Low Latency Global Financial Exchange

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Premier Platform Delivered by CFN Services

High capacity circuits do not directly translate into

higher performance; there are many variables to

consider. Obtaining a direct private fiber connection

between two points is no longer sufficient to ensure

optimal data transfer speeds. There are many

variables such as fiber footprint, mileage, drops and

regenerators and amplifiers. There are many ways to

transport the data such as wavelength, SONET,

Ethernet and MPLS. There are many carriers who

offer varying mileage estimates between similar

points. Each Carrier is subject to his network footprint.

The best latency today is not guaranteed to be the

best in 6 or 12 months. How many times have you

been tied into a long contract with a latency that is no

longer a differentiator and now your competition has

caught up? We understand that issue and the

concern of signing contracts based on today's

latency. That is why CFN Services guarantees to

provide ongoing evaluatation and improvement of our

routes. As a network design firm, we are in the

business of building custom network solutions for our

clients. We have taken that expertise and translated it

to our own CFN Financial Exchange Platform,

creating specific network improvement plans based

on your specific requirements and priorities.

In the world of trading, microseconds can mean

missed opportunities for additional profits worth

millions of dollars. You need a guarantee that you are

receiving the lowest and consistent latency currently

available. CFN Services offers you a way to keep

protected while we proactively manage and improve

your latency, guaranteed. Layer 1 dedicated

connectivity allows CFN Services offer a

Performance Level Agreement to ensure lowest and

consistent latency. If your algorythm expects a

specific latency as part of it's decision making,

consistent static latency becomes as important as low

latency, CFN solves for both.

Network Improvement Guarantee

Low Latency Guarantee

Financial and Trading Institutions operate in a dynamic

environment where reliability and resilience are critical to the firms

bottom line. In an environment such as this, network fluctuations

cannot be tolerated. As each variable is being addressed to reduce

the time of the trade execution, latency has moved to the forefront

of the equation.

CFN Global Financial Platform, connects you to 100s of Global

futures, options, equities and FX exchanges and trading venues to

support your geographical and asset class diversity trading

strategies. CFN Global Financial Platform is a premier

infrastructure providing your firm an ultra-low layer 1 dedicated

consistent latency trading infrastructure connecting you to clients,

brokers, exchanges, clearing houses, CSDs and market data

providers. Other services available on the CFN Global Financial

Platform are: optimized proximity hosting solutions, and full

ecosystem to help meet your requirements for pre and post trade

support including: market data feeds, historical data, clearing,

latency monitoring and risk management.

CFN Global Financial Platform is carrier agnostic so we are able to

custom design the network that meets the needs of our clients. We

combine the premier low latency platform with service level

guarantees for achieving a consistent latency and resilience.

CFN Financial Exchange Platform

Optimized for Trading Execution and Support

CFN Services specializes in Data Center optimization ensuring the long haul and local networks enhance the Enterprise distributed network strategy. While a firm may be trading a particular asset class and the majority of trades may be directed toward a single venue, the volumes and price-points on related exchanges play critical roles in execution decisions. This means latency must be minimized from all data sources, not just the venue the majority of trades are placed on.

For instance, having the lowest latency on venue A, but being significantly behind the market on venue B or C could have disastrous impact on success of a trade decision. It’s important then, to reach a delicate balance between the lowest latencies on all data sources and execution venues. Where milliseconds and microseconds make a difference to the success of a trade strategy, Proximity Hosting Optimization will become the key to success. CFN is able to evaluate and design an optimal proximity hosting and network solution taking into account priorities of exchanges, market feeds, matching engines, your priorities in a cross market trading strategy.

FiberSource® Advisor can provide plans for protected circuits, disaster recovery

and custom solutions to meet the needs of your firm.

CFN Services differentiation comes from our vast telecom knowledge base and

experience in lit and dark fiber network design and implementation. As a spin off of

CSX Corporation, CFN Services carries on a 20-year legacy in fiber network

deployment and management. CFN Services’ proprietary FiberSource®

knowledge-based platform delivers access to over 550 carrier networks globally

including more than 100 submarine systems; providing direct visibility into all

available dark and lit fiber options, collocation facilities, and metro fiber rings for

optimal deployment to any global financial center worldwide.

Through FiberSource Advisor® CFN Services’ combines its vast telecom

knowledge base with extensive experience in lit and dark fiber network design and

implementation to provide trading firms with an edge on all aspects of MAN and

WAN network deployment. CFN’s engineers articulate and provide

recommendations on optimal transport architectures across technologies

including WDM, SONET, Ethernet, IP, and MPLS. FiberSource Advisor® will help

traders lower latency on their existing routes, while optimizing the overall transport

network inclusive of future growth plans.

Proximity Hosting Optimization

Custom Fiber Networks

There is an expression in the Electronic Trading World “I don’t have to be the fastest network, I just have to be faster then the other traders in my space.” If this is your motto, you need to consider who and how you are purchasing your infrastructure solutions. You want to partner with a company who is flexible enough to provide you multiple options and diversity for each of your routes. There may be routes that you deem so mission critical, you want to customize a network just for your trading entity. Partnering with CFN Services ensures you always get the lowest latency network offerings available and when needed customize proprietary solutions that will completely differentiate yourself from any others in the market.

World-Class NOC Employees and Facilities

You rest assured that your network will be proactively monitored and maintained 24x7x365.

Available. Reliable. Professional. Proactive. These are terms that are synonymous with CFN Services NOC Operations Center and Staff. Our expert Service Desk is central to the NOC and is staffed 24x7 with dedicated NOC professionals in a variety of roles, working together to provide a personal and hands-on approach to all your support needs. We have a team geographically dispersed to provide hands and eyes at our collocation facilities, operating 24x7.

We operate a 5,800 square-foot, state-of-the-art NOC facility in Richardson, TX and a fully redundant back up facility in Sunnyvale, CA. We provide the highest possible security and availability by using federated domains, hot-swap redundancy, geographically dispersed back-up operations and four-layer security.

Trading Ecosystem Support

CFN Services offers a suite of financial and trading solutions. When looking for lowest latency solutions, firms will evaluate both dark and lit fiber solutions. CFN Services offers fully managed solutions to provide the lowest latency available, often including a hybrid solution of dark and lit fiber.

CFN Network Services available are: latency monitoring management and reporting; fiber characterization including optical loss, reflection PMD and chromatic dispersion testing; and benchmarking methodology for network interconnect devices including full FRC- 2544 test suite.

CFN also offers full network engineering and project management including all vendor solutions. Our network design consulting supports the global build of your Global Exchange Connectivity Strategy. CFN Services specialize in consulting, designing, and implementing network infrastructures with the ability to place engineers on your premises integrating seamlessly with your infrastructure team.

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