Case Study: Chicago Stock Exchange achieves ultra-low-latency, cost-efficient trading with Informatica Messaging

Simple, robust, ultralow-latency messaging infrastructure helps exchange retain clients and grow business

Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) is a key participant in the U.S. National Market System, enabling trading in virtually all NYSE- and NASDAQ-listed issues. CHX needed to process orders and market data in sub-millisecond timeframes at volatile peak rates (5,000–8,000 messages/sec), eliminate queuing, improve platform stability, and reduce infrastructure costs to remain attractive to hedge funds, market makers, and active traders.

By deploying Informatica Ultra Messaging, CHX underpinned ultra-low-latency data delivery and order matching with guaranteed messaging and much lower CPU utilization during peaks. The solution simplified infrastructure, reduced costs, improved disaster recovery (allowing seamless failover from the east coast to Chicago during events like Hurricane Sandy), and consistently delivered the stable, high-performance trading service clients require.

Chicago Stock Exchange

Bob Garrett

Vice President