Partners

E2E infotech (Global)

E2E infotech has been providing integration products and related professional services to clients of Orc Software since 2001. E2E is now part of AurionPro Solutions (www.aurionprosolutions.com) and specialises in providing integration of business processes with the Orc System. E2E and AurionPro offer client adaptations and professional services around Orc System and has developed a portfolio of standardized components for integration with the Orc System. These are cost-efficient alternatives which come with profession support and service. In addition, E2E and AurionPro offer solutions in outsourcing and IT professional services.

Infront (Global)

Orc Software has an agreement with the Norwegian software development company Infront that gives Orc Software global distribution rights for Infront's information and trading system The Online Trader, which is sold under the brand name Orc Online.

Infront is a provider of streaming information and trading solutions over the Internet to the financial equity markets. Infront provides private investors, banks, brokers and other financial institutions with cost-effective, flexible internet based solutions to drive investment decisions and order flow across new and existing electronic channels.

Reuters (Global)

Orc Software and Reuters have signed a software license and distribution agreement under which Reuters markets and distributes Orc Software products globally. Through the alliance with Orc Software, Reuters can offer brokers and other sell-side firms exchange execution capabilities that allow them to manage order flow and directly execute transactions on exchanges where they are a members. Reuters also sells and supports the Orc product set.

Reuters, the global information company, provides indispensable information that is tailored for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets. The company's information is trusted and drives decision-making across the globe based on Reuters’ reputation for speed, accuracy and independence. Reuters has 15,000 staff in 91 countries, including some 2,300 editorial staff in 196 agencies around the world, making Reuters the world's largest international multimedia news agency.

Canon IT Solutions (Japan)

Canon IT Solutions deploy solutions specializing in a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, finance, distribution services, social/public services, and education. Canon IT Solutions provide ideal, one-stop solutions backed up by many years of application experiences, while accurately grasping and analyzing the environments surrounding customers.

The partnership enables Canon IT Solutions to provide services and solutions to Orc’s growing domestic Japanese customer base. Canon IT Solutions will typically offer services such as integration and upgrades related to Orc’s Trading solutions and Orc’s various market connections to the Japanese exchanges.

IN2

Orc Software and IN2 have signed a software license distribution and local service partner agreement under which IN2 markets and distribute Orc Software products in Adriatic region.

IN2 is a privately owned company with over 300 employees established in 1992. In our seventeen years of business, we have become the leading regional software company with headquarter in Zagreb and branch offices in Slovenia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Beside custom software solutions and implementation of large and complex IT systems, IN2 has two flagship products in portfolio. One of the products in financial sector is INvest2 application targeting asset management and investment banking. Regionally wide, over 40 clients in financial sector use our technology expertise, application and services. Our main activity in financial sector covers:

• Development, implementation and integration of INvest2 application
• Orc trading platform implementation, support, integration and sales
• system integrator services in a large banking systems

With our innovative and effective solutions we help our clients to achieve their business objectives, offering them a solid and long-lasting partnership. The success of our business can be measured against the success of our clients.

Born Capital (Americas)

Born Capital provides numerous services to institutional customers including managed services of execution platforms, global co-location, infrastructure management, network management and technical and market support.

Born Capital has entered into an agreement with Orc Software to be their hosting partner, providing co-location and hosting facilities for access to global futures, equity and equity option markets. 

Hosting services are currently provided through data centers in Chicago, New York, Atlanta, London and Tokyo, with global 24x7 support provided from the Born Capital operations centers in Chicago and Charleston.  New data centers are planned for 2008 including Frankfurt and Hong Kong.

Mindwell

Mindwell and Orc Software have signed a Partner agreement under which Mindwell will provide advanced development and integration services for Orc users globally.

For the Orc Trading solution, Mindwell offers interfacing solutions and tailored application development services including cutting edge expertise in implementing proprietary Trading Strategies for Orc's algorithmic trading solution. For the Orc Connect solution Mindwell offers FIX/FAST integration services for DMA and other connectivity requirements including best execution and increased internalization. 

Mindwell is a consulting firm with offices in Stockholm, Amsterdam and Zurich, focusing exclusively on system solutions for trading, risk management and back office processing. The accumulated experience from more than a hundred successful integration projects is embedded in Mindwell FastTrackTM, a module library of software components for rapid integration with market leading financial technologies including Orc Software.

Lakeview Capital Market Services (LCMS)

Lakeview Capital Market Services (LCMS) provides a wide range of services designed to make its customers more successful in the global financial markets. Its senior partners have built many financial markets businesses from scratch, and are able to guide customers from their first steps to the last tweaks for their most sophisticated strategies and infrastructure issues.

Key areas of Lakeviews business are Investment & Technology Services, Training & Consulting as well as Platforms and Networks.
Lakeview is an expert in building and implementing highly sophisticated trading and risk managment infrastructure for cash and derivatives, as well as the supporting models and algorithms.

Many of the highest frequency and lowest latency players in the global cash and derivatives markets are currently taking advantage of the unique outsourcing opportunities for core business competencies that Lakeview offers. Services range from intermediation and consulting services to hands on support for customers, helping them to solve their most challenging issues. Lakeview places a high value on the sustainability and adaptability of services and solutions that it provides to its customers. Lakeview Capital Market Services is actively seeking long term partnerships with its clients and always puts its customers interests first. All products are developed with the clients needs in mind. Lakeview is here to make its customers successful.

BCC Group International

BCC Group International has been providing software development and related professional services for market data providers since 1994. Today BCC Group offers all kinds of Software development for the connection of data feeds into Orc. Tailoring specific solutions for Orc and supporting them, is one of our main fields of activity. BCC Group has also developed ready to use products for real-time data Contribution and Corporate Actions Alerting for the use together with Orc.

Algorithmica (Global)

Algorithmica Research is a leading provider of solutions for advanced risk management, quantitative analysis and enterprise-wide management of historical data.  We help our clients manage their risks with our Risk Management solution that provides a no-compromise financial risk framework. The Risk Management solution is based on Quantlab, Algorithmica’s award winning software development platform for quantitative financial analysis. In addition, Algorithmica provides a solution for enterprise-wide management of historical data including time-series market data, static data, and calculated data.

The partnership enables Algorithmica to offer extended risk management and quantitative analysis tools integrated with Orc´s advanced trading solutions to the financial markets globally. The Algorithmica technology complements Orc’s advanced trading and risk solutions and helps market participants meet the increasing demand for real-time quantitative financial analysis and middle office risk management. Through the partnership, Orc and Algorithmica can deliver a fully integrated solution that satisfies all business requirements from trading and risk management.