. Bclear is operated by LIFFE Administration
and Management, which is regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) as
a Recognised Investment Exchange.