Graduate Opportunities 2011-12
Phil Beevers Chief Architect
John Wybrow Recruitment Manager
11th October 2011
© 2011 Fidessa group plc
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Agenda
 Introduction to Fidessa
 Our Challenge
 Our Opportunities
 Our People
 Questions
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Introduction to Fidessa
 Fidessa...
– Is a significant UK-based software success story
– Provides trading systems to >950 firms around the world
– Has 14 offices in 10 countries
– Makes money and is growing
– Has great technology and an appetite for high-quality people
– Is making it easier to buy, sell and own financial assets of all
types on a global basis
Investors
Fidessa
Buy-side
Firms
Retail
Managers
Asset Classes
Sell-side
Firms
Shares
Private Investors
Exchanges
Institutional
Managers
Bonds
Brokers
Corporations
Wealth
Manager /
Private Banks
Regulated Funds
High Net Worth
Venues/Issuer
s
Commodities
Real Estate
Corporations
Unregulated
Hedge Funds
Governments
Currencies
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Core Development
Fidessa Trader Workbench
Fidessa Server
Resilience and Failover
User desktop layout
Scripting
Custom OCXs
Real-Time
Grids
Custom .NET
controls
Browser
Controls
XML
Dialogs
Themes
SPatch
Diagnostics
OpenAccess
Java libs and applications
C++ libs and applications
Generic server components
OpenAccess
User Prefs
Monitoring
LLB
Real-time event notification
64-bit, in-memory database
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Core Development
Talk is cheap.
Show me the code.
- Linus Torvalds
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Core Development
void CUtl_RingBufServer::UnLockInternal(BOOLEAN wakeClients)
{
if (basePtr && wakeClients)
{
// Always broadcast; this is a no-op if no waiters
fidos_atomic_add_64(&((TUtl_RingBufHeader*)basePtr)->wakeCount, 1);
pthread_cond_broadcast(&((TUtl_RingBufHeader*)basePtr)->condVar);
}
mutexGroup->UnLockMutex(mutexNo);
locked = FALSE;
}
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Hosted Services
 ASP, SaaS, Cloud…
 Hosting, running and operating all that great software
 A problem of scale
 A requirement for agility
Fidessa Current & Proposed Data Centres
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Stockholm
Toronto 1&2
London 1&2
Seoul
Proposed 2012
New York 1&2
Tokyo 1&2
Chicago 1&2
Planned Q1 2012
Mumbai
Hong Kong 1&2
Proposed 2012
LO1 – Woking, Surrey
6000 systems
500 firms
LO2 – London, E14 (closest to LSE)
NY1 – Somerset, New Jersey (closest to NYSE, NASDAQ)
NY2 – Trumbull, Connecticut
TO1 – Markham, Ontario
TO2 – Toronto, Ontario (closest to TMX)
150 markets
>$850 billion worth
of transactions monthly
ST1 – Kista, Sweden (closest to NASDAQ OMX)
HK1 – Cyberport Road, Hong Kong (closest to HKSE)
HK2 – Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
TK1 – Koto-ku, Tokyo
TK2 – Higashi Ikebukuro, Tokyo (closest to TSE)
CH1 – Downtown Chicago, IL (closest to CME for 2011)
CH2 – Aurora, IL (co-lo with CME 2012)
SY1 – co-lo with ASX primary
SY2 – co-lo with ASX standby
Sydney
(est go-live Q4 2011)
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Enterprise Services
 Small number of large customers – 85% of tier one firms
 Multi-million dollar, multi-year relationships
 Big fish, little fish
 Integration, customisation, flexibility
 Cutting edge of business and technology
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Breaking News…
11th October 2011 – Citi has
selected Fidessa to provide it
with a class-leading workflow
and trading platform for the
bank's global listed derivatives
business.
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Our Opportunity
 We’re looking for:
– Software Developers
– Consultants
– Support Analysts
 We can offer:
– Quality Training
– Career Progression
– Travel Options
– Strong, friendly culture
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Our People
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