• Capture, manage and analyze millions of streaming ticks as well as terabytes of historical tick data -- with real-time analysis results.
• Process 100,000 records a second -- keep up with peak volumes on any exchange.
• Combine streaming and historical data in a single database. There's no need to discard in-memory data at the end of the day--with kdb+tick, it takes about a minute to store a day's worth of ticks in memory.
• Write sophisticated time-series analyses for in-memory and historical data.
• Built in feed handlers include Reuters, Tibco and Bloomberg, and connecting new data feeds takes a few minutes (with java code) or a few hours (with C code).
• Sample schemas include taq (trades and quotes to match kdb+taq), lvl2 (Nasdaq Level II quotes), futures, FX.
• Defining new schemas and arranging the feed handlers takes a few minutes to a few hours, depending on the complexity of the schema.
• Operate on 64-bit hardware.

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