Making sense of message queues
Introduction When designing complex trading operational systems composed of multiple specialised processes, ensuring reliable, effective communication among them can be a significant challenge. Traditional approaches, such as remote procedure calls or direct binary protocols, can introduce tight coupling and inefficiencies in certain scenarios. For very high performance, low latency links, that may be acceptable and […]
Exploring Hosting and Connectivity Options for Exchanges
I recently had the pleasure of taking part in a panel discussion on exchange hosting and connectivity options at the Association of Futures Markets (AFM) conference in Budapest. Together with my fellow panellists from other technology firms and exchanges, we had a good conversation about the practical issues around how exchanges implement their operational systems. […]
Component-Based Testing – Reusable test steps as building blocks for test cases
At Sinara, testing is an integral part of our software development process and the success of project delivery and launch can depend on the quality of testing applied. Over the years, it is an area in which we have made significant investment, carefully exploring different approaches and developing a comprehensive framework for testing software applications. […]
Sinara at LME Week 2022: LME Metals Seminar, Monday Oct 24
We are pleased to announce that Sinara will once again be sponsoring the LME Metals Seminar on Monday 24th October in London. Like last year, we will be hosting an exhibitor stand at the Seminar, and speaking to delegates about how we can help metals derivatives firms with their trading technology needs. We will be presenting our SinaraTLC suite […]
FIA Paris – resilience in the markets
It was great to be at the offices of Euronext in Paris last week, attending the FIA Paris conference. The top theme cutting across the discussions was all about how we can preserve safe, orderly markets in volatile times, particularly in relation to assets such as commodities that have a strong link to the real […]
Sinara in The Trade News – “How new technology can help deliver better customer service in the financial markets”
We are excited to have taken part in an interview with The Trade News about how developments in automation and digitalisation can help businesses across the trade lifecycle. Read the whole article at How new technology can help deliver better customer service in the financial markets – The TRADE (thetradenews.com).
Visit Sinara at FIA IDX 2022 – London, 6-8 June
After several years as regular delegates, Sinara are pleased to be an official sponsor and exhibitor at the FIA IDX conference in London for the first time. If you’re at IDX this year (June 6-8 at The Brewery), do drop by our exhibitor stand to learn more about our work transforming business processes and delivering […]
OWASP Security Standards for Web Applications
Any good developer knows that security, especially in web applications, is an ever-changing field and it’s important to keep up to date. It’s also a complex field, so you should never try “rolling your own” security, and instead make sure to use industry standards and guidelines for the best possible security outcomes. In the fast-paced […]
Reflections on LME’s Sustainability Morning
Introduction Commodity trading has always had a difficult relationship with sustainability and environmental protection. With COP26 now concluded, there continues to remain an opportunity for the commodity markets to find a key role in this ever-growing challenge. The increasing demands of new and existing markets has driven the need for cheaper and more readily accessible […]
Introduction to Kubernetes (K8s)
Financial firms are increasingly keen to embrace cloud technology in new software solutions, or indeed in migrating existing systems over to the cloud. The advantages and disadvantages of the cloud aside, many of the new projects Sinara have been working on have had cloud deployment as an end-goal. Indeed, our SinaraTLC framework was designed from […]