Linux Foundation End User Summit 2011 | Presentations

Linux at the New York Stock Exchange

Date: Wednesday, March 2nd
Time: 10:00am
Location: Manhattan I

In an industry where speed, low-latency, security and stability are everything, Linux has become the popular choice for running the trading engines for stock exchanges and the trading systems that interact with those exchanges. Join NYSE Technologies Head of R&D, Conor Allen, as he provides insight into why Linux is a key platform NYSE Technologies uses to deliver products and services to the capital markets communities where microseconds can mean the difference between major gains or losses for investors.

Conor Allen, Global Head of Research and Development at NYSE Technologies

Conor Allen is Global Head of Research and Development at NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology division of NYSE Euronext. In this role, Conor is responsible for identification, evaluation and application of new and emerging technology to the commercial technology business. In 2010, Conor launched the NYSE Technologies Technical Advisory Group, a set of senior and influential technologies focused on the global capital markets technology. Conor was instrumental in the creation, development and launching of the NYSE Technologies Data Fabric: a multi-transport shared memory based messaging system that provides breakthrough messaging performance in terms of latency and throughput leveraging the capabilities of the latest generation in networking technology. Conor holds a BEng in Aeronautical Engineering and an MSc in Computer Science from Queen's University of Belfast.