Getting Ready for the Cloud:

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Getting Ready for the Cloud "Empowering Traders
and Risk Managers using GigaSpaces XAP, .NET and
Excel" Francis Ng Ph.D. Director of
Business Cluster Technology Limited December 11,
2008
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AGENDA
AGENDA

• Introduction of CLUSTERTECH
• Sample Architecture of a bank - SaaS
• Low Latency Market Data Service
• Computation Service
• Parallel Monte Carlo Simulation
• Middle Office SI and Data Backup
• Event Trigger Analytics Computation

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ABOUT CLUSTERTECH

• CLUSTERTECH was founded in 2000.
• CLUSTERTECH headquarters in the Hong Kong
  Science Park

• CLUSTERTECH has 50 professional staffs with
  higher degrees (15 Ph.D.s) in science and
  engineering and reputable clients in financial
  and government sectors.
• CLUSTERTECH is focused on applying grid and
  cluster technologies in financial engineering and
  business intelligence applications.

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WHY CLUSTERTECH?

• CLUSTERTECH offers Consulting on All Aspects of
  HPC
• Custom built financial engineering and business
  intelligence software
• Parallelization of application code
• Design and code tuning for specific hardware
  platforms
• Cluster management and job scheduling softwares

• Cost Comes Down because
• less expensive hardware is needed.
• Productivity Increases because
• waiting time is reduced.
• Profitability also Increases because
• you are doing a better job in forecasting and
  gathering business intelligence

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OUR CLIENTS
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HEDGE FUND SPIN OFF
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SAMPLE ARCHITECTURE OF A BANK - SAAS
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LOW LATENCY MARKET DATA SERVICE
e.g. Reuters, Bloomberg, HKEX
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COMPUTATION SERVICE
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PARALLEL MONTE CARLO SIMULATION
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PARALLEL MODE
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MIDDLE OFFICE SI AND DATA BACKUP
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EVENT TRIGGER ANALYTICS COMPUTATION
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END OF PRESENTATION
Email phng_at_clustertech.com Tel (852)
26556116
Units 211-213, Lakeside 1, No 8 Science Park West
Avenue, Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, NT, Hong
Kong.