Case Study: Interactive Data achieves ultra-low latency, scalable global market-data delivery with Juniper Networks

Interactive Data Scales to Deliver Market Data at Extremely Low Latency with Massively Scalable Network

Interactive Data’s 7ticks provides ultra‑low‑latency market data and trading infrastructure to institutions worldwide. Faced with rapidly growing multicast feeds (now ~50 GB/day and doubling year over year), the company needed to scale its global IP/MPLS network and data‑center fabric to 40 Gbps (with a clear path to 100 Gbps+), while meeting strict latency, reliability, and automation requirements.

Working with Juniper, 7ticks deployed a MetaFabric architecture—MX Series routers (MX480/MX80/MX5), QFX3600 and EX4550/EX4200 switches, SRX3400 gateways, Junos OS, and professional/resident engineering services—to build a 40 Gbps MPLS backbone across 50+ data centers. The deployment delivered extremely low‑latency market feeds, predictable multicast replication at scale, simplified operations via a single OS and Zero Touch Provisioning, and faster, more automated application rollouts with an easy upgrade path to higher bandwidths.

Interactive Data

Scott Caudell

Founder of the 7ticks Business and VP of IT Infrastructure