Case Study: CMC Markets boosts trading performance with Microsoft SQL Server 2016

Because a second is too long to wait, this financial services firm is updating its trading software now

CMC Markets, a leading UK-based online financial trading company, faced the challenge of needing to support massive growth and meet the high-speed performance demands of its clients. To ensure its trading platform could handle increasing trade volumes and provide unrivalled speed, the company needed a powerful database solution that required minimal disruption to its complex system architecture.

Microsoft provided its SQL Server 2016 software as the solution, which CMC adopted early through a close partnership with Microsoft Services. The implementation delivered a dramatic performance increase of up to 700% without requiring new hardware or significant architectural changes. This result gave CMC Markets the confidence to handle future business growth and assured clients of the platform's superior speed and reliability.

CMC Markets

Rainer Gruber

Trading Services Team Lead