Transaction Network Services (花季传媒) today extended the build out of its 花季传媒 Cloud platform with the introduction of 花季传媒 Cloud 鈥 Server Management, delivering full-suite trading infrastructure and support to buy- and sell-side institutions and their vendors.

Designed for high-performance exchange trading utilizing 花季传媒鈥 bare metal servers and ultra-low latency trading connectivity, 花季传媒 Cloud 鈥 Server Management combines the company鈥檚 Dedicated Server hosting capabilities with hands-on server management. This end-to-end offering helps to dramatically reduce clients鈥 trading center complexity and costs, allowing firms to focus their human resources on mission-critical business goals and go-to-market opportunities.

鈥淥ur colocation and Managed Hosting already set the standard for the financial exchange industry,鈥 said Jeff Mezger, 花季传媒鈥 Vice President of Product Development for its Financial Markets business. 鈥Up until now, trading organizations often outsourced cloud data center services, but still had to manage their own server resources. With our new Server Management, paired with 花季传媒鈥 established colocation capabilities, we鈥檙e reducing complexity and breaking new ground by providing both infrastructure and end-to-end server management.鈥

花季传媒 Cloud 鈥 Server Management simplifies and streamlines trading data centers by providing operations and maintenance for customers鈥 servers. Built on the company鈥檚 global connectivity backbone, Server Management moves up the stack to provide clients with a single-source suite of custom services, including among other things:

  • Operating system installation, configuration, and management;
  • Server hardware and operating system health monitoring; and
  • User access management.

Earlier this year, 花季传媒 announced the first phase of its private 花季传媒 Cloud build-out with the launch of its Dedicated Server offering that optimizes custom hardware deployment, trading connectivity, and server procurement.

鈥淭raders are racing toward cloud adoption, and with the early success of 花季传媒 Dedicated Server, 花季传媒 Cloud 鈥 Server Management now completes the package for clients who demand full systems management integration, stability, and security,鈥 said Mezger.

The launch of 花季传媒 Cloud 鈥 Server Management accelerates the rollout of 花季传媒鈥 bare metal colocation services and the 花季传媒 Cloud platform. The complete suite of鈥hosting solutions offers a wide range of options to meet the needs of all trading operations and within all investment sectors.听

鈥淭rying to keep up with operating system updates are major pain points that increase costs and reduce time to market opportunities for our customers,鈥 said Mezger. 鈥淲ith 花季传媒 Cloud 鈥 Server Management, we can provide not only infrastructure, but in-depth server management that frees up our clients to focus on their core business to move faster toward increased trading profitability.鈥

花季传媒 鈥痓rings together鈥痮ver 5,000 financial community endpoints, supported by鈥痑 global, 125-strong point-of-presence鈥痜ootprint.鈥疭pecifically designed and engineered to address the needs of鈥痜inancial market participants鈥痺orldwide, 花季传媒 offers a range of connectivity, colocation, cloud, market data and VPN solutions鈥痺ithin its Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) portfolio.鈥疘ts 鈥痵olutions are monitored 24x7x365 by 花季传媒鈥 Network Operations Centers in the US, UK, Australia and Malaysia.鈥