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Ability to assign a dedicated
listen port for an acceptor session or group of sessions, and the
ability to use QuickFIX formatted dictionaries have been
implemented in the
FIXEdge v.6.11.0
Introduced Replication
tool, a utility for the efficient replication of FIX logs
across networked computers.
Introduced FIX
Antenna .NET Core, the library, which addresses demand for a
high performance FIX engine and is built to operate on the .NET
Core platform.
Released LSE
GTP Handler, a comprehensive market data solution that allows
communicating with the GTP market feeds and supports all the
markets and all the features of
The Group Ticket plan market feeds
Starting January
1st 2019, some of the
Market data handlers: B3; MillenuimIT LSE_JSE; MOEX
Asts_Spectra, which were part of FIX Antenna C++ library, became
separate products.
Released the
new version 2.18.1 of FIX Antenna Java with new features
and improvements, among which are slow consumer detection, a
throttling controller, chronicle queue based storage and a
synchronous sending algorithm.
Updated the
solutions for ICE Direct Access with support of the new
Security Definition messages and Post Trade Allocation messages
from the latest ICE FIX API
Released a new version
of CME
MDP 3.0 with support of
Market by Order and TCP Historical Replay functionalities
Completed the Intercontinental
Exchange conformance certification for ICE Private Order
Feed and are now recognized as an ICE POF Independent Software
Vendor
MiFID II regulation compliance
has been implemented in new versions of the FIX Antenna
C++/.Net/Java and FIX Edge software
Introduced
HFT Antenna v1.0, the library that provides low latency FIX
message routing. HFT Antenna incorporates advantages of special
Linux specific features and best message routing
practices.
Released FIXEdge C++ v6.0 with
enhanced functionality of FIX session schedule management.
Implemented rules for target
routing in FIXEdge Java v1.2.29.
Provided open source code of
Java based CME MDP 3.0 Handler that fully supports features of the
CME Globex MDP3.0 market data platform including recovery and book
management API.
Implemented new CME iLink
Adapter in Java supporting all the features of
CME New iLink Architecture including Hot Failover.
Provided FIX Antenna Java
v2.15. with support of CME
iLink MSGW including
Fault Tolerance, implemented API for working with repeating
groups and added method allowing to initiate session and to send
messages to it before connect.
Had 4 major releases of
FIXEdge (versions 5.11.1, 5.12, 5.13 and 5.14) with many new
features and improvements, amongst which are the IP addresses
range definition in the properties file using
CIDR,
FIXEdge SDK package for creation Custom Handlers and
Transport Adaptors, and others.
Released FIXEdge Java v1.1
with Persistence API that provides easy and fast way to storing
data and FIXEdge Java v1.2 with support to work in cluster and
replication service.
2015
Implemented and released
FIXEdge Java v1.0, an application server providing routing of FIX
messages with ability to customize routing behavior.
Released updated B2BITS
CME MDP Handler that includes support of BVMF MDP 3.0
market data feed and equipped with Replay Utility allowing
clients capturing market data UDP packets and saving them into
binary files for subsequent decoding and replay.
Released FIXEdge v5.11.0 with
essentially improved performance of data base access, with
possibility to reconnect to FIX Initiator session if SSL is used,
support of the thread affinity and SSL in FIX backup
connections.
Released FIX Antenna
C/C++/.Net v2.13 with SSL and CentOS/RedHat 7 support.
Released FIX Antenna C/C++/.Net v 2.14 FIX
engine that offers API for assigning CPU affinity masks for
working threads and version 2.15 with support of
Released FIX Antenna Java
version 2.14 supporting repeating groups.
Authentication of FIX session
through LDAP and
Log Replicator tool were added to FIXEdge v5.10.
2014
Implemented low latency ICE
iMpact Market Data handler that helps feeding the ICE market data
directly into the user's algo-trading application.
Passed certification with its
recently released low latency CME MDP3.0 Market Data
Adaptor which fully supports all features of new MDP3.0
platform, helps feeding the CME market data directly into the
user's algo-trading application.
Expanded offering for
post-trade data processing with the following products
FIXEdge Adaptors for CME
ConfirmHub and STP API,
Next Generation of FIXEdge CME
ClearedTrades Handler,
Lightweight Database loaders
for CME ClearedTrades, ClearPort and STP APIs.
Released FIX Antenna
C/C++/.Net v2.12 with new Market Data adaptors: fully certified CME
MDP 3.0 feed adaptor, London Stock Exchange and Johannesburg Stock
Exchange ITCH feed adaptors.
Updated FIX Admin protocol to
version 2.24 in FIX Antenna Java v2.12
Released FIX Antenna 2.13 with
enhanced auto-reconnection and handling of rejected messages
functionalities.
Introduced Solace Transport
Adaptor.
Released the version 5.8 of
FIXEdge C++ with support of new CME interfaces for trade capture
(Confirm Hub and STP APIs), as well as additional
configuration options for FIX sessions, new Java Script functions,
additional flexibility for configuring log files format.
Implemented SSL support for
FIX sessions into FIXEdge v5.9.
2013
Provided Connectivity Solution
for Eurex NTA Trading Session.
Built Eurex T7 Engine, a
comprehensive connectivity solution for trading on Eurex
Exchange.
Implemented zero-GC FIX
Antenna Java version 2.11 with support of multi-host environments,
multiple JMS connection per one FIX session and multiple threads
per JMS connection for producers.
Released new FIX Antenna
C/C++/.Net v2.10.15 - the fastest software based engine in the
world.
Released enhanced FIX Engine
version 5.6 with FIX Eye log analyzer and enhanced FIXICC
monitoring tool.
With FIXEdge version 5.7
introduced Tibco RV Transport Adapter for Linux and added Splitter
Transport Adapter for fast XML<->FIX transformations.
Exhibited at the
29th Annual Futures & Options Expo in
Chicago that was the biggest event of the year for listed
derivatives market participants.
2012
Provided Market Data
Connectivity to MEFF, JSE and EUREX NTA.
Won the independent Intel led
competition for trick to trade latency test.
Participated in consortium of
leading IT vendors to create demonstrable high performance solution
stacks to measure FIX messaging latency.
Exhibited at the EMEA Trading
Conference, an event organized by one of Europe's most influential
trading associations - FIX Protocol Ltd.
Exhibited at FPL Americas
Trading Conference 2012 in New York, demonstrated the latest,
state of the art low latency solutions including Fix engines, FIX
appliances, and market data adaptors.
Released FIX Antenna Java
version 2.10 with optimized performance, updated FIX admin protocol
to version 2.23 and support of SLF4J loggers.
Released FIXEdge v5.5 and FIX
Antenna C/C++/.Net v2.9.
Developed CME ClearPort and
SGX Reporting Engines, allowing users to not only report trades for
CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX and DME products to CME ClearPort via FIXML
5.0 SP2, but also request a list and details of tradable
securities, entity reference data.
Implemented SGX Reporting
Engine allowing users to work with SGX Clear API via HTTPS using
SOAP FIXML 5.0 SP2 messages and to submit OTC trades to SGX Clear,
request the status of the reported trade.
Integrated with key CEP
product (Streambase).
Introduced embedded on PCI
Express card FIX solution.
Released FIX Antenna QF
Adaptor for the QuickFIX community users to achieve
substantial improvement in the latency characteristics of their
trading applications.
Released FIX Antenna Java
version 2.7 that included optimized performance and a large number
of new features and enhancements, FIX Antenna Java v.2.8 contained
enhanced work with dictionaries.
Bovespa FAST Market Data
Connectivity was implemented in scope of FIX Antenna Java
v.2.9
Released FIXEdge v5.4 and FIX
Antenna C/C++/.Net v2.8.
2010
Released improved versions 2.3
and 2.4 of the FIX Antenna Java libraries to address demand for
high frequency trading. FIX 5.0SP2 support was added.
Added access to 10 new markets
worldwide.
Released FIXEdge v5.3 and FIX
Antenna C/C++/.Net v2.7.
Became an official ISV for
Bovespa/BM&F stock exchange.
Released FIX Integrated
Control Center (FIXICC), the next generation of FIX/FAST monitor,
which allows administering FIX connectivity layer built using the
FIX Antenna and FIXEdge products.
Extended services to energy
companies in the post-trading space.
Underwent certification as a
vendor of services and integrator with ICE and CME.
Created FIX routing hub to 80+
destinations for a market maker on the equity market in US,
provided automated on-boarding support and services.
Released FIXEdge v5.2 and FIX
Antenna C/C++/.Net v2.6.
Implemented JMS connectivity
solution for communication with third-party applications via
JMS.
Released FIX Antenna Java
versions with
FAST support and admin tool
were in FIX Antenna Java v2.1
CME FAST Market Data
Connectivity in FIX Antenna Java v2.2
JMS connectivity, EBS FAST
Market Data connectivity, FIXML Convertor and FIX version 5.0SP1
support in FIX Antenna Java v2.3
2008
Completely rewrote FIX Antenna
Java v2.0 library to meet the demand for speed from major clients
like Knight Securities, bonds trading.
Created a new generation test
and certification tools - FACTS and STAFF
frameworks.
Worked on a variety of
interfaces to multiple FIX destinations worldwide.
Integrated multiple FIX
interfaces for Metaquotes worldwide.
Joined forces with EPAM Systems, the leading software
engineering and IT Outsourcing provider in Central and Eastern
Europe. Operating as EPAM's Capital Markets Competency Center,
B2BITS' powerful FIX family of products and services was extended
with a comprehensive worldwide service delivery capability.
EPAM optimized the customer
support options to cover 24x7 SLAs.
Created FIX routing hub to
options exchanges for SDS Technologies (Options Express).
Implemented FIX interface for
a major clearing house in London, developed testing scripts for
clients on-boarding.
Worked with clients on
optimization of FIX connectivity to reduce latency.
Released FIXEdge v5.1 and FIX
Antenna C/C++/.Net v2.5.
2004 - 2007
In 2004, became one of four
official certification vendors endorsed by FIX Protocol Ltd., the
official FIX standard setting organization.
Licensed FIX libraries and
provided maintenance and support to ABN AMRO worldwide.
In 2005, started providing FIX
integration services to JP Morgan Chase for exchange connectivity
and IOI, as well as Refco major routing hub to connect to 15 global
futures exchanges.
In 2006, developed a new
version of FIXEdge.
Implemented FIXEdge for
several brokerage houses.
Implemented FIX Antenna C++
for SUNGARD U2 product. Developed an extensive set of tools for
FIXML to FIX conversions on different platforms, which were used in
different customers' projects.
Introduced one of the world's
most popular sources for information about FIX - FIXopaedia.
In 2003, developed the first
generation of test and certification tools implemented at Citibank.
Initiated consulting
services practice.
Additionally, in 2003, B2BITS
signed a partnership with Sun Microsystems to develop FIXEdge - an
application server providing FIX connectivity to multiple clients.
This was the first partnership in the industry supported by a major
computer hardware company. FIXEdge integrated FIX software with an
operating system into a configurable, fault-tolerant
hardware/software solution. The product was marketed and sold to
financial institutions by Sun.
2000 - 2001
Founded in 2000 focusing on
FIX services, employing highly experienced top-tier technologists,
architects and developers with in-depth FIX knowledge and
skills.
Revolutionized the Financial
Information Exchange (FIX) protocol sector when, in 2000, the
company released an open source version of its first FIX engine -
FIX Antenna Java FIX engine.
Developed FIX-based OMS,
Routing Hubs and EMS, which were successfully implemented at a
number of exchanges, sell and buy side organizations, as well as
ASPs, including JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, London Stock
Exchange, and ABN AMRO.
In 2001, began to
commercialize the next versions of its initial FIX engine
technologies with Merrill Lynch and others contributing with
maintenance and enhancement services.