Nanosecond Range Windows Accuracy with TimeKeeper

Accuracy, Clock Sync, NTP, PTP, TimeKeeper

Nanosecond Range Windows Accuracy with TimeKeeper FSMLabs has released a technical report validating reliable TimeKeeper® for Microsoft Windows clock accuracy to within one microsecond of UTC. TimeKeeper’s advanced clock steering algorithms exploit new Windows APIs (some not in general release yet) and Nvidia Networking Mellanox ConnectX® 10G adapters with hardware timestamp capability. TimeKeeper clock synchronization on Windows has been orders of magnitude…

Time Protection in Depth at Every Level with TimeKeeper

Accuracy, Grandmaster, IEEE 1588, NTP, PTP, TimeKeeper, WSTS

Time Protection in Depth at Every Level with TimeKeeper The TimeKeeper suite of hardware and software products create a time network that offers highly accurate synchronization, with error-checking, validation, protection and mitigation of time, and the ability to manage and audit the time network. In-depth time protection against GPS/GNSS, NTP/PTP and other network/machine-related vulnerabilities for…

TimeKeeper Competitive Survey

Accuracy, BMC, Clock Sync, Financial Sector, HFT, MiFID2, NTP, PTP, TimeKeeper

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…

Clock Sync in Finance and Beyond

Clock Sync, NTP, PTP, TimeKeeper, Whitepaper

Clock Synchronization in Finance and Beyond Introduction FSMLabs produces a suite of clock synchronization products under the name TimeKeeper®, primarily for customers in financial trading but also for a wide range of customers in other fields: from first responders to internet gaming providers, managers of big data systems, and radio/TV recording and broadcast. Clock synchronization…

TimeKeeper Compliance Deployment (2017)

Compliance, TimeKeeper, Whitepaper

View the TimeKeeper Grandmaster, Compliance and Active Client deployment architecture which highlights that TimeKeeper clients get time via PTP or NTP from TimeKeeper grandmasters. In addition, TimeKeeper Compliance runs on your own hardware to collect client logs and generate reports and gets data from grandmasters. Also, Compliance instances communicate to share data between data centers…

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

MiFID2, TimeKeeper, Whitepaper

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…

Mifid2 timestamps for SIs

MiFID2, TimeKeeper

There are a number of places in the new guidelines that increase the rigor required for timestamping data. One key part covers SI’s (systematic internalizers) who operate kind-of like private exchanges. TimeKeeper’s ability to produce traceable audit and to use multiple sources is designed for precisely this kind of application. Moreover, the inclusion of the…