TimeKeeper Competitive Survey

TimeKeeper Competitive Survey TimeKeeper time and clock synchronization sets the standard for Enterprise and for Financial Trading. TimeKeeper management, fault-tolerance, traceable audit, and superior accuracy are not matched by any other product. This technical note compares TimeKeeper’s operation in the presence of a common network issue with the operation of free software provided to purchasers…

MiFID II 100 microsecond time sync on Windows with TimeKeeper and Mellanox

Accurate time on Microsoft Windows is easy to achieve when using TimeKeeper software and Mellanox ConnectX network adaptors. The most stringent of the MiFID II clock synchronization requirements of 100 microseconds can be met without changes in infrastructure, exotic protocols (such as PTP) or dedicated hardware. Many TimeKeeper customers operate clocks with a better than…

MiFID II Guidelines on Timestamping

ESMA guidelines issued at the end of 2015 clarify timestamp regulation in ways that make a lot of sense. The most immediately notable point was to reinforce earlier statements that GPS is an acceptable “traceable” source of time per MiFIR RTS 25. A number of parties had been insisting otherwise the face of common sense…