Getting Ready for the Cloud: " Empowering Traders and Risk Managers using GigaSpaces XAP, .NET and Excel " Francis Ng Ph.D. Director of Business Cluster Technology Limited December 11, 2008

AGENDA Introduction of CLUSTERTECH Sample Architecture of a bank - SaaS Low Latency Market Data Service Computation Service Pa rallel Monte Carlo Simulation Middle Office SI and Data Backup Event Trigger Analytics Computation AGENDA

Introduction of CLUSTERTECH

Sample Architecture of a bank - SaaS

Low Latency Market Data Service

Computation Service

Pa rallel Monte Carlo Simulation

Middle Office SI and Data Backup

Event Trigger Analytics Computation

ABOUT CLUSTERTECH CLUSTERTECH was founded in 2000. CLUSTERTECH headquarters in the Hong Kong Science Park CLUSTERTECH has 50 professional staffs with higher degrees (15 Ph.D.s) in science and engineering and reputable clients in financial and government sectors. CLUSTERTECH is focused on applying grid and cluster technologies in financial engineering and business intelligence applications.

CLUSTERTECH was founded in 2000.

CLUSTERTECH headquarters in the Hong Kong Science Park

CLUSTERTECH has 50 professional staffs with higher degrees (15 Ph.D.s) in science and engineering and reputable clients in financial and government sectors.

CLUSTERTECH is focused on applying grid and cluster technologies in financial engineering and business intelligence applications.

WHY CLUSTERTECH? CLUSTERTECH offers Consulting on All Aspects of HPC : Custom built financial engineering and business intelligence softwar e Parallelization of application code Design and code tuning for specific hardware platforms Cluster management and job scheduling softwares Cost Comes Down because : less expensive hardware is needed. Productivity Increases because: waiting time is reduced . Profitability also Increases because: you are doing a better job in forecasting and gathering business intelligence

CLUSTERTECH offers Consulting on All Aspects of HPC :

Custom built financial engineering and business intelligence softwar e

Parallelization of application code

Design and code tuning for specific hardware platforms

Cluster management and job scheduling softwares

Cost Comes Down because :

less expensive hardware is needed.

Productivity Increases because:

waiting time is reduced .

Profitability also Increases because:

you are doing a better job in forecasting and gathering business intelligence

OUR CLIENTS

HEDGE FUND SPIN OFF

SAMPLE ARCHITECTURE OF A BANK - SAAS

LOW LATENCY MARKET DATA SERVICE e.g. Reuters, Bloomberg, HKEX…

COMPUTATION SERVICE

PARALLEL MONTE CARLO SIMULATION

PARALLEL MODE

MIDDLE OFFICE SI AND DATA BACKUP

EVENT TRIGGER ANALYTICS COMPUTATION

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