| It is a well-known fact, that faster is better when it | | | | In addition, Service Level Agreement (SLA) has a |
| comes to many things in the world. In the Electronic | | | | new meaning thanks to CFN Services. In the Trading |
| Trading industry being first in the queue is not just | | | | World microseconds can mean missed opportunities |
| better, it can mean millions of dollars uplift. When | | | | for additional profits worth millions of dollars. A SLA |
| millions are at stake, every aspect of the equation | | | | should be for the exact latency that is quoted for |
| needs to be evaluated. CFN Services is now providing | | | | that circuit, not a microsecond higher. CFN Services is |
| Electronic Traders a new aspect to their low latency | | | | the only provider who offers a SLA specifically for |
| goal. In the race to Alpha, there is a new variable in | | | | the true Performance Latency on the route provided |
| the mix. | | | | to the customer. The SLA is not a marked up |
| In the past Electronic Trading firms have had very | | | | number, but it is the exact latency on that was |
| little say in the options available for their network | | | | quoted in a service order. For example; a contract |
| choices. They were beholden to a large Carrier or an | | | | was signed for 15.9 latency between two locations |
| Electronic Trading Extranet provider and neither was | | | | with CFN Services, they will provide a written Service |
| as latency focused that is required by this industry. | | | | Level Agreement at that exact latency |
| The Carrier has a network footprint that is not | | | | When does a customer get to sign up for a product |
| optimized for Electronic Trading, but optimized for | | | | with a guarantee that the product will get better |
| the legacy voice services; and a trading platform | | | | with time? Only with CFN Services does that type of |
| provider is utilizing that legacy network to maximize | | | | relationship exist. The best latency today is not |
| their network efficiencies. When you require low | | | | guaranteed to be the best in 6 or 12 months. How |
| latency, a legacy voice backbone network cannot | | | | many times have you been tied into a long contract |
| make that happen. CFN Services has turned that | | | | with a latency that is no longer a differentiator and |
| model upside down by creating circuits specific for | | | | now everyone else has caught up? CFN Services has |
| the Electronic Trading space. By utilizing optimal spans | | | | changed expectations of their platform provider by |
| from multiple carriers, CFN is able to create specific | | | | providing a Latency Improvement Plan Guarantee by |
| routes specifically focused on latency. CFN Services is | | | | guaranteeing to evaluate and improve their turnkey |
| able to provide customized networks for those firms | | | | and custom fiber networks. CFN has demonstrated |
| that require a higher-level network optimization to | | | | success with this plan; dropping the latency by over |
| reach their low latency goals. CFN has also developed | | | | 9ms for many of itÕs existing their exists clients. |
| turnkey networks to the top Global trading | | | | The clients with CFN now will continue to have |
| exchanges in Chicago, New York, Boston, Toronto, | | | | opportunities to see their latency from Chicago Ð |
| London, Frankfurt, Paris, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. | | | | New York drop below 15ms in 2010 . |