Nasdaq & AWS: Modernizing Global Capital Markets with Cloud
Capital markets face unprecedented challenges from emerging technologies and fragmented infrastructure that fail to meet demands for speed, connectivity, and computational power. Nasdaq and its preferred cloud provider AWS have created a Modernization Blueprint combining tailored infrastructure, software, and data management solutions to help operators modernize without compromising resilience.
Why is Now the Time To Modernize Your Ecosystem?
Market Dynamics & Structural Changes
Continuous regulation and reform agenda, further complicated by an evolving threat landscape and new operational models.
Emerging Technology Acceleration
Rise in computational complexity complemented by acceptance and advance of cloud and AI.
Competitive Paradigm Shift
Emergence of next-gen investors driving growth of complex, cross-asset global trading strategies.
A Modernization Blueprint For Market Operators
To meet the evolving needs of market infrastructure operators, Nasdaq and AWS are leveraging their combined expertise to deliver a modernization blueprint.
The blueprint offers a flexible and integrated approach to modernization that helps Exchanges, CCPs and CSDs balance resiliency, sovereignty and optionality to meet evolving use cases and business needs while maintaining control of their operating environments and reducing transformation risk.
Modernize & Simplify
Transition from legacy systems and market-specific protocols to modern, globally aligned solutions with choices to scale across hybrid, cloud, and collocated models to meet market needs
Digitize & Optimize
Enhance market operations through interoperable platforms, intelligent workload management, and integrated data tools -unlocking new revenue streams and elevating client services
Expand & Transform
Transform your market ecosystem by improving venue accessibility and differentiating with new offerings to enhance attractiveness and capital flow and build a sustainable foundation for future growth
A Blueprint for the Next Generation of Markets with Resilience and Optionality
The blueprint empowers market operators to execute their modernization strategies, optimizing their resource investments while focusing on operational excellence, enhancing competitive differentiation, satisfying their regulatory obligations, and driving innovation within their markets.
Unlock the Full Potential of Your Market Operations
Accelerate Modernization
Leverage standardized technology infrastructure that enables your teams to focus on core business growth, while reducing modernization risk.
Enhance Flexibility and Innovation
Harness emerging technologies to strengthen market position through enhanced platform capabilities and differentiated client services.
Strengthen Your Ecosystem
Streamline trading, clearing, settlement, and data workflows to enhance transparency, strengthen market integrity, and broaden global investor access.
Key Components
AWS Powered Infrastructure
High-performance AWS infrastructure optimized for financial markets that unites exchange operators and participants in a common location, accelerating innovation while providing access to emerging technologies and elastic compute resources. This architecture leverages AWS Direct Connect and AWS' global network backbone to deliver ultra-low-latency connectivity between worldwide trading hubs, all while ensuring complete data sovereignty for market operators.
Nasdaq Eqlipse Marketplace Technology Solutions
Nasdaq's next-generation suite of business applications spanning the complete trade lifecycle. Delivering essential market infrastructure solutions—from trading and clearing to central securities and data intelligence—providing market operators everything they need to deliver a modern, market experience.
Services Deployment Model
A comprehensive deployment approach that optimizes the entire market operator technology stack, ensuring seamless operations, enhanced performance and robust governance across infrastructure, platform, and application layers. This includes proactive support and maintenance, continuous monitoring, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, compliance management, and vendor management.
A Deployment Model Designed Specifically for Capital Markets
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| Platform Management |
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| Application Management |
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